Declaration of policy of 1936 act
United States Code
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- 2017Richland/Wilkin Joint Powers Authority v. United States Army Corps of Engineers D. Minn.
- 2003Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys 10th Cir.
- 1996Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. v. Phoenix Assurance Co. S.D. Ill.
- 1987Union of Concerned Scientists v. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission D.C. Cir.
- 1983Sierra Club v. Sigler 5th Cir.
- 1982Creppel v. United States Army Corps of Engineers 5th Cir.
- 1981Environmental Defense Fund v. Marsh 5th Cir.
- 1981Ocoee River Council v. Tennessee Valley Authority E.D. Tenn.
- 1981Izaak Walton League of America v. Marsh D.C. Cir.
- 1980South Louisiana Environmental Council, Inc. v. Sand 5th Cir.
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It is recognized that destructive floods upon the rivers of the United States, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between the States, constitute a menace to national welfare; that it is the sense of Congress that flood control on navigable waters or their tributaries is a proper activity of the Federal Government in cooperation with States, their political subdivisions, and localities thereof; that investigations and improvements of rivers and other waterways, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes are in the interest of the general welfare; that the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected. (Source: (June 22, 1936, ch. 688, § 1, 49 Stat. 1570.))