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 PUBLIC LAW 90-515-SEPT. 26, 1968

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[82 STAT.

Public Law 90-515 September26, 1968

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National Water Commission Act.

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ACT

To provide for la comprehensive review of national water resource problems and programs, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Water Commission Act". THE N A T I O N A L WATER

Membership.

Compensation. Travel pay. 80 Stat. 499. Executive Director.

SEC. 2. (a) There is established the National Water Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission"). (b) The Commission shall be composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the President and serve at his pleasure. No member of the Commission shall, during his period of service on the Commission, hold any other position as an officer or employee of the United States, except as a retired officer or retired civilian employee of the United States. (c) The President shall designate a Chairman of the Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Chairman") from among its members. (d) Members of the Commission may each be compensated at the rate of $100 for each day such member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by 5 U.S.C., sec. 5703, for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (e) The Commission shall have an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by the Chairman with the approval of the Commission and shall be compensated at the rate determined by the U.S. Civil Service Commissioners. The Executive Director shall have such duties and responsibilities as the Chairman may assign. D U T I E S OF THE

Report s to P r e s i d e n t and Congress.

COMMISSION

COMMISSION

SEC. 3. (a) The Commission shall (1) review present and anticipated national water resource problems, making such projections of water requirements as may be necessary and identifying alternative ways of meeting these requirements—^givin^ consideration, among other things, to conservation and more efficient use of existing supplies, increased usability by reduction of pollution, innovations to encourage the highest economic use of water, interbasin transfers, and technological advances including, but not limited to, desalting, weather modification, and waste water purification and reuse; (2) consider economic and social consequences of water resource development, including, for example, the impact of water resource development on regional economic growth, on institutional arrangements, and on esthetic values affecting the quality of life of the American people; and (3) advise on such specific water resource matters as may be referred to it by the President and the Water Resources Council. (b) The Commission shall consult with the Water Resources Council regarding its studies and shall furnish its proposed reports and recommendations to the Council for review and comment. The Commission shall submit simultaneously to the President and to the United States Congress such interim and final reports as it deems appropriate, and the Council shall submit simultaneously to the President and to the United States Congress its views on the Commission's reports. The President shall transmit the Commission's final report to the Congress

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