§ 1600. — Findings and purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC1600]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 32B--COLORADO RIVER FLOODWAY
Sec. 1600. Findings and purposes
(a) Findings
The Congress finds that--
(1) there are multiple purposes established by law for the dams
and other control structures administered by the Secretary of the
Interior on the Colorado River;
(2) the maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway established
in this chapter is essential to accomplish these multiple purposes;
(3) developments within the Floodway are and will continue to be
vulnerable to damaging flows such as the property damage which
occurred in 1983 and may occur in the future;
(4) certain Federal programs which subsidize or permit
development within the Floodway threaten human life, health,
property, and natural resources; and
(5) there is a need for coordinated Federal, State, and local
action to limit Floodway development.
(b) Purpose
The Congress declares that the purposes of this chapter are to--
(1) establish the Colorado River Floodway, as designated and
described further in this chapter, so as to provide benefits to
river users and to minimize the loss of human life, protect health
and safety, and minimize damage to property and natural resources by
restricting future Federal expenditures and financial assistance,
except public health funds, which have the effect of encouraging
development within the Colorado River Floodway; and
(2) establish a task force to advise the Secretary of the
Interior and the Congress on establishment of the Floodway and on
managing existing and future development within the Floodway,
including the appropriateness of compensation in specified cases of
extraordinary hardship.
(Pub. L. 99-450, Sec. 2, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 99-450, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129, known as the
Colorado River Floodway Protection Act, which enacted this chapter and
section 4029 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
below and Tables.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 99-450 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this
chapter and section 4029 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare] may
be cited as the `Colorado River Floodway Protection Act'.''
