Reclamation Project Act of 1939, United States
Published: August 24, 2006, 2:53 pm
Updated: August 24, 2006, 2:53 pm
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The Reclamation Project Act of 1939 amended the Reclamation Act of 1902 by authorizing multiple-purpose projects and allocating construction costs among the projects’ various purposes such as irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and navigation. Beneficiaries and the federal government would share the costs for these multipurpose projects and repayment for municipal, industrial water supply, and power projects would have a zero-interest rate.
Congress gave substantial authority to the Secretary of the Interior; they were given discretion to set utility rates of energy producers that would ensure adequate revenue to cover a defined share of annual operation and maintenance costs as well as the interest on an appropriate share of the construction investments. Municipalities, public corporations, and government agencies received preferential treatment. Many of the same rules applied to irrigation projects except that the expenses allocated to irrigation required repayment to the extent available by the projects. Cooperatives and nonprofit organizations received financial aid through loans.
Further Reading
Reclamation Project Act of 1939: Full Text (Center for Columbia River History)
The Reclamation Project Act of 1939: Rates and Repayment (U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration)
Testimony on the Reclamation Law and the Allocation of Construction Costs for Federal Water Projects (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
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Ida Kubiszewski PhD (Lead Author);Brian Black (Topic Editor) "Reclamation Project Act of 1939, United States". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 24, 2006; Last revised Date August 24, 2006; Retrieved May 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Reclamation_Project_Act_of_1939,_United_States>
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Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is a Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University. She is also a co-founder and former-Managing Editor the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Kubiszewki is currently working as the Managing Editor for a magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions. Solutions is an outlet for discussions focusing on solutions to the complex problems we are now facing in ... (Full Bio)
The Reclamation Project Act of 1939 amended the Reclamation Act of 1902 by authorizing multiple-purpose projects and allocating construction costs among the projects’ various purposes such as irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, hydroelectric power generation, flood control, and navigation. Beneficiaries and the federal government would share the costs for these multipurpose projects and repayment for municipal, industrial water supply, and power projects would have a zero-interest rate.
Congress gave substantial authority to the Secretary of the Interior; they were given discretion to set utility rates of energy producers that would ensure adequate revenue to cover a defined share of annual operation and maintenance costs as well as the interest on an appropriate share of the construction investments. Municipalities, public corporations, and government agencies received preferential treatment. Many of the same rules applied to irrigation projects except that the expenses allocated to irrigation required repayment to the extent available by the projects. Cooperatives and nonprofit organizations received financial aid through loans.
Further Reading
Reclamation Project Act of 1939: Full Text (Center for Columbia River History)
The Reclamation Project Act of 1939: Rates and Repayment (U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration)
Testimony on the Reclamation Law and the Allocation of Construction Costs for Federal Water Projects (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
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