 Corps of Engineers Civil Works projects are authorized by legislation generically referred to as Omnibus Legislation. Projects authorized through Omnibus Legislation include those under regulatory purview of various Flood Control Acts, Rivers and Harbor Acts and, since 1974, Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA).
Project Planning personnel across the country regularly partner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help develop water-related projects that meet the critical needs of local communities and conserve fish and wildlife resources simultaneously. In particular, the Fish and Wildlife Service's authorities under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, national Environmental Policy Act, and Endangered Species Act provide the mechanisms to engage with our partners early in the planning phase and create positive projects.
WRDA legislation provides the Corps with the authority to study water resource problems, construct projects, and make major modifications to projects. WRDA Bills also contain general provisions as well as special study authorizations.
The provisions and contents of WRDA Omnibus Legislation are cumulative and new Acts do not supercede or replace previous Acts. New WRDA add to the original language contents and often amend provisions of previous Acts. Current WRDA legislation is available in the United States Code. Access the Code at http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/cong013.html.
Listed below are the Omnibus Acts from 1938 to 2000. The files are provided in Adobe's portable document format (.pdf). To read or print these documents, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader set up as a plug-in to your browser.
River and Harbor Act of 1938; P.L. 75-685, June 20, 1938
Flood Control Act of 1938; P.L. 75-761, June 28, 1938
River and Harbor Act of 1940; P.L. 76-868, October 17, 1940
Flood Control Act of 1941; P.L. 77-228, August 18, 1941
Flood Control Act of 1944; P.L. 78-534, December 22, 1944
River and Harbor Act of 1945; P.L. 79-14, March 2, 1945
River and Harbor Act of 1946; P.L. 79-525, July 24, 1946
Flood Control Act of 1946; P.L. 79-526, July 24, 1946
River and Harbor Act of 1948; P.L. 80-858, June 30, 1948
Flood Control Act of 1948
River and Harbor Act of 1950; P.L. 81-516, May 17, 1950
Flood Control Act of 1950
River and Harbor Act of 1954; P.L. 83-780, September 3, 1954
Flood Control Act of 1954
River and Harbor Act of 1958; P.L. 85-500, July 3, 1958
Flood Control Act of 1958
River and Harbor Act of 1960; P.L. 86-645, July 14, 1960
Flood Control Act of 1960
River and Harbor Act of 1962; P.L. 87-874, October 23, 1962
Flood Control Act of 1962
River and Harbor Act of 1965; P.L. 89-298, October 27, 1965
Flood Control Act of 1965
River and Harbor Act of 1966; P.L. 89-789, November 7, 1966
Flood Control Act of 1966
River and Harbor Act of 1968 - No copy
Flood Control Act of 1968
River and Harbor Act of 1970; P.L. 91-611, December 31, 1970
Flood Control Act of 1970
Flood Control Act of 1972; P.L. 93-251, March 7, 1974
Water Resources Development Act of 1974
Water Resources Development Act of 1976
P.L. 94-587, October 22, 1976
Water Resources Development Act of 1986
P.L. 99-662, November 17, 1986
Water Resources Development Act of 1988
P.L. 100-676, November 17, 1988
Water Resources Development Act of 1990
P.L. 101-640, November 28, 1990
Water Resources Development Act of 1992
P.L. 102-580, October 31, 1992
Water Resources Development Act of 1996
P.L. 104-303, October 12, 1996
Water Resources Development Act of 1999
P.L. 106-53, August 17, 1999
Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Technical Corrections)
P.L. 106-109, November 24, 1999
Water Resources Development Act of 2000
P.L. 106-541, December 11, 2000 |
