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[CITE: 42USC1962a-3]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                  CHAPTER 19B--WATER RESOURCES PLANNING
 
                  SUBCHAPTER I--WATER RESOURCES COUNCIL
 
Sec. 1962a-3. Review of river basin commission plans; report to 
        President and Congress
        
    Upon receipt of a plan or revision thereof from any river basin 
commission under the provisions of section 1962b-3(3) of this title, the 
Council shall review the plan or revision with special regard to--
        (1) the efficacy of such plan or revision in achieving optimum 
    use of the water and related land resources in the area involved;
        (2) the effect of the plan on the achievement of other programs 
    for the development of agricultural, urban, energy, industrial, 
    recreational, fish and wildlife, and other resources of the entire 
    Nation; and
        (3) the contributions which such plan or revision will make in 
    obtaining the Nation's economic and social goals.

Based on such review the Council shall--
        (a) formulate such recommendations as it deems desirable in the 
    national interest; and
        (b) transmit its recommendations, together with the plan or 
    revision of the river basin commission and the views, comments, and 
    recommendations with respect to such plan or revision submitted by 
    any Federal agency, Governor, interstate commission, or United 
    States section of an international commission, to the President for 
    his review and transmittal to the Congress with his recommendations 
    in regard to authorization of Federal projects.

(Pub. L. 89-80, title I, Sec. 104, July 22, 1965, 79 Stat. 245.)

        Ex. Ord. No. 11747. Delegation of Presidential Functions

    Ex. Ord. No. 11747, eff. Nov. 7, 1973, 38 F.R. 30993, as amended by 
Ex. Ord. No. 12608, Sept. 9, 1987, 52 F.R. 34617, provided:
    By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of 
the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is 
hereby ordered as follows:
    The Chairman of the Water Resources Council is designated and 
empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other 
action of the President, the approval function for standards and 
procedures vested in the President by section 103 of the Water Resources 
Planning Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962a-2).
