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Show 183 that, through June 30, 1949, federal funds made available for carrying out these functions reached a total of about $l,800,000,000.193 The Reclamation Act of 1902.-In his message to Con- gress in December 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt said:194 It is as right for the National Government to make the streams and rivers of the arid region useful by engineering works for water storage as to make useful the rivers and harbors of the humid regions by engineering works of another kind. ***** Our people as a whole will profit, for successful home- making is but another name for upbuilding of the Nation. The fundamental principles advanced in his message formed the basis for the Reclamation Act of 1902.1®5 With its many supplements and amendments, that Act constitutes Reclama- tion Law.186 The 1902 Act established the Reclamation Fund with moneys derived from the sale of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.197 This Fund is to be used for irrigation works in those States, to which Texas was later added.198 The Secretary of the Interior is directed to make 198 Annual Report of the Secretaby of the Interior, p. 70 (1949). 194 H. Doc. No. 1, 57th Cong., 1st sess., pp. XXVIII-XXIX (1901). 198 Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, 43 U. S. C. 391 et seg. "When Theo- dore Roosevelt became the President of the United States in 1901, the first major task to which he addressed himself was the establishment of a national program for the conservation of the land and water resources of the West. The fundamental principles he advanced in his message to the Congress form the basis for the reclamation law which was subse- quently enacted with his approval on June 17,1902." National Irrigation Policy-Its Development and Significance, Sen. Doc. No. 36, 76th Cong., 1st sess., p. VII (1939). 106 See supra, n. 18, p. 154. 197 § 1, 32 Stat. 388, 43 U. S. C. 391. 198 There are no federal public lands in Texas. J. Res. of March 1, 1845, § 2, 5 Stat. 797. To enable the United States to carry into effect the terms |