...project plan to an entire basin program. Corps of Engineers projects are stated by law to be feasible "if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the costs and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected" (act of June...

...including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes are in the interest of the general welfare; that the Federal Government should improve or participate...security of people are otherwise adversely affected." In 1933 Congress passed the TVA Act "To improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control...

...Flood-Control Projects. — In its 1936 declaration of floodcontrol policy, Congress specified that: m the Federal Government should improve or participate...of navigable waters or their tributaries, including the watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are...

...Flood-Control Projects. — In its 1936 declaration of floodcontrol policy, Congress specified that: m the Federal Government should improve or participate...of navigable waters or their tributaries, including the watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are...

...flood-control projects. Flood-control laws provide specifically for Federal flood-control improvements "if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected."...

...including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes are in the interest of the general welfare; that the Federal Government should improve or participate...costs, and if the lives and social security of people arc otherwise adversely affected." In 1933 Congress passed the TVA Act "To improve the navigability...

...these appearing in section 1 of the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, reads as follows: * * * that the Federal Government should improve or participate...security of people are otherwise adversely affected. The second provision appears in section 9 (a) of the Reclamation Project Act approved August 4, 1939,...

...remarks will be helpful as background in this report. The Flood Control Act of 1936 stated in section 1 that the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters and their tributaries for flood-control purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are...

...1936 states that the Federal Government should undertake or participate in flood control improvements "if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are...security of people are otherwise adversely affected." In compliance with this policy statement, benefits and costs have been estimated for the flood control...

...including watersheds thereof, for flood-control purposes are in the interest of the general welfare; that the Federal Government should improve or participate...the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in Jurisdiction of Federal Activities Sec. 2. That, hereafter, Federal investigations and improvements...