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Show 452 In the next few years, various localized flood-control works were constructed.263 As a result of the continued and rapid expansion of economic activities in the valley, three reviews of the previous report were assigned to the Army Engineers by congressional directives between 1936 and 1939.26* A single combined report was prepared in response to all three authoriza- tions.265 An interim report was submitted in 1941 outlining a plan for ultimate development of the basin's water resources, to be accomplished step-by-step over a period of years in accordance with plans being prepared by the Army Engineers.266 This plan was authorized in 1945.267 In response to an authorization in the 1936 Flood Control Act, the Department of Agriculture submitted a report to Congress recommending a program of terracing, reforestation, improved land use, better cropping practices, minor channel improvements, and other measures to improve the soil and reduce erosion and silting in the Coosa River Basin above Rome, Georgia.268 In 1944, prosecution of this recommended project was authorized.209 268 See e. g. Act of June 22,1936, § 5, 49 Stat. 1570,1575; Act of August 18, 1941, § 3, 55 Stat. 638, 641. 284 See H. Doc. No. 414, 77th Cong., 1st sess., p. 3 (1941). mIMd. 266 H. Doc. No. 414, 77th Cong., 1st sess. (1941). The report stated that the district engineer had developed ua comprehensive plan for navigation, power generation, and flood control" and that at the request of the Federal Power Commission a restudy was being made of this plan to "increase the development of hydroelectric power." But the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors recommended that a comprehensive plan for the ultimate development of the water resources of the Alabama-Coosa River system for "navigation, hydroelectric power, flood control, and other purposes" should be authorized at this time. Id. pp. 4-5. 267 Act of March 2, 1945, § 2, 59 Stat. 10, 17. "Alabama-Coosa River, Alabama: Initial and ultimate development of the Alabama-Coosa River and tributaries for navigation, flood control, power development, and other purposes, as outlined in House Document Numbered 414, Seventy-seventh Congress, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans being prepared by the Chief of Engineers with such modifications thereof from time to time as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable for the purpose of increasing the develop- ment of hydroelectric power * * *." 248 Act of June 22,1936, § 6,49 Stat. 1570,1593; H. Doc. No. 236, 78th Cong., 1st sess. (1943). 269 Act of December 22,1944, § 13, 58 Stat. 887,905. |