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  2. Newlands Reclamation Act - Wikipedia

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    Newlands Reclamation Act; Other short titles: Lowlands Reclamation Act of 1902: Long title: An Act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands. Nicknames: National Reclamation Act of 1902: Enacted by

  3. Theodore Roosevelt Dam - Wikipedia

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    With the creation of the Reclamation Service, the lead role of the federal government in developing large-scale irrigation projects was firmly established. What was to become Roosevelt Dam was one of the original five federal projects authorized on March 14, 1903, [5] under the Act, and the first major project to be completed.

  4. Reclamation fund - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association

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    Hodel v. Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association, 452 U.S. 264 (1981), is a United States Supreme Court case that unanimously held that the Commerce Clause allowed Congress to pass the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, which regulated surface mining on private property, because of this environmentally destructive industry's substantial effects on interstate commerce.

  6. Category:1902 in American law - Wikipedia

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    Newlands Reclamation Act; P. Philippine Organic Act (1902) ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...

  7. George Hebard Maxwell - Wikipedia

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    At that time reclamation stood for irrigation projects that would reclaim arid land and make it habitable to be used by people and encourage Western settlement. [2] In 1902, along with United States Senator Francis G. Newlands, he became co-author of the National Reclamation Act. Under the Act, construction of projects like dams were financed ...

  8. Central Valley Project - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... and Power Summary and full text; ... Act attempts to remove 160 acre water limit of the 1902 Reclamation Act ...

  9. Francis G. Newlands - Wikipedia

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    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]