§ 4721. — Establishment of Task Force.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC4721]
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
(a) Task Force
There is hereby established an ``Aquatic Nuisance Species Task
Force''.
(b) Membership
Membership 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 members
The 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) Chairpersons
The 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 understanding
Within 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) Coordination
Each 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, Sec. 1201, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4765;
Pub. L. 104-182, title III, Sec. 308(b), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1689;
Pub. L. 104-332, Sec. 2(e)(2), (h)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4085,
4091.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (d) to (f), was in the
original ``this subtitle'', meaning subtitle C (Secs. 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.
Amendments
1996--Pub. L. 104-332, Sec. 2(h)(1), made technical amendment to
Pub. L. 101-646, Sec. 1201, which enacted this section.
Subsec. (b)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 104-332, Sec. 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, Sec. 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 Functions
For 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 4702 of this title.
