43 U.S.C. § 1600 : US Code - Section 1600: Findings and purposes

Search 43 U.S.C. § 1600 : US Code - Section 1600: Findings and purposes

(a) Findings
The Congress finds that -
(1) there are multiple purposes established by law for the dams
and other control structures administered by the Secretary of the
Interior on the Colorado River;
(2) the maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway established
in this chapter is essential to accomplish these multiple
purposes;
(3) developments within the Floodway are and will continue to
be vulnerable to damaging flows such as the property damage which
occurred in 1983 and may occur in the future;
(4) certain Federal programs which subsidize or permit
development within the Floodway threaten human life, health,
property, and natural resources; and
(5) there is a need for coordinated Federal, State, and local
action to limit Floodway development.
(b) Purpose
The Congress declares that the purposes of this chapter are to -
(1) establish the Colorado River Floodway, as designated and
described further in this chapter, so as to provide benefits to
river users and to minimize the loss of human life, protect
health and safety, and minimize damage to property and natural
resources by restricting future Federal expenditures and
financial assistance, except public health funds, which have the
effect of encouraging development within the Colorado River
Floodway; and
(2) establish a task force to advise the Secretary of the
Interior and the Congress on establishment of the Floodway and on
managing existing and future development within the Floodway,
including the appropriateness of compensation in specified cases
of extraordinary hardship.