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After several years of effort, the resulting act passed on June 17, 1902. [12] The 1902 act was later amended by the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–293, Title II) to limit the corporate use of water and speculation on land that would benefit from reclamation projects. [7]
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.
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.
He encouraged the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 to promote federal construction of dams to irrigate small farms and placed 230 million acres (360,000 mi 2 or 930,000 km 2) under federal protection. Roosevelt set aside more federal land for national parks and nature preserves than all of his predecessors combined. [66]
After the passage of the Reclamation Act by the US Congress in 1902, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation began constructing the dam under the Yuma Project in 1903. This project was the first development of the U.S. Reclamation Service along the Lower Colorado River and featured the Laguna Diversion Dam, a pumping station and a series of canals. [1]
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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]
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