Boulder Canyon Project Act

E486276
United States federal law statute

The Boulder Canyon Project Act is a 1928 U.S. federal law that authorized the construction of Hoover Dam and the All-American Canal, enabling large-scale water storage and hydroelectric power development on the Colorado River.

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Boulder Canyon Project Act canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
statute ⓘ
allocatedWaterToState Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToRiver Colorado River NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorizedAgency United States Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorizedConstructionOf All-American Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hoover Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorizedProject Boulder Canyon Project NERFINISHED ⓘ
beneficiaryState Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ
California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsProvision authorization to construct a dam and incidental works in Black Canyon or Boulder Canyon ⓘ
authorization to construct a main canal and appurtenant structures entirely within the United States ⓘ
limitation on California’s annual consumptive use of Colorado River water ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdFrameworkFor federal control of Hoover Dam power generation ⓘ
long-term power contracts for Hoover Dam electricity ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation of large-scale water and power development in the American Southwest ⓘ
key component of the Law of the River governing the Colorado River ⓘ
implementsAgreement Colorado River Compact NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
legalEffect approved the Colorado River Compact on behalf of the Lower Basin states ⓘ
originalDamName Boulder Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 70-642 NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose to enable hydroelectric power development on the Colorado River ⓘ
to enable large-scale water storage on the Colorado River ⓘ
to provide for flood control on the Colorado River ⓘ
to provide for irrigation and domestic water supply in the Lower Colorado River Basin ⓘ
to provide for the construction of works for the protection and development of the Colorado River Basin ⓘ
region Lower Colorado River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo All-American Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Reclamation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colorado River Compact NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hoover Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName Boulder Canyon Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy Calvin Coolidge NERFINISHED ⓘ
signingDate 1928-12-21 ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 45 Stat. 1057 ⓘ
title An Act to provide for the construction of works for the protection and development of the Colorado River Basin, for the approval of the Colorado River compact, and for other purposes NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearEnacted 1928 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boulder Canyon Project (through Bechtel involvement) → hasPart → Boulder Canyon Project Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Boulder Canyon Project
Boulder Canyon Project (through Bechtel involvement) → authorizedBy → Boulder Canyon Project Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Boulder Canyon Project
Colorado River Compact → approvalStatute → Boulder Canyon Project Act ⓘ
Colorado River Compact → relatedAgreement → Boulder Canyon Project Act ⓘ
Law of the River → includesInstrument → Boulder Canyon Project Act ⓘ
Boulder Canyon → nameUsedIn → Boulder Canyon Project Act ⓘ