The Rivers and Harbors Act was reauthorized in 1937, giving control of the CVP once more to the Bureau of Reclamation.

The River & Harbors Act of 1945 authorized these projects for the purposes of both flood control and navigation.

The Rivers and Harbors Act is administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Rivers and Harbors Act may refer to one of many pieces of legislation and appropriations passed by the United States Congress since the first such legislation in 1824.

In a separate piece of legislation passed a month later (often called the first Rivers and Harbors Act), Congress also appropriated $75,000 to improve navigation on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers by removing sandbars, snags, and other obstacles.

In August 1935, with the help of Roosevelt and a Supreme Court decision allowing the acquisition of public land and Indian Reservations, Congress authorized funding for the upgraded high dam under the 1935 River and Harbors Act.

They also enforce provisions of the Federal Rivers and Harbors Act and other regulations.

USACE beach nourishment projects are authorized under Section 111 of the 1968 Rivers and Harbors Act (P.L. 90-483 as amended by Sec 940, WRDA '86(P.L. 99-662)) as mitigation for the damage caused by Federal navigation projects interrupting the littoral flow of beach material along shorelines.

His report was overlooked until the 1927 Rivers and Harbors Act allowed the USACE to investigate development of the Savannah River for the purpose of hydroelectricity, navigation, flood control and irrigation.

At the time of construction, a specific amount of water diversion was authorized by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and approved by the Secretary of War, under provisions of various Rivers and Harbors Acts; over the years however this limit was not honored or well regulated.