Reclamation Act of 1902

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The Reclamation Act of 1902 is a U.S. federal law that launched large-scale, federally funded irrigation and water management projects to promote agricultural development and settlement in the arid Western states.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law ⓘ
irrigation law ⓘ
water resources legislation ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Newlands Reclamation Act ⓘ
appliesTo arid lands ⓘ
semiarid lands ⓘ
authorizedActivity construction of canals ⓘ
construction of dams ⓘ
construction of irrigation works ⓘ
construction of reservoirs ⓘ
authorizedCreationOf Reclamation Service ⓘ
containsProvision limitation on size of private landholdings eligible for subsidized water ⓘ
repayment of project construction costs within a set period ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1902-06-17 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1902-06-17 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
fundingMechanism Reclamation Fund ⓘ
fundingSource proceeds from sale of public lands in Western states ⓘ
repayment of construction costs by water users ⓘ
goal encourage settlement of public lands ⓘ
increase cultivable land in the West ⓘ
support small family farms ⓘ
hasLongTermImpactOn federal-state relations over water resources ⓘ
water management in the Western United States ⓘ
historicalContext Progressive Era reforms ⓘ
influenced agricultural expansion in the American West ⓘ
development of large-scale federal dam projects ⓘ
legalArea environmental law ⓘ
natural resources law ⓘ
namedAfter Francis G. Newlands ⓘ
partOf United States reclamation policy ⓘ
policyType agricultural development policy ⓘ
federal water policy ⓘ
primaryPurpose federal irrigation development in arid Western states ⓘ
promotion of agricultural settlement in the American West ⓘ
reclamation of arid and semiarid lands ⓘ
publicLawNumber Pub.L. 57–161 ⓘ
regionServed Western United States ⓘ
relatedTo Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
United States water law ⓘ
irrigation projects in the Western United States ⓘ
shortTitle Reclamation Act ⓘ
signedBy Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 32 Stat. 388 ⓘ
successorAgency United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ

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Bureau of Reclamation → legalBasis → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
United States federal power system → legalFramework → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
San Luis Unit → governingLaw → Reclamation Act of 1902 (as amended) ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
Square Deal → hasPart → Newlands Reclamation Act ⓘ
subject linked to: Square Deal domestic program
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
Derby Dam → associatedWith → Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
Reclamation Act of 1902 → shortTitle → Reclamation Act ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
Reclamation Act of 1902 → alsoKnownAs → Newlands Reclamation Act ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
United States Bureau of Reclamation → legalBasis → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
subject linked to: USBR
Reclamation → legalBasis → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Truckee-Carson Project → associatedWithLaw → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Theodore Roosevelt administration → signedLegislation → Newlands Reclamation Act ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
United States public land law → relatedStatute → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Buffalo Bill Dam → projectAuthorizedBy → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Newlands Irrigation Project lands → associatedWithLaw → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Desert Land Act → relatedTo → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Newlands Reclamation Project → authorizedBy → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Francis G. Newlands → notableWork → Newlands Reclamation Act ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
Pub.L. 57–161 → hasShortName → Reclamation Act ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
Pub.L. 57–161 → hasShortName → Newlands Reclamation Act ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
Pub.L. 57–161 → alsoKnownAs → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Reclamation Fund → legalBasis → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Reclamation Fund → createdBy → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Bureau of Reclamation → legalBasis → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
subject linked to: BOR
North Canal → hasLegalFramework → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Roza Division → governingLaw → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Clear Lake Dam → associatedWith → U.S. Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
linked to: Reclamation Act of 1902
Central Valley Project Improvement Act → relatedTo → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
Bureau of Reclamation recreation areas → hasLegalBasis → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
U.S. Commissioner of Reclamation → legalBasis → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ
United States federal water projects → legalFramework → Reclamation Act of 1902 ⓘ