Personnel moves will take effect in coming months at change of command ceremonies.

Kelly had previously commanded the Corps' South Atlantic Division.

High-hazard dams' upgrade costs rise more than 40% since 2022 report.

Changes include new deputy chief of engineers, the Corps' No. 2 position.

As the 117th Congress headed into its final days, infrastructure advocates scored another legislative victory with bipartisan congressional approval of a new Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, authorizing $37.8 in federal funds for 30 new or modified U.S. Army Corps of Engineers storm protection, harbor dredging and other civil-works projects.

Former Hill aide Camille Touton also worked at Dept. of Interior in the Obama administration.

Key appropriators slam proposed $2-billion, or 31%, reduction in civil-works program.

House committee chair's ideas may spark debate, but comprehensive legislation is at best a long shot this year.

The Army Corps of Engineers has released a detailed list of how it will divide $1.8 billion in fiscal-year 2018 civil-works funding among various projects.