§1600b Colorado River Floodway Task Force

Summary

Create a Colorado River Floodway Task Force to advise the Secretary and Congress. The group must include one representative from each State and Indian reservation where the Floodway lies, each county and its law enforcement agency, each water district, the Chamber of Commerce in 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 make recommendations about restoring and managing the Floodway, whether more laws are needed at local, tribal, State, or Federal levels, how to set and map Floodway boundaries, possible compensation for unforeseen 1983 flood losses outside the Floodway, and how the Floodway would work on Indian lands. The group must exist for at least one year after October 8, 1986, or until the Secretary files the maps described in section 1600c(b)(2) with the Committees. It must send its report to the Secretary and those Committees within nine months after October 8, 1986.