2013 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 67 - AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL (§§ 4701 - 4751)
Subchapter III - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES DISPERSAL (§§ 4721 - 4728)
Section 4721 - Establishment of Task Force
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 67 - AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL SUBCHAPTER III - PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES DISPERSAL Sec. 4721 - Establishment of Task Force |
Contains | section 4721 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-646, title I, §1201, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4765; Pub. L. 104-182, title III, §308(b), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1689; Pub. L. 104-332, §2(e)(2), (h)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4085, 4091. |
Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 4765 110 Stat. 1689, 4085 |
Public Law References | Public Law 101-646, Public Law 104-182, Public Law 104-332 |
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There is hereby established an "Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force".
(b) MembershipMembership of the Task Force shall consist of—
(1) the Director;
(2) the Under Secretary;
(3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(4) the Commandant of the United States Coast Guard;
(5) the Assistant Secretary;
(6) the Secretary of Agriculture; and
(7) the head of any other Federal agency that the chairpersons designated under subsection (d) of this section deem appropriate.
(c) Ex officio membersThe chairpersons designated under subsection (d) of this section shall invite representatives of the Great Lakes Commission, the Lake Champlain Basin Program, the Chesapeake Bay Program, the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Program, and State agencies and other governmental entities to participate as ex officio members of the Task Force.
(d) ChairpersonsThe Director and the Under Secretary shall serve as co-chairpersons of the Task Force and shall be jointly responsible, and are authorized to undertake such activities as may be necessary, for carrying out this subchapter in consultation and cooperation with the other members of the Task Force.
(e) Memorandum of understandingWithin six months of November 29, 1990, the Director and the Under Secretary shall develop a memorandum of understanding that describes the role of each in jointly carrying out this subchapter.
(f) CoordinationEach Task Force member shall coordinate any action to carry out this subchapter with any such action by other members of the Task Force, and regional, State and local entities.
(Pub. L. 101–646, title I, §1201, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4765; Pub. L. 104–182, title III, §308(b), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1689; Pub. L. 104–332, §2(e)(2), (h)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4085, 4091.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (d) to (f), was in the original "this subtitle", meaning subtitle C (§§1201–1209) of title I of Pub. L. 101–646, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4765, which enacted this subchapter and amended section 42 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
AMENDMENTS1996—Pub. L. 104–332, §2(h)(1), made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, §1201, which enacted this section.
Subsec. (b)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 104–332, §2(e)(2)(A), struck out "and" at end of par. (5), added par. (6), and redesignated former par. (6) as (7).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–332, §2(e)(2)(B), inserted "the Chesapeake Bay Program, the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary Program," before "and State agencies".
Pub. L. 104–182 inserted ", the Lake Champlain Basin Program," after "Great Lakes Commission".
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSFor transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
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