Tennessee Valley Authority Act

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Alabama
gptkb:Georgia
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Virginia
gptkb:Tennessee_River
gptkb:Tennessee_Valley_region
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_environmental_legislation
gptkb:1933_in_American_law
New Deal legislation
gptkbp:citation gptkb:48_Stat._58
gptkbp:created gptkb:Tennessee_Valley_Authority
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1933-05-18
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Great_Depression
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tennessee Valley Authority Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tennessee_Valley
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:New_Deal
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Public_Law_73-17
gptkbp:purpose establish the Tennessee Valley Authority
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:subject economic development
electricity generation
flood control
navigation improvement
public works
reforestation
gptkbp:title An Act to improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control of the Tennessee River; to provide for reforestation and the proper use of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley; to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of said valley; to provide for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of Government properties at and near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:73rd_United_States_Congress
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt_administration
gptkb:George_W._Norris
gptkb:TVA_Board_of_Directors
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