# Waterways Commerce Cutter

**Agency:** Homeland Security  
**Account:** Procurement, Construction, and Improvements  
**Source document:** United States Coast Guard · p. 6  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/homeland-security/waterways-commerce-cutter  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 108.0 |
| FY2026 | CR annualized | 108.0 |
| FY2027 | request | 148.0 |

The prior-year column is a CR annualized figure, not an enacted appropriation.


## Homeland Security discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.40B, FY2026 $88.60B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

Recapitalizes the capabilities of the current fleet of inland tenders and barges commissioned between 1944 and 1991. The current fleet is comprised River Buoy Tenders (WLR) that average over 57 years in age. The FY 2027 Budget funds the construction of the next three WCCs and the next three sets of LLTM. FY 2027 funding also supports the program management office, production, and production-related activities to recapitalize this vital capability. The Working Families Tax Cut Act provided $162M for procurement of WCCs, equipment related to such cutters, and program management for such cutters. ' Briefed the DHS Acquisition Review Board and achieved ADE-2C approval. ' Procured LLTM for WCCs #3 - #5. ' Began construction of WCCs #1 and #2. ' Procure LLTM for WCCs #6 - #8. ' Begin construction of WCCs #3 - #5. ' Begin construction of WCCs #6 - #8.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Homeland Security › United States Coast Guard › Procurement, Construction, and Improvements › Vessels


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*