7 U.S.C. § 5404: Good Neighbor Environmental…

Summary

The President must create an advisory group called the Good Neighbor Environmental Board. It must advise the President and Congress about carrying out environmental and infrastructure projects in the U.S. states that border Mexico to help people who live on the U.S. side of the border. These projects can include things that affect farming, rural development, and human nutrition. The Board will include federal officials (including someone from the Department of Agriculture), representatives from Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, and people from private groups like community development, universities, health, environmental, and other NGOs with border experience. The Board must send an annual report to the President and Congress on projects done and on the need for more projects. Each Board member must get the report at least 14 days before it is sent and has 14 days to submit written comments to be added.

Title 7, §5404

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(a)Establishment

The President shall establish an advisory board to be known as the Good Neighbor Environmental Board (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Board”).

(b)Purpose

The purpose of the Board shall be to advise the President and the Congress on the need for implementation of environmental and infrastructure projects (including projects that affect agriculture, rural development, and human nutrition) within the States of the United States contiguous to Mexico in order to improve the quality of life of persons residing on the United States side of the border.

(c)Membership

The Board shall be composed of— (1)

(2)representatives from the governments of the States of Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas; and

(3)representatives from private organizations, including community development, academic, health, environmental, and other nongovernmental entities with experience and expertise on environmental and infrastructure problems along the southwest border.

(d)Annual reports to President and Congress

(1)In general

The Board shall submit to the President and the Congress of the United States an annual report on—

(A)the environmental and infrastructure projects referred to in subsection (a) that have been implemented, and

(B)the need for the implementation of additional environmental and infrastructure projects.

(2)Transmission of copies to Board members

The Board shall—

(A)transmit to each member of the Board a copy of any report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) at least 14 days before its submission, and

(B)allow each member of the Board to have 14 days within which to prepare and submit supplemental views with respect to the recommendations of the Board for inclusion in such report.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1992, and not as part of subtitle F (§ 1471 et seq.) of title XIV of Pub. L. 101–624 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Advisory BoardsAdvisory boards 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 board established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Authority Authority of President under this section delegated to Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency by section 10 of Ex. Ord. No. 12916, May 13, 1994, 59 F.R. 25780, set out as a note under section 3473 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

§5404 Good Neighbor Environmental Board