43 U.S.C. § 1600a — Definitions

Page 429 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 1600b 1 See References in Text note below. 2 So in original. Probably should be in the singular. (Pub. L. 99–450, § 2, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129.) Editorial Notes 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 Pro- tection 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. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 99–450, § 1, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129, 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’.’’ § 1600a. Definitions (a) The term ‘‘Committees’’ refers to the Com- mittee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the Com- mittee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- sources of the United States Senate. (b) The term ‘‘financial assistance’’ means any form of loan, grant, guaranty, insurance, pay- ment, rebate, subsidy, or any other form of di- rect or indirect Federal assistance other than— (1) general revenue-sharing grants made under section 6702 1 of title 31; (2) deposit or account insurance for cus- tomers of banks, savings and loan associa- tions, credit unions, or similar institutions; (3) the purchase of mortgages or loans by the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; (4) assistance for environmental studies, plans, and assessments that are required inci- dent to the issuance of permits or other au- thorizations under Federal law; and (5) assistance pursuant to programs entirely unrelated to development, such as any Federal or federally assisted public assistance program or any Federal old-age, survivors, or disability insurance program. Such term also includes flood insurance de- scribed in sections 2 4029(a) and (b) of title 42 on and after the dates on which the provisions of those sections 2 become effective. (c) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Interior. (d) The term ‘‘water district’’ means any pub- lic agency providing water service, including water districts, county water districts, public utility districts, and irrigation districts. (e) The term ‘‘Floodway’’ means the Colorado River Floodway established in section 1600c of this title. (Pub. L. 99–450, § 3, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129; Pub. L. 103–437, § 16(a)(4), Nov. 2, 1994, 108 Stat. 4594.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Chapter 67 of title 31, including section 6702, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), was repealed by Pub. L. 99–272, title XIV, § 1400(a)(1), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 327. See also Codi- fication note below. The dates on which the provisions of sections 4029(a) and (b) of title 42 become effective, referred to in sub- sec. (b), is Oct. 8, 1986, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 99–450 which enacted section 4029(a), (b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. CODIFICATION In subsec. (b)(1), ‘‘section 6702 of title 31’’ substituted for ‘‘section 102 of the State and Local Fiscal Assist- ance Amendments of 1972 (31 U.S.C. 1221)’’ on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Fi- nance. AMENDMENTS 1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–437 substituted ‘‘Natural Resources’’ for ‘‘Interior and Insular Affairs’’ before ‘‘of the United States House’’. § 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 lo- cated; (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 rec- ommendations The task force shall be chartered and operate under the provisions of chapter 10 of title 5 and shall prepare recommendations concerning the Colorado River Floodway, which recommenda- tions 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 in- stances 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;