Flood Control Act of 1938

{{Short description|United States federal law}} {{Infobox U.S. legislation | shorttitle = Flood Control Act of 1938 | othershorttitles = | longtitle = An Act authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes. | colloquialacronym = | nickname = Public Works Act of 1938 | enacted by = 75th | effective date = June 28, 1938 | public law url = | cite public law = {{uspl|75|761}} | cite statutes at large = {{usstat|52|1215}}, Chap. 795 | acts amended = Flood Control Act of 1936 | acts repealed = | title amended = 33 U.S.C.: Navigable Waters | sections created =  | sections amended = {{Usc-title-chap|33|15}} § 701 et seq. | leghisturl = | introducedin = House | introducedbill = {{USBill|75|H.R.|10618}} | introducedby =  | introduceddate = | committees = | passedbody1 = House | passeddate1 = June 7, 1938 | passedvote1 = Passed | passedbody2 = Senate | passedas2 =  | passeddate2 = June 10, 1938 | passedvote2 = Passed | conferencedate = June 14, 1938 | passedbody3 = House | passeddate3 = June 14, 1938 | passedvote3 = Agreed, in lieu of {{USBill|75|HRes|532|site=yes}} | agreedbody3 =  | agreeddate3 =  | agreedvote3 =  | agreedbody4 =  | agreeddate4 =  | agreedvote4 =  | passedbody4 = Senate | passeddate4 = June 15, 1938 | passedvote4 = [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-3/s171 51-32] | signedpresident = Franklin D. Roosevelt | signeddate = June 28, 1938 | unsignedpresident =  | unsigneddate =  | vetoedpresident =  | vetoeddate =  | overriddenbody1 =  | overriddendate1 =  | overriddenvote1 =  | overriddenbody2 =  | overriddendate2 =  | overriddenvote2 =  | amendments = | SCOTUS cases = }} 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=== *Blue Mountain Dam (begun 1941; completed 1947) *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.<ref>{{cite web| author=| title =Cecil M. Harden Lake, Raccoon State Recreation Area| work =| publisher =Indiana Department of Natural Resources| date =| url =https://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/files/cecil_m_harden_trail.pdf | format =pdf| accessdate =September 24, 2019}} See also: {{cite web| author=| title =Cecil M. Hardin Lake (Raccoon SRA) | work = | publisher =Indiana Department of Natural Resources | date = | url =https://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2959.htm | format = | accessdate =September 24, 2019}} Also: {{cite web| author=| title =Cecil Harden Lake | work = | publisher=Lakebrowser.com | date = | url =http://www.lakebrowser.com/indiana/cecil_harden_lake.asp | format = | accessdate =September 27, 2019}}</ref> *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== *Water Resources Development Act *Rivers and Harbors Act for related legislation which sometime also implement flood control provisions.

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