In the United States, there are multiple laws known as the Flood Control Act (FCA). Typically, they are enacted to control irrigation because of floods or other natural disasters and are administered by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. These laws were enacted beginning in 1917, with the most recent one being passed in 1965.

Background

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There were several major floods between 1849 and 1936 that moved Congress to pass legislation. The first significant federal flood control law was the Swamp Land Act of 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.[1][2] 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.[3]

List of Flood Control Acts

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See also

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References

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  7. ^ Grant County Public Utility District (October 2003). "Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project No. 2114 Final Application for New License, Exhibit B: Project Operation and Resource Utilization" (PDF). Grant County Public Utility District. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2008.
  8. ^ a b Mittal, Anu (September 2005). "GAO-05-1050T Army Corps of Engineers: Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project" (PDF). United States Government Accountability Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  9. ^ Efficient Investments in Water Resources: Issues and Options (PDF). Congress of the United States Congressional Budget Office. August 1983. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2009.