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[1] The act at first covered only 16 of the western states, as delineated by the 100th meridian, as Texas had no federal lands. [1] Texas was added later by a special act passed in 1906. [2] The act set aside money from sales of semi-arid public lands for the construction and maintenance of irrigation projects. The newly irrigated land would be ...
The reclamation fund is a special fund established by the United States Congress under the Reclamation Act of 1902, as amended, for receipts from the sale of public lands and timber, proceeds from the Mineral Leasing Act, and certain other revenues.
It was the first project of the newly organized U.S. Reclamation Service (known today as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation), organized by the Reclamation Act of 1902. [ 4 ] As a result of the diversion, Winnemucca Lake lost inflow and dried up, and Pyramid Lake lost more than 80 feet (24 m) in elevation, resulting in the near-extinction of the ...
George Hebard Maxwell (June 3, 1860 – December 1, 1946) was an American attorney and lobbyist for water reclamation and communal irrigation projects. In 1899, he formed the National Reclamation Association and, in 1902, along with Democratic U.S. Representative Francis G. Newlands , helped pass the National Reclamation Act .
Newlands Reclamation Act, a 1902 United States federal law that funded irrigation projects Reclamation fund, a special fund established by the 1902 law; Reclamation district, special-purpose districts which are responsible for reclaiming and maintaining threatened land; Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, a 1977 law in the US
The data developed were made available to the Reclamation Service after the passage of the 1902 Reclamation Act. The Minidoka Project was established in 1904, with construction of Minidoka Dam starting the same year. Water could flow to the north bank of the Snake by gravity, but pumping was required for the south bank.
No. 2: SECURE 2.0 Reduces RMD Penalty SECURE 2.0 also addresses the penalty for failing to take RMDs in time. Under the previous rules, missing an RMD resulted in a 50% penalty on the amount that ...
[1] A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902, which created the Bureau of Reclamation and boosted the agricultural industry by building dams to support irrigation in the arid Western states. [2]