Flood Control Act of 1944

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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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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
flood control law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pick–Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ
Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program authorization ⓘ
appliesTo Arkansas River Basin ⓘ
Missouri River Basin ⓘ
other major U.S. river basins ⓘ
authorizedProgram Pick–Sloan Missouri Basin Program ⓘ
authorizesConstructionOf hydroelectric power plants ⓘ
levees ⓘ
multipurpose dams ⓘ
navigation works ⓘ
reservoirs ⓘ
country 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 United States Army Corps of Engineers ⓘ
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 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 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 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
yearEnacted 1944 ⓘ

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United States federal power system → legalFramework → Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ
Flood Control Act of 1944 → alsoKnownAs → Pick–Sloan Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ
linked to: Flood Control Act of 1944
Flood Control Act of 1948 → follows → Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ
Missouri River reservoir system → legalFramework → Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program → legalBasis → Flood Control Act of 1944 ⓘ