Flood Control Act
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There are multiple law
s known as the Flood Control Act. Typically, they are administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
:
. Floods on the Mississippi, Ohio, and other rivers in the Northeast led to the Flood Control Act of 1917
, which was the first act aimed exclusively at controlling floods. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
led to substantial flood control funding. And a series of floods in 1935 and 1936 across the nation were critical in the passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936
.
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s known as the Flood Control Act. Typically, they are administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Army Corps of Engineers
The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency and a major Army command made up of some 38,000 civilian and military personnel, making it the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency...
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List of Flood Control Acts
- Flood Control Act of 1917Flood Control Act of 1917The Flood Control Act of 1917 is an Act of Congress enacted in response to costly floods in the lower Mississippi Valley, the Northeast, and the Ohio Valley between 1907 and 1913.-Legislative Provisions:It was enacted to control floods on the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Sacramento...
- Flood Control Act of 1928Flood Control Act of 1928The Flood Control Act of 1928 authorized the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct projects for the control of floods on the Mississippi River and its tributaries as well as the Sacramento River in California. It was sponsored by Sen. Wesley L. Jones of Washington and Rep. Frank R...
, passed in the wake of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927Great Mississippi Flood of 1927The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States.-Events:The flood began when heavy rains pounded the central basin of the Mississippi in the summer of 1926. By September, the Mississippi's tributaries in Kansas and Iowa were swollen to... - Flood Control Act of 1936Flood Control Act of 1936The Flood Control Act of 1936, , was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 22 June 1936. It authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, dikes, and other flood control measures through the United States Army Corps of...
- Flood Control Act of 1937Flood Control Act of 1937The Flood Control Act of 1937 was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 28, 1937 as Public Law 406, in response to major flooding throughout the United States in the 1930s, culminating with the "Super Flood" of January 1937, the greatest...
- Flood Control Act of 1938Flood Control Act of 1938The Flood Control Act of 1938 was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, dikes, and other flood control measures through the United States Army Corps of Engineers and other Federal...
- Flood Control Act of 1939Flood Control Act of 1939Flood Control Act of 1939 , enacted on August 11, 1939 by the 76th Congress, is U.S. legislation that authorized construction of flood control projects across the United States...
- Flood Control Act of 1941Flood Control Act of 1941The Flood Control Act of 1941 was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, dikes, and other flood control measures through the United States Army Corps of Engineers and other Federal...
- Flood Control Act of 1944Flood Control Act of 1944The Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944 , enacted in the 2nd session of the 78th Congress, is U.S. legislation that authorized the construction of numerous dams and modifications to previously existing dams, as well as levees across the United States...
, U.S. legislation that authorized the construction of thousands of dams and levees across the United States - Flood Control Act of 1946Flood Control Act of 1946The Flood Control Act of 1946 was passed by the United States Congress on July 24, 1946; to authorize 123 projects including several dams and hydroelectric power plants like Old Hickory Lock and Dam in Tennessee and the Fort Randall Dam in South Dakota. It also allowed bank adjustments and...
- Flood Control Act of 1948Flood Control Act of 1948The Flood Control Act of 1948 was passed by the United States Congress on June 30, 1948, giving the Chief of Engineers the power to authorize minor flood control projects without having to get Congressional approval...
- Flood Control Act of 1950Flood Control Act of 1950The Flood Control Act of 1950 was a law passed by the United States Congress authorizing flood control projects in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington....
- Flood Control Act of 1954
- Flood Control Act of 1958
- Flood Control Act of 1960
- Flood Control Act of 1962
- Flood Control Act of 1965Flood Control Act of 1965The Flood Control Act of 1965, Title II of , was enacted on October 27, 1965, by the 89th Congress and authorized the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct numerous flood control projects including the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana Hurricane Protection Project...
- Flood Control Act of 1966
- Flood Control Act of 1968
- Flood Control Act of 1970
General History
There were several major floods between 1849 and 1936 that moved Congress to pass legislation. The first significant federal flood control laws were the Swamp Land Acts of 1849 and 1850. A flood on the Mississippi River in 1874 led to the creation of the Mississippi River Commission in 1879. Booming steamboat traffic on the Missouri River and a flood in 1881 led to the creation of the Missouri River Commission in 1884, but it was abolished by the River and Harbor Act of 1902Rivers and Harbors Act
Rivers and Harbors Act may refer to one of many pieces of legislation and appropriations passed by the United States Congress since the first such legislation in 1824. At that time congress appropriated $75,000 to improve navigation on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers by removing sandbars, snags,...
. Floods on the Mississippi, Ohio, and other rivers in the Northeast led to the Flood Control Act of 1917
Flood Control Act of 1917
The Flood Control Act of 1917 is an Act of Congress enacted in response to costly floods in the lower Mississippi Valley, the Northeast, and the Ohio Valley between 1907 and 1913.-Legislative Provisions:It was enacted to control floods on the Mississippi River, the Ohio River, and the Sacramento...
, which was the first act aimed exclusively at controlling floods. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States.-Events:The flood began when heavy rains pounded the central basin of the Mississippi in the summer of 1926. By September, the Mississippi's tributaries in Kansas and Iowa were swollen to...
led to substantial flood control funding. And a series of floods in 1935 and 1936 across the nation were critical in the passage of the Flood Control Act of 1936
Flood Control Act of 1936
The Flood Control Act of 1936, , was an Act of the United States Congress signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 22 June 1936. It authorized civil engineering projects such as dams, levees, dikes, and other flood control measures through the United States Army Corps of...
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See also
For related legislation which sometime also implement flood control provisions, see the following:- Rivers and Harbors ActRivers and Harbors ActRivers and Harbors Act may refer to one of many pieces of legislation and appropriations passed by the United States Congress since the first such legislation in 1824. At that time congress appropriated $75,000 to improve navigation on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers by removing sandbars, snags,...
- Water Resources Development ActWater Resources Development ActWater Resources Development Act , is a reference to public laws enacted by Congress to deal with various aspects of water resources: environmental, structural, navigational, flood protection, hydrology, etc....
- Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954