1414), enacted on August 11, 1939, by the 76th Congress, authorized construction of flood control projects across the United States.
[2] The Act was also instrumental in establishing the Federal policy of cost-benefit analysis, the standard by which the government determines whether or not a project provides sufficient benefits to justify the cost of expending public funds.
It specified the standard that "the benefits to whomever they accrue [be] in excess of the estimated costs.
[3] Other flood control provisions enacted in 1939[4] can be found under:
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