§ 1600b. — Colorado River Floodway Task Force.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1600b]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 32B--COLORADO RIVER FLOODWAY
Sec. 1600b. Colorado River Floodway Task Force
(a) Establishment and membership
To advise the Secretary and the Congress there shall be a Colorado
River Floodway Task Force, which shall include one representative of--
(1) each State (appointed by the Governor) and Indian
reservation in which the Floodway is located;
(2) each county in which the Floodway is located;
(3) a law enforcement agency from each county in which the
Floodway is located;
(4) each water district in which the Floodway is located;
(5) the cities of Needles, Parker, Blythe, Bullhead City, Yuma,
Laughlin, Lake Havasu City, Nevada (if and when incorporated), and
Mojave County, Arizona Supervisor District No. 2 (chosen by, but not
a member of the Board of Supervisors);
(6) of the Chamber of Commerce from each county in which the
Floodway is located;
(7) the Colorado River Wildlife Council;
(8) the Army Corps of Engineers;
(9) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
(10) the Department of Agriculture;
(11) the Department of the Interior; and
(12) the Department of State.
(b) Charter and operation; reports and recommendations
The task force shall be chartered and operate under the provisions
of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App.)
and shall prepare recommendations concerning the Colorado River
Floodway, which recommendations shall deal with:
(1) the means to restore and maintain the Floodway specified in
section 1600c of this title, including, but not limited to, specific
instances where land transfers or relocations, or other changes in
land management, might best effect the purposes of this chapter;
(2) the necessity for additional Floodway management legislation
at local, tribal, State, and Federal levels;
(3) the development of specific design criteria for the creation
of the Floodway boundaries;
(4) the review of mapping procedures for Floodway boundaries;
(5) whether compensation should be recommended in specific cases
of economic hardship resulting from impacts of the 1983 flood on
property outside the Floodway which could not reasonably have been
foreseen; and
(6) the potential application of the Floodway on Indian lands
and recommended legislation or regulations that might be needed to
achieve the purposes of the Floodway taking into consideration the
special Federal status of Indian lands.
(c) Termination of task force; report to Secretary and Congressional
Committees
The task force shall exist for at least one year after October 8,
1986, or until such time as the Secretary has filed with the Committees
the maps described in section 1600c(b)(2) \1\ of this title. The task
force shall file its report with the Secretary and the Committees within
nine months after October 8, 1986.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(Pub. L. 99-450, Sec. 4, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1130.)
References in Text
The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Section 1600c(b)(2) of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was
struck out and former subsec. (b)(1)(ii) of section 1600c redesignated
subsec. (b)(2) of section 1600c by Pub. L. 105-362, title IX,
Sec. 901(d)(1), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3289. As so amended, section
1600c(b)(2) no longer relates to maps required to be prepared and filed
by the Secretary.
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related
references, see sections 313(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6,
Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security
Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note
under section 542 of Title 6.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1600i, 1600l of this title.
