US Code Title 16 Section 460

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    16 USC Sec. 460l-10e                                        01/08/2008

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    TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
    CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
    SUBCHAPTER LXIX - OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
    Part B - Land and Water Conservation Fund

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    Sec. 460l-10e. Advisory Commission on water-based recreation

STATUTE

    (a) Appointment; report
      The President shall appoint an advisory commission to review the
    opportunities for enhanced opportunities for water-based recreation
    which shall submit a report to the President and to the Committee
    on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and to the Committee
    on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Resources
    of the House of Representatives within one year from November 12,
    1996.
    (b) Members
      The members of the Commission shall include -
        (1) the Secretary of the Interior, or his designee;
        (2) the Secretary of the Army, or his designee;
        (3) the Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, or his
      designee;
        (4) the Secretary of Agriculture, or his designee;
        (5) a person nominated by the National Governor's Association;
      and
        (6) four persons familiar with the interests of the recreation
      and tourism industry, conservation and recreation use, Indian
      tribes, and local governments, at least one of whom shall be
      familiar with the economics and financing of recreation-related
      infrastructure.
    (c) Chairman; vacancies; administration
      The President shall appoint one member to serve as Chairman. Any
    vacancy on the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the
    original appointment. Members of the Commission shall serve without
    compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and
    other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of
    their duties. The Secretary of the Interior shall provide all
    financial, administrative, and staffing requirements for the
    Commission, including office space, furnishings, and equipment. The
    heads of other Federal agencies are authorized, at the request of
    the Commission, to provide such information or personnel, to the
    extent permitted by law and within the limits of available funds,
    to the Commission as may be useful to accomplish the purposes of
    this section.
    (d) Hearings
      The Commission may hold such hearings, sit and act at such times
    and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as it
    deems advisable: Provided, That, to the maximum extent possible,
    the Commission shall use existing data and research. The Commission
    is authorized to use the United States mail in the same manner and
    upon the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the
    United States.
    (e) Contents of report
      The report shall review the extent of water-related recreation at
    Federal man-made lakes and reservoirs and shall develop
    alternatives to enhance the opportunities for such use by the
    public. In developing the report, the Commission shall -
        (1) review the extent to which recreation components identified
      in specific authorizations associated with individual Federal man-
      made lakes and reservoirs have been accomplished;
        (2) evaluate the feasibility of enhancing recreation
      opportunities at federally managed lakes and reservoirs under
      existing statutes;
        (3) consider legislative changes that would enhance recreation
      opportunities consistent with and subject to the achievement of
      the authorized purposes of Federal water projects; and
        (4) make recommendations on alternatives for enhanced
      recreation opportunities including, but not limited to, the
      establishment of a National Recreation Lake System under which
      specific lakes would receive national designation and which would
      be managed through innovative partnership-based agreements
      between Federal agencies, State and local units of government,
      and the private sector.
    Any such alternatives shall be consistent with and subject to the
    authorized purposes for any man-made lakes and reservoirs and shall
    emphasize private sector initiatives in concert with State and
    local units of government.

SOURCE

    (Pub. L. 88-578, title I, Sec. 13, as added Pub. L. 104-333, div.
    I, title X, Sec. 1021(b), Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 4210; amended
    Pub. L. 105-83, title V, Sec. 505, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1617;
    Pub. L. 106-176, title I, Sec. 123(b), Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat.
    29.)

AMENDMENTS

      2000 - Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 106-176, Sec. 123(b)(1),
    substituted "recreation-related" for "recreation related".
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106-176, Sec. 123(b)(2)(A), (C), in
    introductory provisions, substituted "water-related" for "water
    related" and "man-made" for "manmade" and, in concluding
    provisions, substituted "man-made" for "manmade".
      Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 106-176, Sec. 123(b)(2)(C), substituted
    "man-made" for "manmade".
      Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 106-176, Sec. 123(b)(2)(B), substituted
    "federally managed" for "federally-managed".
      1997 - Pub. L. 105-83 made technical amendment to directory
    language of Pub. L. 104-333, Sec. 1021(b), which added this
    section.

CHANGE OF NAME

      Committee on Resources of House of Representatives changed to
    Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives by House
    Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.

RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT FEDERALLY-MANAGED MANMADE LAKES AND RESERVOIRS

      Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title X, Sec. 1021(a), Nov. 12, 1996,
    110 Stat. 4210, as amended by Pub. L. 106-176, title I, Sec.
    123(a), Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 29, provided that: "The Congress
    finds that the Federal Government, under the authority of the
    Reclamation Act [probably means act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32
    Stat. 388, see Short Title note under section 371 of Title 43,
    Public Lands] and other statutes, has developed man-made lakes and
    reservoirs that have become a powerful magnet for diverse
    recreational activities and that such activities contribute to the
    well-being of families and individuals and the economic viability
    of local communities. The Congress further finds that in order to
    further the purposes of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the
    President should appoint an advisory commission to review the
    current and anticipated demand for recreational opportunities at
    federally managed man-made lakes and reservoirs through creative
    partnerships involving Federal, State, and local governments and
    the private sector and to develop alternatives for enhanced
    recreational use of such facilities."