Flood Control Act of 1936

The Flood Control Act of 1936, Pub. L. 74–738, 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 Engineers and other Federal agencies. It is one of a number of Flood Control Acts passed on a regular basis by the United States Congress. FCA 1936 was introduced in Congress by Riley J. Wilson.

Significance

According to Joseph Arnold, author of The Evolution of the Flood Control Act of 1936, FCA 1936 declared that flood control was a national priority since floods constituted a menace to the national welfare. ==Authorization==

Authorization

FCA 1936 authorized the expenditure of $310 million for flood control projects with no more than $50 million being expended in fiscal year 1937. Expenditure was conditioned on local interests participating by providing all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the projects, local interests holding and saving the Federal Government free from damages due to the construction works, and that local interests maintain and operate the projects after completion. ==Projects covered by the Act==

Projects covered by the Act

Dams • Kinzua Dam (begun in 1960, completed in 1965) • Optima Lake Dam (begun in 1966, completed in 1978) • Summersville Dam • others Levees • Mississippi River Levee near between Baton Rouge, LA and New Orleans, LA. ==See also==

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