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OlJZ232 . 2. Indian tribes incorporate, where appropriate, the Task Force's recommendations for improved flood plain management planning and coordination. C. Federal Legislation l. Federal Emergency Management Agency a. The Congress provide $500,000 for the Agency to incorporate, at the earliest possible date, the Floodway and its provisions into the National Flood Insurance Program. b. The Congress make the adoption of the Task Force's recommended flood plain management regulation provisions mandatory for entities along the Colorado River in order to join or to continue to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. . c. The Congress authorize the Director of the Agency to establish and administer a program to provide compensation to persons outside the Floodway who suffered economic hardships resulting from 1983 high Colorado River flow impacts which could not reasonably have been foreseen, consistent with the eligibility criteria recommended by the Task Force. The authorization should include the appropria- tion of sufficient funds to administer the program and to provide for compensation awards. d. The Congress provide the Agency with specific appropriations to conduct flood hazard area mapping of reservation lands along the lower Colorado River, in consultation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian tribes, for the purposes of identifying flood hazards and tribal participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. 2. National Weather Service, Department of Commerce . The Congress provide for the full operation and maintenance of the National Weather Service's Colorado River Flood Warning System, a program vital to the effective management of the Colorado River System. IV-3