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 PUBLIC LAW 99-450—OCT. 8, 1986

Public Law 99-450 99th Congress

100 STAT. 1129

An Act

To establish a federally declared Floodway for the Colorado River below Davis Dam.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE

Oct. 8, 1986 [H.R. 1246] Colorado River Floodway Protection Act.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Colorado River Floodway 43 USC 1600 Protection Act". note. SECTION

FINDINGS AND PURPOSES

SEC. 2. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 43 USC leoo. (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 Act 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 Act are to— ' "' '" (1) establish the Colorado River Floodway, as designated and described further in this Act, 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. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 3. (a) The term "Committees" refers to the Committee on 43 USC leooa. Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate.

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