16 U.S.C. § 4721 — Establishment of Task Force

Page 2505 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 4722 (A) enter into cooperative agreements with appropriate officials of other agencies of the Federal Government, agencies of States and political subdivisions thereof, and private entities; (B) accept funds, facilities, equipment, or personnel from other Federal agencies; and (C) accept donations of property and serv- ices. (2) Consultation and cooperation The Secretary of the Interior shall consult and cooperate with the International Mari- time Organization and the Task Force in car- rying out this section. (Pub. L. 101–646, title I, § 1104, as added Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(d), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4083.) SUBCHAPTER III—PREVENTION AND CON- TROL OF AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES DISPERSAL § 4721. Establishment of Task Force (a) Task Force There is hereby established an ‘‘Aquatic Nui- sance Species Task Force’’. (b) Membership Membership of the Task Force shall consist of— (1) the Director; (2) the Under Secretary; (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; (4) the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard; (5) the Assistant Secretary; (6) the Secretary of Agriculture; (7) the Director of the National Park Serv- ice; (8) the Director of the Bureau of Land Man- agement; (9) the Commissioner of Reclamation; and (10) the head of any other Federal agency that the chairpersons designated under sub- section (d) deem appropriate. (c) Ex officio members The chairpersons designated under subsection (d) shall invite representatives of the Great Lakes Commission, the Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program, the Chesapeake Bay Program, the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Program, and State agencies and other govern- mental entities to participate as ex officio mem- bers of the Task Force. (d) Chairpersons The Director and the Under Secretary shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Task Force and shall be jointly responsible, and are authorized to undertake such activities as may be nec- essary, for carrying out this subchapter in con- sultation and cooperation with the other mem- bers of the Task Force. (e) Memorandum of understanding Within six months of November 29, 1990, the Director and the Under Secretary shall develop a memorandum of understanding that describes the role of each in jointly carrying out this sub- chapter. (f) Coordination Each Task Force member shall coordinate any action to carry out this subchapter with any such action by other members of the Task Force, and regional, State and local entities. (g) Observers The chairpersons designated under subsection (d) may invite representatives of nongovern- mental entities to participate as observers of the Task Force. (Pub. L. 101–646, title I, § 1201, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4765; Pub. L. 104–182, title III, § 308(b), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1689; Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(e)(2), (h)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4085, 4091; Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXIII, § 11327(b), (c), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4097; Pub. L. 117–328, div. O, title IV, § 404(b), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5229.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (d) to (f), was in the original ‘‘this subtitle’’, meaning subtitle C (§§ 1201–1209) of title I of Pub. L. 101–646, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4765, which enacted this subchapter and amended section 42 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. AMENDMENTS 2022—Subsec. (b)(7) to (10). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11327(c), added pars. (7) to (9) and redesignated former par. (7) as (10). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–328 inserted ‘‘Patrick Leahy’’ before ‘‘Lake Champlain Basin Program’’. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11327(b), added subsec. (g). 1996—Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), made technical amend- ment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 1201, which enacted this sec- tion. Subsec. (b)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(e)(2)(A), struck out ‘‘and’’ at end of par. (5), added par. (6), and redesig- nated former par. (6) as (7). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(e)(2)(B), inserted ‘‘the Chesapeake Bay Program, the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Program,’’ before ‘‘and State agencies’’. Pub. L. 104–182 inserted ‘‘, the Lake Champlain Basin Program,’’ after ‘‘Great Lakes Commission’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat- ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu- rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor- ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. § 4722. Aquatic nuisance species program (a) In general The Task Force shall develop and implement a program for waters of the United States to pre- vent introduction and dispersal of aquatic nui- sance species; to monitor, control and study such species; and to disseminate related infor- mation. (b) Content The program developed under subsection (a) shall—