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*[[Flood Control Act of 1937]]. FCA 1936 was part of the profusion of important Depression Era legislation enacted by the [[74th Congress]] in 1935-1936, including the [[Social Security Act]], the [[National Labor Relations Act]], the [[Banking Act of 1935]], the [[Revenue Act of 1935|Wealth Tax Act]], the [[Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935|Public Utility Holding Company Act]], the [[Rural Electrification Act]], the [[Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936|Soil Conservation Service Act]], and the $4.8 billion [[Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935]].<ref name=Arnold>[http://140.194.76.129/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-29/entire.pdf EP 870-1-29, The Evolution of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Joseph L. Arnold, [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]], 1988]</ref> |
*[[Flood Control Act of 1937]]. FCA 1936 was part of the profusion of important Depression Era legislation enacted by the [[74th Congress]] in 1935-1936, including the [[Social Security Act]], the [[National Labor Relations Act]], the [[Banking Act of 1935]], the [[Revenue Act of 1935|Wealth Tax Act]], the [[Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935|Public Utility Holding Company Act]], the [[Rural Electrification Act]], the [[Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936|Soil Conservation Service Act]], and the $4.8 billion [[Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935]].<ref name=Arnold>[http://140.194.76.129/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep870-1-29/entire.pdf EP 870-1-29, The Evolution of the Flood Control Act of 1936, Joseph L. Arnold, [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]], 1988]</ref> |
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*[[Flood Control Act of 1939]]. FCA 1939 ws instrumental in establishing the Federal policy of [[Cost-benefit analysis]], the standard by which the government determines whether or not a project provides sufficient benefits to justify the cost of expending public funds. It specified the standard that "the benefits to whomever they accrue [be] in excess of the estimated costs.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=KGFnn4KJHN8C&pg=PA304&lpg=PA304&dq=%22Flood+Control+Act+of+1939%22&source=bl&ots=Dc5oLG0mkm&sig=tXTtcTe9hPO9xYIBTseb9LO2Ndw&hl=en&ei=bjawSdavN4_HtgeNmvnaBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result Google book extract from ''Cases in Public Policy Analysis'' By George M. Guess, Paul G. Farnham]</ref> |
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*[[Flood Control Act of 1944]], U.S. legislation that authorized the construction of thousands of dams and levees across the United States |
*[[Flood Control Act of 1944]], U.S. legislation that authorized the construction of thousands of dams and levees across the United States |
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There are multiple laws known as the Flood Control Act. Typically, they are administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers:
List of Flood Control Acts
- Flood Control Act of 1917
- Flood Control Act of 1928, passed in the wake of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
- Flood Control Act of 1936
- Flood Control Act of 1937. FCA 1936 was part of the profusion of important Depression Era legislation enacted by the 74th Congress in 1935-1936, including the Social Security Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Banking Act of 1935, the Wealth Tax Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act, the Rural Electrification Act, the Soil Conservation Service Act, and the $4.8 billion Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935.[1]
- Flood Control Act of 1938
- Flood Control Act of 1939. FCA 1939 ws instrumental in establishing the Federal policy of Cost-benefit analysis, the standard by which the government determines whether or not a project provides sufficient benefits to justify the cost of expending public funds. It specified the standard that "the benefits to whomever they accrue [be] in excess of the estimated costs.[2]
- Flood Control Act of 1941
- Flood Control Act of 1944, U.S. legislation that authorized the construction of thousands of dams and levees across the United States
- Flood Control Act of 1946
- Flood Control Act of 1948
- Flood Control Act of 1950
- Flood Control Act of 1954
- Flood Control Act of 1958
- Flood Control Act of 1960
- Flood Control Act of 1962
- Flood Control Act of 1965
- 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 1902.[3] 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.[1]
See also
For related legislation which sometime also implement flood control provisions, see the following:
- Rivers and Harbors Act
- Water Resources Development Act
- Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954