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Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102

§1594 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Ad­visory Council

Title 43 › CHAPTER 32A — COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL › SUBCHAPTER II — MEASURES UPSTREAM FROM IMPERIAL DAM › § 1594

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council. Each Colorado River Basin State may have up to three members, and those members are picked by that State’s governor. The council only gives advice. It must act as a link between the States and the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture and the EPA Administrator; get progress reports from the Secretary about the salinity control program and review and comment on them; and recommend studies of projects, techniques, or methods to the Secretary and the EPA Administrator to help meet the subchapter’s goals.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §1594

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(a)There is created the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council composed of no more than three members from each State appointed by the Governor of each of the Colorado River Basin States.
(b)The Council shall be advisory only and shall—
(1)act as liaison between both the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the States in accomplishing the purposes of this subchapter;
(2)receive reports from the Secretary on the progress of the salinity control program and review and comment on said reports; and
(3)recommend to both the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency appropriate studies of further projects, techniques, or methods for accomplishing the purposes of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Advisory CouncilsAdvisory councils established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a council established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a council established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 1594

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102