Federal Acts Flashcards
Ordinance of 1785
Provided for the rectangular land survey of the Old Northwest.
Homestead
Opened the lands of the Public Domain to settlers for a nominal fee and five years residence.
Morrill
Congress authorizes land grants from the Public Domain to the states. Proceeds from the sale were to be used to found colleges offering instruction in agriculture, engineering, and other practical arts.
Civil Rights
Equal rightst for all to be citizens, enter contracts, own property; discrimination not allowed
General Land Law Revision
Gave President power to create forest preserves by proclamation.
Forest Management
Authorized some control by the Secretary of the Interior over the use and occupancy of the forest preserves.
U.S. Reclaimation
Created fund from sale of public land in the arid states to supply water there through the construction of water storage and irrigation works.
Antiquities
Presidential authority to create national monuments by proclamation; “historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and objects of historic or scientific interest.”
National Park Service Organic
Created NPS
Agricultural Adjustment
Regulate agricultural trade practices, production, prices, supply areas (and therefore land use) as a recovery measure.
Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard)
decrease Federal control and increase self-governance; encouraged constitutions and chargers; many items as a result of Meriam Survey in 1924 assessing conditions
Taylor Grazing
Purpose to regulate the use of the range in the West for conservation purposes.
Soil Conservation
Congress moves to make prevention of soil erosion a national responsibility.
Historic Sites, Buildings and Antiquities
Organized Historic under NPS; recognized national policy role in preserving historic sites, buildings, objects
Social Security
Create a safety net for elderly. Promoted by Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor and first woman cabinet member.
Federal Insecticide, Fugicide, and Rodenticide
(FIFRA) Pesticide Regulation
Federal Water Pollution Control
also Clean Water Act; restore and maintain integrity of nation’s waters; does not address ground water
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Created and Chartered by Congress
Federal Disaster Relief Act
Authorized President to provide assistance when Governor’s request
Clean Air Act
Control air pollution from a national level
Wilderness
Created National Wilderness Preservation System
Civil Rights Act
No discrimination
Land Water Conservation Fund
Land Water Conservation Fund created; required Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plans (SCORP)
Water Resources Management
Required states to issue water quality standards and created Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Public Work and Economic Development
The act establishes the Economic Development Administration to extend coordinated, multifaceted aid to lagging regions and foster their redevelopment
Appalachian Regional Planning
Establishes a region comprising all of West Virginia and parts of 12 other states, plus a planning commission with the power to frame plans and allocate resources.
National Historic Preservation Act
Created National Register of Historic Places, list of National Historic Landmarks and State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO)
Civil Rights Act
Title II to VII Indian Civil Rigths; Title VIII & IX Fair Housing (Federal Enforcement of CRA 1866)
National Wild & Scenic River
Preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural and recreational value
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) Established President’s Council on Environmental Quality; requires CatEx, EA then FONSI or EIS
Federal Environmental Protecton Agency created
to enforce Clean Air Act
Federal Environmental Pesticide Control
(FEPCA) Strengthed registration to burden manufacturers; enforce banned/unregistered product; promulgated regulations
State and Local Fiscal Assistance
General revenue sharing inaugurated
Endangered Species
Authorized Federal assistance to state and local jurisdictions to establish conservation programs for endangers plant and animal species.
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
(CERCLA) Superfund Bill. Creates liability for persons discharging hazardous waste into the environment. Taxes polluting industries to establish a trust fund for the cleanup of polluted sites in cases where individual responsibility is not ascertainable.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
FEMA; Coordinate relief efforts; Presidential disaster declarations
Enterprise Zone/Empowerment Community (EZ/EC)
Aims tax incentives, wage tax credits, special deductions, and low-interest financing to a limited number of impoverished urban and rural communities to jumpstart their economic and social recovery.
Disaster Mitigation Act
Encourage Mitigation
Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons
(RLUIPA)
Pet Evacuation and Transportation Standards
Accommodate pets
Disaster Recovery Reform
(DRRA) Resiliency - pre-disaster funding
