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[CITE: 42USC1962a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                  CHAPTER 19B--WATER RESOURCES PLANNING
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL
 
Sec. 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 Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, the Secretary of Transportation, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary of Energy. The 
Chairman of the Council shall request the heads of other Federal 
agencies to participate with the Council when matters affecting their 
responsibilities are considered by the Council. The Chairman of the 
Council shall be designated by the President.

(Pub. L. 89-80, title I, Sec. 101, July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 245; Pub. L. 
94-112, Sec. 1(a), Oct. 16, 1975, 89 Stat. 575; Pub. L. 95-91, title 
III, Sec. 301(b), title VII, Secs. 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578, 
606, 607.)


                               Amendments

    1975--Pub. L. 94-112 included in the membership of the Water 
Resources Council, the Secretaries of Commerce, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Transportation and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and terminated the membership for the 
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary of Energy'' substituted for ``Chairman of the Federal 
Power Commission'' in text pursuant to sections 301(b), 703, and 707 of 
Pub. L. 95-91, which are classified to sections 7151(b), 7293, and 7297 
of this title, and which terminated Federal Power Commission and 
transferred its functions and functions of Chairman thereof (with 
certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.


                        National Water Commission

    Pub. L. 90-515, Sept. 26, 1968, 82 Stat. 868, provided for 
establishment of National Water Commission, its membership, chairman, 
compensation, powers, duties, and functions, required Commission to 
review national water resource problems and submit interim and final 
reports, and provided that Commission terminate no later than five years 
from Sept. 26, 1968.
