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others concerned. (Pub. L. 89-80, § 2. July 22. 1965, 

 79 Stat. 244.) 



§ 1962-1. Effect on existing laws. 



Nothing in this chapter shall be construed — 



(a) to expand or diminish either Federal or 

 State jurisdiction, responsibility, or rights in the 

 field of water resources planning, development, or 

 control; nor to displace, supersede, limit or modify 

 any interstate compact or the jurisdiction or re- 

 sponsibility of any legally established joint or 

 common agency of two or more States, or of two 

 or more States and the Federal Government; nor 

 to limit the authority of Congress to authorize and 

 fund projects; 



(b) to change or otherwise affect the authority 

 or responsibility of any Federal official in the dis- 

 charge of the duties of his office except as required 

 to carry out the provisions of this chapter with 

 respect to the preparation and review of compre- 

 hensive regional or river basin plans and the 

 formulation and evaluation of Federal water and 

 related land resources projects; 



(c) as superseding, modifying, or repealing ex- 

 isting laws applicable to the various Federal 

 agencies which are authorized to develop or partic- 

 ipate in the development of water and related 

 land resources or to exercise licensing or regulatory 

 functions in relation thereto, except as required 

 to carry out the provisions of this chapter; nor to 

 affect the jurisdiction, powers, or prerogatives of 



'the International Joint Commission, Unite'' States 

 and Canada, the Permanent Engineering Board 

 and the United States Operating Entity or Entitles 

 established pursuant to the Columbia River Basin 

 Treaty, signed at Washington. January 17, 1961. 

 or the International Boundary and Water Com- 

 mission. United States and Mexico; 



(d) as authorizing any entity established or 

 acting under the provisions hereof to study, plan, 

 or recommend the transfer of waters between 

 areas under the jurisdiction of more than one river 

 basin commission or entity performing the func- 

 tion of a river basin commission. 



(Pub. L. 89-80. § 3. July 22. 1965. 79 Stat. 244.) 



§1962-2. Congressional statement of objectives. 



It is the intent of Congress that the objectives of 

 enhancing regional economic development, the qual- 

 ity of the total environment, including its protection 

 and improvement, the well-being of the people of the 

 United States, and the national economic develop- 

 ment are the objectives to be included in federally 

 financed water resource projects, and in the evalua- 

 tion of benefits and cost attributable thereto, giving 

 due consideration to the most fetisible alternative 

 means of accomplishing these objectives. (Pub. L. 

 91-611. title II. § 209, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1829. > 



SUBCHAPTER I.— WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL 



§ 1962a. Establishment ; composition; other Federal 

 agency participation; designation of Chairman. 



There Is hereby established a Water Resources 

 Council (hereinafter referred to as the "Council") 

 which shall be composed of the Secretary of the 

 Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary 



of the Army, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secre- 

 tary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secre- 

 tary of Transportation, the Administrator of the 

 Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chair- 

 man of the Federal Power Commission. The Chair- 

 man of the Council shall request the heads of other 

 Federal agencies to participate with the Council 

 when matters affecting their responsibilities are con- 

 sidered by the Council. The Chairman of the Council 

 shall be designated by the President. (As amended 

 Pub. L. 94-112, § 1(a), Oct. 16, 1975, 89 Stat. 575.) 

 Amendments 

 1975 — Pub. L. 94-112 Included In the membership of 

 the Water Resources Council, the Secretaries of Com- 

 merce. Housing and Urban Development, and Transporta- 

 tion and the Administrator of the Environmental Protec- 

 tion Agency, and terminated the membership for the 

 Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. 



§ 1962a-l. Powers and duties. 

 The Council shall — 



(a) maintain a continuing study and prepare 

 an assessment biennially, or at such less frequent 

 intervals as the Council may determine, of the 

 adequacy of supplies of water necessary to meet 

 the water requirements in each water resource 

 region in the United States and the national inter- 

 est therein; and 



(b) maintain a continuing study of the relation 

 of regional or river basin plans and programs to 

 the requirements of larger regions of the Nation 

 and of the adequacy of administrative and statu- 

 tory means for the coordination of the water and 

 related land resources policies and programs of 

 the several Federal agencies; it shall appraise the 

 adequacy of existing and proposed policies and 

 programs to meet such requirements; and it shall 

 make recommendations to the President with re- 

 spect to Federal policies and programs. 



(Pub. L. 89-80. title I. § 102. July 22, 1965. 79 Stat. 

 245.) 



§ 1962a-2. Establishment of principles, standards, and 

 procedures for preparation of regional or river 

 basin plans and Federal projects; revision of river 

 basin planning commission plans. 



The Council shall establish, after such consulta- 

 tion with other interested entities, both Federal and 

 non-Federal, as the Council may find appropriate, 

 and with the approval of the President, principles, 

 standards, and procedures for Federal participants 

 in the preparation of comprehensive regional or river 

 basin plans and for the formulation and evalua- 

 tion of Federal water and related land resources 

 projects. Such procedures may include provision for 

 Council revision of plans for Federal projects in- 

 tended to be proposed in any plan or revision thereof 

 being prepared by a river basin planning commis- 

 sion. (Pub. L. 89-80, title I, § 103, July 22, 1965, 

 79 Stat. 245.) 



Delegation or Functions 



Functions of the President under this section delegated 

 to the Chairman of the Walter Resources Council, see 

 section 2 of Ex. Ord. No. 11747. Nov. 7, 1973, 38 F.B. 30993, 

 set out as a note under section 1962a-3 of this title. 



§ 1962a-3. Review of river basin commission plans; 

 report to President and Congress. 



Upon receipt of a plan or revision thereof from 



