Flood Control Act of 1944

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United States federal statute flood control law

The Flood Control Act of 1944 is a landmark U.S. law that authorized major multipurpose water projects, shaping the modern federal system for flood control, navigation, irrigation, and hydroelectric power development.

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Label Occurrences
Flood Control Act of 1944 canonical 2
Pick–Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
flood control law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ
surface form: Pick–Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program ⓘ
surface form: Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program authorization
appliesTo Arkansas River region ⓘ
surface form: Arkansas River Basin

Missouri River Basin ⓘ
other major U.S. river basins ⓘ
authorizedProgram Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program ⓘ
surface form: Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program
authorizesConstructionOf hydroelectric power plants ⓘ
levees ⓘ
multipurpose dams ⓘ
navigation works ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdFrameworkFor federal hydroelectric power development system ⓘ
federal irrigation development system ⓘ
federal navigation improvement system ⓘ
modern federal flood control system ⓘ
dateEnacted 1944-12-22 ⓘ
designatedImplementingAgency U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Corps of Engineers

Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
surface form: United States Bureau of Reclamation
establishedPolicy comprehensive multiple-purpose river basin development ⓘ
coordination of flood control and navigation ⓘ
coordination of irrigation and power production ⓘ
historicalSignificance landmark in U.S. water resources policy ⓘ
influenced development of large dams in the Missouri River Basin ⓘ
subsequent U.S. flood control legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
mainPurpose comprehensive river basin development ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power development ⓘ
irrigation development ⓘ
navigation improvement ⓘ
passedBy United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
providesFor fish and wildlife benefits ⓘ
flood control storage in reservoirs ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation water supply ⓘ
navigation channel improvements ⓘ
recreation at reservoirs ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 78-534 ⓘ
relatedTo Flood Control Act of 1936 ⓘ
Flood Control Act of 1938 ⓘ
section Section 4 ⓘ
Section 5 ⓘ
Section 6 ⓘ
Section 7 ⓘ
Section 9 ⓘ
section4ProvidesFor leases of lands for recreation and other purposes ⓘ
recreational use of reservoir areas ⓘ
section5AssignsResponsibilityTo United States Secretary of the Interior ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of the Interior
section5ProvidesFor marketing of surplus electric power ⓘ
section6ProvidesFor use of storage for irrigation water supply ⓘ
section7ProvidesFor coordination of operations of reservoirs in a basin ⓘ
section9RelatesTo Missouri River Basin development plan ⓘ
signedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
yearEnacted 1944 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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United States federal power system → legalFramework → Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ
Flood Control Act of 1944 → alsoKnownAs → Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pick–Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944
Southwestern Power Administration → operatesInConformityWith → Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ