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., a r:-:, ARKANSAS-WHITE-RED BASINS INTERAGENCY COMMIlTEE .... -..1 (.I, ~ FUNCfIONS AND ORGANIZATION FUNCIlONS The original Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee was established by Presidential directive in 1950 and dissolved in June 1955. The Arkansas-White-Red Basins Interagency Committee (AWRBlAC) as now constituted was established by the Interagency Committee on Water Resources (JCWR) in September 1955 to assist in the coordination of the water and related land resources activities of the states and federal agencies in the three river basins, The objectives of the Committee, as stated in its Charter issued by JCWR, are "to provide in the Arkansas, White, and Red River Basins improved facilities and procedures for the coordination of the policies, programs, and activities of the federal agencies and the states in the field of water and related land resources investigation, plarming, construction, operation, and maintenance; provide means by which conflicts may be resolved; and to provide procedures for coordination of their interests with those of other federal, local governmental, and private agencies in the water and related land resources field." The AWRBIAC is further charged with coordination of work and resolution of conflicts. The ICWR was replaced by the Water Resources Council, which directed A WRBlAC to continue under its 1955 Charter, The Charter was amended by the Water Resources Council effective December 12, 1969, to include the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and to update the geographic boundaries. The Envirorimental Protection Agency was invited to membership on March 22, 1971, and the Charter was amended to include this agency to membership on September 15, 1972. The Federal Emergency Management Agency was invited to membership March 28, 1988, and the Charter was amended to include this agency to membership on May 12, 1988, On October 23, 1975, the beginning of the operating year was changed from July 1 to October 1 to reflect the new federal fiscal year. Even through the Water Resources Council is currently inactive, the AWRBJAC has continued to operate under the provisions of the "Charter for an Arkansas- White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee" and "Articles of Organization and Procedure for AWRBIAC: as amended (see Appendix). AREA AND ORGAN1ZA nON The geographical area encompassed by A WRBIAC includes the entire State of Oklahoma and those pomons of the States of Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico lying within the Arkansas-White-Red River Basins, AWRBIAC membership consists of the eight states of the basins and nine federal agencies - the Departments of Agriculture, Anny, Commerce, Energy, Housing and Urban Developr.lent, Interior, Transportation; and the Environmental Protection 2