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§1600a. Definitions — Inbound Citations

43 U.S.C. § 1600a

Cited by 64 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to §1600a(a)

Citations to §1600a(b)

Citations to §1600a(c)

  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600(a)(1)
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    (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;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600(b)(2)
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    (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.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(a)
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    (a) To advise the Secretary and the Congress there shall be a Colorado River Floodway Task Force, which shall include one representative of—
    (1) each State (appointed by the Governor) and Indian reservation in which the Floodway is located;
    (2) each county in which the Floodway is located;
    (3) a law enforcement agency from each county in which the Floodway is located;
    (4) each water district in which the Floodway is located;
    (5) 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);
    (6) of the Chamber of Commerce from each county in which the Floodway is located;
    (7) the Colorado River Wildlife Council;
    (8) the Army Corps of Engineers;
    (9) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
    (10) the Department of Agriculture;
    (11) the Department of the Interior; and
    (12) the Department of State.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(c)
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    (c) The task force shall exist for at least one year after October 8, 1986, or until such time as the Secretary has filed with the Committees the maps described in section 1600c(b)(2)1 of this title. The task force shall file its report with the Secretary and the Committees within nine months after October 8, 1986.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(a)
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    (a) There is established the Colorado River Floodway as identified and generally depicted on maps that are to be submitted by the Secretary.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(b)
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    (b) Within eighteen months after October 8, 1986, the Secretary, in consultation with the seven Colorado River Basin States, represented by persons designated by the Governors of those States, the Colorado River Floodway Task Force, and any other interested parties shall:
    (1) complete a study of the tributary floodflows downstream of Davis Dam;
    (2) define the specific boundaries of the Colorado River Floodway so that the Floodway can accommodate either a one-in-one hundred year river flow consisting of controlled releases and tributary inflow, or a flow of forty thousand cubic feet per second (cfs), whichever is greater, from below Davis Dam to the Southerly International Boundary between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(c)(1)
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    (1) The Secretary shall conduct, at least once every five years, a review of the Colorado River Floodway and make, after notice to and in consultation with appropriate chief executive officers of States, counties, municipalities, water districts, Indian tribes, or equivalent jurisdictions in which the Floodway is located, and others, such minor and technical modifications to the boundaries of the Floodway as are necessary solely to reflect changes that have occurred in the size or location of any portion of the floodplain as a result of natural forces, and as necessary pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1600e of this title.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(c)(2)
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    (2) If, in the case of any minor and technical modification to the boundaries of the Floodway made under the authority of this subsection, an appropriate chief executive officer of a State, county, municipality, water district, Indian tribe, or equivalent jurisdiction, to which notice was given in accordance with this subsection files comments disagreeing with all or part of the modification and the Secretary makes a modification which is in conflict with such comments, the Secretary shall submit to the chief executive officer a written justification for his failure to make modifications consistent with such comments or proposals.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600e
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    Notwithstanding section 1600d of this title, the appropriate Federal officer, after consultation with the Secretary, may make Federal expenditures or financial assistance available within the Colorado River Floodway for—
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600e(e)
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    (e) any of the following actions or projects, but only if the Secretary finds that the making available of expenditures or assistance therefor is consistent with the purposes of this chapter:
    (1) projects for the study, management, protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife resources and habitats, including, but not limited to, acquisition of fish and wildlife habitats and related lands, stabilization projects for fish and wildlife habitats, and recreational projects;
    (2) the establishment, operation, and maintenance of air and water navigation aids and devices, and for access thereto;
    (3) projects eligible for funding under chapter 2003 of title 54;
    (4) scientific research, including but not limited to aeronautical, atmospheric, space, geologic, marine, fish and wildlife and other research, development, and applications;
    (5) assistance for emergency actions essential to the saving of lives and the protection of property and the public health and safety, if such actions are performed pursuant to sections 305 and 306 of the Disaster Relief Act of 19741 (42 U.S.C. 5145) and 5146) and are limited to actions that are necessary to alleviate the emergency. Disaster assistance under other provisions of the Disaster Relief Act of 19741 (Public Law 93–288, as amended) [42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.] may also be provided with respect to persons residing within the Floodway, or structures or public infrastructure in existence or substantially under construction therein, on the date ninety days after October 8, 1986: Provided, That, such persons, or with respect to public infrastructure the State or local political entity which owns or controls such infrastructure, had purchased flood insurance for structures or infrastructure under the National Flood Insurance Program, if eligible, and had taken prudent and reasonable steps, as determined by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to minimize damage from future floods or operations of the Floodway established in the chapter;
    (6) other assistance for public health purposes, such as mosquito abatement programs;
    (7) nonstructural projects for riverbank stabilization that are designed to enhance or restore natural stabilization systems;
    (8) publicly or tribally financed, owned and operated compatible recreational developments such as regional parks, golf courses, docks, boat launching ramps (including steamboat and ferry landings), including compatible recreation uses and accompanying utility or interpretive improvements which are essential or closely related to the purpose of restoring the accuracy of a National Historical Landmark and which meet best engineering practices considering the nature of Floodway conditions;
    (9) compatible agricultural uses that do not involve permanent crops and include only a minimal amount of permanent facilities in the Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600f
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    The Secretary of the Interior shall, on behalf of each Federal agency concerned, make written certification that each agency has complied with the provisions of this chapter during each fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1985. Such certification shall be submitted on an annual basis to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate on or before January 15 of each fiscal year.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600i
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    Within one year after October 8, 1986, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committees a report regarding the Colorado River Floodway, the task force’s report, and the Secretary’s recommendations with respect to the objectives outlined in section 1600b(b) of this title. In making his report, the Secretary shall analyze the effects of this chapter on the economic development of the Indian tribes whose lands are located within the Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600j(a)
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    (a) No lease of lands owned in whole or in part by the United States and within the Colorado River Floodway shall be granted after October 8, 1986, unless the Secretary determines that such lease would be consistent with the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600j(b)
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    (b) No existing lease of lands owned in whole or in part by the United States and within the Colorado River Floodway shall be extended beyond October 8, 1986, or the stated expiration date of its current term, whichever is later, unless the lessee agrees to take reasonable and prudent steps determined to be necessary by the Secretary to minimize the inconsistency of operation under such lease with the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600j(c)
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    (c) No lease of lands owned in whole or part by the United States between Hoover Dam and Davis Dam below elevation 655.0 feet on Lake Mohave shall be granted unless the Secretary determines that such lease would be consistent with the operation of Lake Mohave.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600j(e)
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    (e) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to lands held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or individual with respect to any lease where capital improvements, and operation and maintenance costs are not provided for by Federal financial assistance if the lessee, tribe, or individual has provided insurance or other security for the benefit of the Secretary sufficient to insure against all reasonably forseeable,1 direct, and consequential damages to the property of the tribe, private persons, and the United States, which may result from the proposed lease.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600k(a)(2)
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    (2) The Secretary shall provide notice of the provisions of section 702c of title 33 and this chapter to all existing and prospective lessees of lands leased by the United States and within the Colorado River Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600k(c)
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    (c) The Secretary shall publish notice on three successive occasions in newspapers of general circulation in communities affected by the provisions of section 4029 of title 42.

Citations to §1600a(d)

  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(a)(4)
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    (4) each water district in which the Floodway is located;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(c)(1)
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    (1) The Secretary shall conduct, at least once every five years, a review of the Colorado River Floodway and make, after notice to and in consultation with appropriate chief executive officers of States, counties, municipalities, water districts, Indian tribes, or equivalent jurisdictions in which the Floodway is located, and others, such minor and technical modifications to the boundaries of the Floodway as are necessary solely to reflect changes that have occurred in the size or location of any portion of the floodplain as a result of natural forces, and as necessary pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1600e of this title.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(c)(2)
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    (2) If, in the case of any minor and technical modification to the boundaries of the Floodway made under the authority of this subsection, an appropriate chief executive officer of a State, county, municipality, water district, Indian tribe, or equivalent jurisdiction, to which notice was given in accordance with this subsection files comments disagreeing with all or part of the modification and the Secretary makes a modification which is in conflict with such comments, the Secretary shall submit to the chief executive officer a written justification for his failure to make modifications consistent with such comments or proposals.

Citations to §1600a(e)

  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600(a)(2)
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    (2) the maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway established in this chapter is essential to accomplish these multiple purposes;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600(a)(3)
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    (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;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600(a)(4)
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    (4) certain Federal programs which subsidize or permit development within the Floodway threaten human life, health, property, and natural resources; and
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600(a)(5)
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    (5) there is a need for coordinated Federal, State, and local action to limit Floodway development.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600(b)(1)
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    (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
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600(b)(2)
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    (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.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(a)
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    (a) To advise the Secretary and the Congress there shall be a Colorado River Floodway Task Force, which shall include one representative of—
    (1) each State (appointed by the Governor) and Indian reservation in which the Floodway is located;
    (2) each county in which the Floodway is located;
    (3) a law enforcement agency from each county in which the Floodway is located;
    (4) each water district in which the Floodway is located;
    (5) 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);
    (6) of the Chamber of Commerce from each county in which the Floodway is located;
    (7) the Colorado River Wildlife Council;
    (8) the Army Corps of Engineers;
    (9) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA);
    (10) the Department of Agriculture;
    (11) the Department of the Interior; and
    (12) the Department of State.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(a)(1)
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    (1) each State (appointed by the Governor) and Indian reservation in which the Floodway is located;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(a)(2)
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    (2) each county in which the Floodway is located;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(a)(3)
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    (3) a law enforcement agency from each county in which the Floodway is located;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(a)(4)
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    (4) each water district in which the Floodway is located;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(a)(6)
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    (6) of the Chamber of Commerce from each county in which the Floodway is located;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(b)
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    (b) The task force shall be chartered and operate under the provisions of chapter 10 of title 5 and shall prepare recommendations concerning the Colorado River Floodway, which recommendations shall deal with:
    (1) the means to restore and maintain the Floodway specified in section 1600c of this title, including, but not limited to, specific instances where land transfers or relocations, or other changes in land management, might best effect the purposes of this chapter;
    (2) the necessity for additional Floodway management legislation at local, tribal, State, and Federal levels;
    (3) the development of specific design criteria for the creation of the Floodway boundaries;
    (4) the review of mapping procedures for Floodway boundaries;
    (5) whether compensation should be recommended in specific cases of economic hardship resulting from impacts of the 1983 flood on property outside the Floodway which could not reasonably have been foreseen; and
    (6) the potential application of the Floodway on Indian lands and recommended legislation or regulations that might be needed to achieve the purposes of the Floodway taking into consideration the special Federal status of Indian lands.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(b)(1)
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    (1) the means to restore and maintain the Floodway specified in section 1600c of this title, including, but not limited to, specific instances where land transfers or relocations, or other changes in land management, might best effect the purposes of this chapter;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(b)(2)
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    (2) the necessity for additional Floodway management legislation at local, tribal, State, and Federal levels;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(b)(3)
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    (3) the development of specific design criteria for the creation of the Floodway boundaries;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(b)(4)
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    (4) the review of mapping procedures for Floodway boundaries;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(b)(5)
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    (5) whether compensation should be recommended in specific cases of economic hardship resulting from impacts of the 1983 flood on property outside the Floodway which could not reasonably have been foreseen; and
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600b(b)(6)
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    (6) the potential application of the Floodway on Indian lands and recommended legislation or regulations that might be needed to achieve the purposes of the Floodway taking into consideration the special Federal status of Indian lands.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(a)
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    (a) There is established the Colorado River Floodway as identified and generally depicted on maps that are to be submitted by the Secretary.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(b)
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    (b) Within eighteen months after October 8, 1986, the Secretary, in consultation with the seven Colorado River Basin States, represented by persons designated by the Governors of those States, the Colorado River Floodway Task Force, and any other interested parties shall:
    (1) complete a study of the tributary floodflows downstream of Davis Dam;
    (2) define the specific boundaries of the Colorado River Floodway so that the Floodway can accommodate either a one-in-one hundred year river flow consisting of controlled releases and tributary inflow, or a flow of forty thousand cubic feet per second (cfs), whichever is greater, from below Davis Dam to the Southerly International Boundary between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(b)(2)
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    (2) define the specific boundaries of the Colorado River Floodway so that the Floodway can accommodate either a one-in-one hundred year river flow consisting of controlled releases and tributary inflow, or a flow of forty thousand cubic feet per second (cfs), whichever is greater, from below Davis Dam to the Southerly International Boundary between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(c)(1)
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    (1) The Secretary shall conduct, at least once every five years, a review of the Colorado River Floodway and make, after notice to and in consultation with appropriate chief executive officers of States, counties, municipalities, water districts, Indian tribes, or equivalent jurisdictions in which the Floodway is located, and others, such minor and technical modifications to the boundaries of the Floodway as are necessary solely to reflect changes that have occurred in the size or location of any portion of the floodplain as a result of natural forces, and as necessary pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1600e of this title.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600c(c)(2)
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    (2) If, in the case of any minor and technical modification to the boundaries of the Floodway made under the authority of this subsection, an appropriate chief executive officer of a State, county, municipality, water district, Indian tribe, or equivalent jurisdiction, to which notice was given in accordance with this subsection files comments disagreeing with all or part of the modification and the Secretary makes a modification which is in conflict with such comments, the Secretary shall submit to the chief executive officer a written justification for his failure to make modifications consistent with such comments or proposals.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600d(a)
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    (a) Except as provided in section 1600e of this title, no new expenditures or new financial assistance may be made available under authority of any Federal law for any purpose within the Floodway established under section 1600c of this title.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600e
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    Notwithstanding section 1600d of this title, the appropriate Federal officer, after consultation with the Secretary, may make Federal expenditures or financial assistance available within the Colorado River Floodway for—
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600e(c)(2)
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    (2) the boundaries of the Floodway are adjusted to account for changes in flows caused, directly or indirectly, by the expansion;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600e(e)(5)
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    (5) assistance for emergency actions essential to the saving of lives and the protection of property and the public health and safety, if such actions are performed pursuant to sections 305 and 306 of the Disaster Relief Act of 19741 (42 U.S.C. 5145) and 5146) and are limited to actions that are necessary to alleviate the emergency. Disaster assistance under other provisions of the Disaster Relief Act of 19741 (Public Law 93–288, as amended) [42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.] may also be provided with respect to persons residing within the Floodway, or structures or public infrastructure in existence or substantially under construction therein, on the date ninety days after October 8, 1986: Provided, That, such persons, or with respect to public infrastructure the State or local political entity which owns or controls such infrastructure, had purchased flood insurance for structures or infrastructure under the National Flood Insurance Program, if eligible, and had taken prudent and reasonable steps, as determined by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to minimize damage from future floods or operations of the Floodway established in the chapter;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600e(e)(8)
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    (8) publicly or tribally financed, owned and operated compatible recreational developments such as regional parks, golf courses, docks, boat launching ramps (including steamboat and ferry landings), including compatible recreation uses and accompanying utility or interpretive improvements which are essential or closely related to the purpose of restoring the accuracy of a National Historical Landmark and which meet best engineering practices considering the nature of Floodway conditions;
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600e(e)(9)
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    (9) compatible agricultural uses that do not involve permanent crops and include only a minimal amount of permanent facilities in the Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600i
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    Within one year after October 8, 1986, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committees a report regarding the Colorado River Floodway, the task force’s report, and the Secretary’s recommendations with respect to the objectives outlined in section 1600b(b) of this title. In making his report, the Secretary shall analyze the effects of this chapter on the economic development of the Indian tribes whose lands are located within the Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600j(a)
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    (a) No lease of lands owned in whole or in part by the United States and within the Colorado River Floodway shall be granted after October 8, 1986, unless the Secretary determines that such lease would be consistent with the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600j(b)
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    (b) No existing lease of lands owned in whole or in part by the United States and within the Colorado River Floodway shall be extended beyond October 8, 1986, or the stated expiration date of its current term, whichever is later, unless the lessee agrees to take reasonable and prudent steps determined to be necessary by the Secretary to minimize the inconsistency of operation under such lease with the operation and maintenance of the Colorado River Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600k(a)(2)
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    (2) The Secretary shall provide notice of the provisions of section 702c of title 33 and this chapter to all existing and prospective lessees of lands leased by the United States and within the Colorado River Floodway.
  • 43 U.S.C. § 1600k(b)
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    (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, all provisions of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended [42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.], and requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) shall continue in full force and effect within areas wholly or partially within the Colorado River Floodway. Any maps or other information required to be prepared by this chapter shall be used to the maximum extent practicable to support implementation of the NFIP.