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<br />1; <br /> <br />Cc~~ents en Selected Sections <br />IOL :~ouse 3111 H.R. 1246 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Sec. 2(b). PURPOSE. <br /> <br />In this 3ection, :.~e bill sets <br /> <br />forth its purpose: <br /> <br />to establish the Colorado River Floodway <br /> <br />so as to provide benefits to river users and to minimize <br /> <br />losses of human life, protect health and safety, and minimize <br /> <br />damages ~o property and natural resources by restricting <br /> <br />future federal expenditur~s which have the effect of <br /> <br />encouraging development within the flood way. This purpose is <br />similar to that adopted by Congress in establishing the <br /> <br />Coastal Barrier Resources Act of :982, PUblic Law 97-348. <br /> <br />The riparian lands along the Colorado aiver experienced damages <br /> <br />to structures located thereon from the controlled releases of <br /> <br />flood waters in 1983. The federal government should not <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />encourage development on lands subject to inundation by such <br /> <br />controlled releases through federal expenditures related to <br /> <br />those developments, and this goal is stated in Section 2(b). <br /> <br />Sec. 4(b). This section describes the duties of the <br /> <br />COlorado River Floodway Task Force established in Section <br /> <br />4(a), which is to prepare recommendations concerning the <br /> <br />~anagement of lands within the Colorado River Floodway. The <br /> <br />Task Force, ~y including representa~ives of the co~munities, <br /> <br />districts, counties, and Indian Reservations along the river, <br /> <br />as well as federal and state agencies, brings together those <br /> <br />organizations that would be most affected by the recommenda- <br /> <br />tions on how the lands within the floodway could be best <br /> <br />managed. <br /> <br />If the Task Force recommends that federal <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-13- <br />