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United States federal law
Flood Control Act of 1938
Long title An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes. Nicknames Public Works Act of 1938 Enacted by the
75th United States Congress Effective June 28, 1938 Public law
Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States)
75–761
Statutes at Large 52
Stat.
1215 , Chap. 795 Acts amended
Flood Control Act of 1936 Titles amended
33 U.S.C.: Navigable Waters U.S.C. sections amended
33 U.S.C.
ch. 15 § 701 et seq. Introduced in the House as H.R. 10618Passed the House on June 7, 1938 (Passed)Passed the Senate on June 10, 1938 (Passed)Reported by the joint conference committee on June 14, 1938; agreed to by the House on June 14, 1938 (Agreed, in lieu of H.Res. 532) and by the Senate on June 15, 1938 (
51-32 )Signed into law by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 28, 1938
The Flood Control Act of 1938 was an
Act of the United States Congress signed into law by
President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt that authorized
civil engineering projects such as
dams ,
levees ,
dikes , and other
flood control measures through the
United States Army Corps of Engineers and other
Federal agencies . It is one of a number of
Flood Control Acts passed nearly annually by the
United States Congress .
Projects covered by the Act (partial list)
Dams
Bull Shoals Dam (begun June 1947; completed July 1951)
Coralville, Iowa , dam forming
Coralville Lake (begun 1949; completed 1958)
Delaware (Ohio) Dam (begun 1947; completed 1951)
Denison Dam
Green River Lake Dam, Kentucky (begun April 1964, completed June 1969)
Kinzua Dam (begun 1960; completed 1965)
Norfork Dam (begun 1941, completed 1944)
Raccoon Creek dam in
Parke County, Indiana , forming Mansfield Lake (begun October 1956; completed July 1960). Mansfield Lake was renamed
Cecil M. Harden Lake in 1974.
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Dale Hollow Lake Dam, Tennessee (begun 1938, completed 1943)
Shenango River Dam (begun 1963; completed 1965)
Wappapello Dam and
Lake Wappapello on the
St. Francis River . Wappapello Dam was dedicated in June, 1941;Langdon R. Jones of
Kennett, Missouri , delivered the dedication address at the request of
Missouri
Governor
Lloyd C. Stark .
See also
for related legislation which sometime also implement flood control provisions.
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