§1600b Colorado River Floodway Task Force

Summary

Create a Colorado River Floodway Task Force to advise the Secretary and Congress. It must include one representative from each State and Indian reservation where the Floodway is located; each county and a law enforcement agency from each county; each water district; the Chamber of Commerce from each county; the Colorado River Wildlife Council; the Army Corps of Engineers; FEMA; the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, and State; and representatives from 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). The task force must follow the rules in chapter 10 of title 5 and write recommendations on how to restore and maintain the Floodway (including possible land transfers, relocations, or land management changes); whether more laws are needed at local, tribal, State, or Federal levels; design criteria and mapping for Floodway boundaries; whether to recommend compensation for unforeseeable economic harm from the 1983 flood to property outside the Floodway; and how the Floodway could apply on Indian lands and any needed laws or rules. It must exist for at least one year after October 8, 1986, or until the Secretary files the maps called for in section 1600c(b)(2), and it must send its report to the Secretary and the Congressional Committees within nine months after October 8, 1986.