Federal · Title 43 — Public Lands

43 U.S.C. § 1600b: Colorado River Floodway Task Force

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each State (appointed by the Governor) and Indian reservation in which the Floodway is located; each county in which the Floodway is located; a law enforcement agency from each county in which the Floodway is located; each water district in which the Floodway is located; 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); of the Chamber of Commerce from each county in which the Floodway is located; the Colorado River Wildlife Council; the Army Corps of Engineers; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); the Department of Agriculture; the Department of the Interior; and the Department of State. 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; the necessity for additional Floodway management legislation at local, tribal, State, and Federal levels; the development of specific design criteria for the creation of the Floodway boundaries; the review of mapping procedures for Floodway boundaries; 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 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. 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 1 See References in Text note below. October 8, 1986 .

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