§5404 — Title 7 Agriculture | U.S. Code

Summary

The President must create the Good Neighbor Environmental Board to give advice to the President and Congress. The Board’s job is to recommend and report on environmental and infrastructure projects in U.S. states that border Mexico to help improve people’s quality of life. That includes projects that affect farming, rural development, and human nutrition. The Board will have federal government representatives (including one from the Department of Agriculture), officials from Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, and people from private groups with experience in community development, schools, health, environment, and similar areas. The Board must send a yearly report to the President and Congress about projects done and the need for more work. Each member must get the report at least 14 days before it is sent and has 14 days to submit written comments to include.

Title 7, §5404

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(a)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)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)The Board shall be composed of—

(1)representatives from the United States Government, including a representative from the Department of Agriculture and representatives from other appropriate agencies;

(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)(1)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)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