Title 43 — Public Lands
Chapter 32B — Colorado River Floodway
§ 1600. Findings and purposes
Statutory text
Findings
The Congress finds that—
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;
the maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway established in this chapter is essential to accomplish these multiple purposes;
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;
certain Federal programs which subsidize or permit development within the Floodway threaten human life, health, property, and natural resources; and
there is a need for coordinated Federal, State, and local action to limit Floodway development.
Purpose
The Congress declares that the purposes of this chapter are to—
establish the Colorado River Floodway, as designated and described further in this chapter, 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
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.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 99–450 § 2 · 100 Stat. 1129
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 1600
(Pub. L. 99–450, § 2, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–450, § 2, Oct. 8, 1986, 100 Stat. 1129.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. (a) Findings.— The Congress finds that— 43 USC 1600. (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.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 99–450, , 100 Stat. 1129, known as the Colorado River Floodway Protection 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, , 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’.”