Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 18 — Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
§ 1001. Declaration of policy
Statutory text
Erosion, floodwater, and sediment damages in the watersheds of the rivers and streams of the United States, causing loss of life and damage to property, constitute a menace to the national welfare; and it is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should cooperate with States and their political subdivisions, soil or water conservation districts, flood prevention or control districts, and other local public agencies for the purpose of preventing such damages, of furthering the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and the conservation and utilization of land and thereby of preserving, protecting, and improving the Nation’s land and water resources and the quality of the environment.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 83–656 § 1 · 68 Stat. 792
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1001
Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, § 1, 68 Stat. 666
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, § 1, 68 Stat. 666Rural Development Act of 1972
Pub. L. 92–419 title II § 201(a) · 86 Stat. 657
Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 1001
Pub. L. 92–419 expanded the declaration of policy to include conservation and utilization of land, improvement of land and water resources, and quality of the environment
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 92–419 expanded the declaration of policy to include conservation and utilization of land, improvement of land and water resources, and quality of the environment.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Section 1 is amended by striking out the words “the purpose of preventing such damages and of furthering the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and thereby of preserving and protecting the Nation’s land and water resources” and substituting therefor the words “the purpose of preventing such damages, of furthering the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water, and the conservation and utilization of land and thereby of preserving, protecting, and improving the Nation’s land and water resources and the quality of the environment.”
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1972—Pub. L. 92–419 expanded the declaration of policy to include conservation and utilization of land, improvement of land and water resources, and quality of the environment.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Act Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, § 11, formerly § 9, 68 Stat. 668, as renumbered by act Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 1027, § 1(g), 70 Stat. 1090, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter, amending section 701b of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and section 701b of Title 33] may be cited as the ‘Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act’.”
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Projects Exempt From Requirements for Independent Water Project Review
For exemption of projects under this chapter from independent water project review requirements of Ex. Ords. No. 12113 and 12141, see Pub. L. 96–528, title VI, § 622, , 94 Stat. 3118, set out as a note under section 1962 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Extension of Benefits to Projects Authorized Before Aug. 7, 1956
Act Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 1027, § 2, 70 Stat. 1090, provided that sections 1006a and 1006b of this title and the amendments made by act to sections 1002 to 1005 of this title should be applicable to all works of improvement and plans for such works under the provisions of this chapter and that any plans for works of improvement with respect to which the Secretary of Agriculture was authorized prior to to participate in the installation of works of improvement in accordance with such plan, or any plan for works of improvement which had received prior to the approval of congressional committees, need not be submitted to the congressional committees as required by this chapter.
Credits
1954–1972 · 2 acts
- 1954Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, § 1, 68 Stat. 666
- 1972Pub. L. 92–419, title II, § 201(a), , 86 Stat. 667.
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(Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, § 1, 68 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 92–419, title II, § 201(a), , 86 Stat. 667.)