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[CITE: 16USC460l-10e]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
              SUBCHAPTER LXIX--OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAMS
 
                Part B--Land and Water Conservation Fund
 
Sec. 460l-10e. Advisory Commission on water-based recreation


(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.

(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.


   Recreational Opportunities at Federally-Managed Manmade Lakes and 
                               Reservoirs

    Section 1021(a) of Pub. L. 104-333, 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 [43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.] 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.''
