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Show 133 Despite the relatively short history of federal responsibility for control of floods on a national basis, the total federal expend- itures by the Army Engineers for flood control between July 1, 1936, and June 30, 1949, exceeded $1,781,000,000, over one- half of the amount spent in over a century on federal naviga- tion improvements.30 . During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, a total of over $400,000,000 was expended for flood con- trol, an amount more than double the corresponding figure for river and harbor improvements.31 These amounts are in addition to federal expenditures for flood control by the Depart- ment of Agriculture, and allocations to flood-control purposes at Bureau of Reclamation projects.32 Jurisdiction In the 1936 statute, Congress declared that federal investi- gations and improvements of rivers and other waterways for flood control and allied purposes shall be under the jurisdic- tion of and prosecuted by the Department of the Army under the direction of its Secretary and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers.33 By these same provisions, jurisdiction is given to the Department of Agriculture with respect to investigations of watersheds and measures for run-off and water-flow retarda- tion and soil-erosion prevention, except as to reclamation proj- ects under the Interior Department.34 80 Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, p. 15 (1936) ; id., p. 23 (1949) ; see supra, p. 90. 31 Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, p. 20 (1949) ; see supra, p. 90. 82 See infra, pp. 374-377, 240. 88 Act of June 22, 1936, § 2, 49 Stat. 1570, as amended, 33 U. S. C. 701b; to the same effect, see Act of December 22, 1944, § 2, 53 Stat. 887, 889, 33 U. S. C. 701a-l. Hereafter in this Chapter, the designation, "the Secretary," will refer to the Secretary of the Army. 84 This aspect of law we shall reserve for discussion in Chapter 8 on Related Land Uses, infra, pp. 374-377. It should also be noted that, in connection with projects authorized by the 1936 Act, Congress granted blanket consent to states to enter into compacts whereby they would pro- vide specified project funds. From a further requirement that no such compact shall became effective without its approval, Congress excepted only those providing for expenditure of funds and performance of work |