Flood Control Act of 1936

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The Flood Control Act of 1936 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.

[edit] Projects covered by the Act

[edit] Dams

[edit] See also

for related legislation which sometime also implement flood control provisions.

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