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Show 416 states, and their political subdivisions and localities.127 In ad- dition, it asserted that the Federal Government should "im- prove or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for flood control purposes." 128 Federal investigations and improvements for flood control and allied purposes were assigned to the Army Engineers.129 On the other hand, federal investigations of watersheds and measures for run-off, for water-flow retardation, and for soil- erosion prevention were assigned to the Department of Agriculture.130 A large number of basin-wide, flood-control plans prepared under the authority of the 1936 legislation were authorized in 1938.131 These include, among others, the Merrimack, Con- necticut, Ohio, Upper Mississippi, Missouri, White, Arkansas, and Willamette Rivers. Together with modifications and additions, these plans have formed the basis for extensive flood-control operations by the Army Engineers.132 In connection with this recent accentuation of federal flood- control activity, it should be remembered that the requirements of the 1917 Act that all flood-control examinations and surveys must include "a comprehensive study" of the watershed remain 127 Id. 128 Id. In 1944, Congress declared that the term "flood control" as used here shall be construed to include "channel and major drainage improve- ments." Act of December 22, 1944, § 2, 58 Stat. 887, 889, 33 U. S. G. 701a-l. 129 § 2, 49 Stat. 1570, as amended, 33 U. S. C. 701b; § 2, 58 Stat. 889, 33 U. S. O. 701a-l. ls0Id. Responsibility for administration of the Department of Agricul- ture's portion of this program has been assigned to the Forest Service in the case of lands primarily forested, and to the Soil Conservation Service in the case of other lands. The Office of the Secretary is responsible for interdepartmental and interbureau coordination, for establishing over-all program policies, and far approving reports. Secretary of Agriculture Memorandum No. 1166, June 27, 1946. The jurisdictional assignments to the Army Engineers and to the Depart- ment of Agriculture are required by the same statutory provisions not to interfere with work incidental to authorized Bureau of Reclamation projects. 181 Act of June 28,1938, § 4, 52 Stat. 1215,1216. 132 See Annual Repobt of the Chief of Enqineees, U. S. Armt, p. 23 (1949). |