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15 U.S.C. § 9708 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 9708. Interagency Committee on Water Management and Infrastructure
(a) Establishment
There is established a committee, to be known as the “Interagency Committee on Water Management and Infrastructure” (in this section referred to as the “Water Policy Committee”).
(b) Membership
The Water Policy Committee shall be composed of the following members:
(1) The Administrator.
(2) The Secretary of the Interior.
(3) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(4) The Secretary of Agriculture.
(5) The Secretary of Commerce.
(6) The Secretary of Energy.
(7) The Secretary of the Army.
(8) The heads of such other agencies as the co-chairs consider appropriate.
(c) Co-chairs
The Water Policy Committee shall be co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(d) Meetings
The Water Policy Committee shall meet not less frequently than 6 times each year, at the call of the co-chairs.
(e) General purpose and duties
The Water Policy Committee shall ensure that agencies and departments across the Federal Government that engage in water-related matters, including water storage and supplies, water quality and restoration activities, water infrastructure, transportation on United States rivers and inland waterways, and water forecasting, work together where such agencies and departments have joint or overlapping responsibilities to—
(1) improve interagency coordination among Federal agencies and departments on water resource management and water infrastructure issues;
(2) coordinate existing water-related Federal task forces, working groups, and other formal cross-agency initiatives, as appropriate;
(3) prioritize managing the water resources of the United States and promoting resilience of the water-related infrastructure of the United States, including—
(A) increasing water storage, water supply reliability, and drought resiliency;
(B) improving water quality, source water protection, and nutrient management;
(C) promoting restoration activities;
(D) improving water systems, including with respect to drinking water, desalination, water reuse, wastewater, and flood control; and
(E) improving water data management, research, modeling, and forecasting;
(4) improve interagency coordination of data management, access, modeling, and visualization with respect to water-related matters;
(5) promote integrated planning for Federal investments in water-related infrastructure to enhance coordination and protect taxpayer investment; and
(6) support workforce development and efforts to recruit, train, and retain professionals to operate and maintain essential drinking water, wastewater, flood control, hydropower, water delivery, and water storage facilities in the United States.
(f) Cross-agency priority research needs
Not later than 1 year after December 27, 2022, the Water Policy Committee shall develop and submit to Congress a list of research needs that includes needs for cross-agency research and coordination.
(Pub. L. 117–316, § 13, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4414.)
15 U.S.C. § 9710 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 9710. Identification and support of consistent, Federal set of forward-looking, long-term meteorological information
(a) Definitions
In this section:
(1) Extreme weather
The term “extreme weather” includes observed or anticipated severe and unseasonable atmospheric conditions, including drought, heavy precipitation, hurricanes, tornadoes and other windstorms (including derechos), large hail, extreme heat, extreme cold, flooding, sustained temperatures or precipitation that deviate substantially from historical averages, and any other weather event that the Administrator determines qualifies as extreme weather.
(2) Long-term
The term “long-term” shall have such meaning as the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in consultation with the Administrator, considers appropriate for purposes of this section.
(3) Other environmental trends
The term “other environmental trends” means wildfires, coastal flooding, inland flooding, land subsidence, rising sea levels, and any other challenges relating to changes in environmental systems over time that the Administrator determines qualify as environmental challenges other than extreme weather.
(b) Identification and support of consistent, Federal set of forward-looking, long-term meteorological information
The Administrator shall identify, and support research that enables, a consistent, Federal set of forward-looking, long-term meteorological information that models future extreme weather events, other environmental trends, projections, and up-to-date observations, including mesoscale information as determined appropriate by the Administrator.
(Pub. L. 117–316, § 15, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4417.)
15 U.S.C. § 9711 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 9711. Gap analysis on availability of snow-related data to assess and predict flood and flood impacts
(a) In general
The Administrator, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, and the Army Corps of Engineers, shall conduct an analysis of gaps in the availability of snow-related data to assess and predict floods and flood impacts, including data on the following:
(1) Snow water equivalent.
(2) Snow depth.
(3) Snowpack temperature.
(4) Snow and mixed-phase precipitation.
(5) Snow melt.
(6) Rain-snow line.
(b) Report
Not later than 180 days after December 27, 2022, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives a report on—
(1) the findings of the gap analysis required by subsection (a); and
(2) opportunities for additional collaboration among Federal agencies to collect snow-related data to better assess and predict floods and flood impacts.
(Pub. L. 117–316, § 16, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4417.)
15 U.S.C. § 9712 (COMMERCE AND TRADE)
§ 9712. Availability to the public of flood-related data
(a) In general
The Administrator shall make flood-related data available to the public on the website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(b) Cost
The Administrator may make the data under subsection (a) freely accessible or available at a cost that does not exceed the cost of preparing the data.
(Pub. L. 117–316, § 17, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4418.)
23 U.S.C. § 324 (HIGHWAYS)
§ 324. Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex
No person shall on the ground of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance under this title or carried on under this title. This provision will be enforced through agency provisions and rules similar to those already established, with respect to racial and other discrimination, under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, this remedy is not exclusive and will not prejudice or cut off any other legal remedies available to a discrim­inatee.
(Added Pub. L. 93–87, title I, § 162(a), Aug. 13, 1973, 87 Stat. 280.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 88–352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is classified generally to subchapter V (§ 2000d et seq.) of chapter 21 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2000d of Title 42 and Tables.
23 U.S.C. § 511 (HIGHWAYS)
§ 511. Multistate corridor operations and management
(a) In General.—
The Secretary shall encourage multistate cooperative agreements, coalitions, or other arrangements to promote regional cooperation, planning, and shared project implementation for programs and projects to improve transportation system management and operations.
(b) Interstate Route 95 Corridor Coalition Transportation Systems Management and Operations.—
The Secretary shall make grants under this subsection to States to continue intelligent transportation system management and operations in the Interstate Route 95 corridor coalition region initiated under the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240).
(Added Pub. L. 109–59, title V, § 5211(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1804.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, referred to in subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 102–240, Dec. 18, 1991, 105 Stat. 1914. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1991 Amendment note set out under section 101 of Title 49, Transportation, and Tables.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 511, formerly 510, added Pub. L. 90–495, § 30, Aug. 23, 1968, 82 Stat. 834; renumbered § 511, Pub. L. 91–605, title I, § 117(a), Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1724, related to authority of Secretary, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 220(a)(10), Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1903.
Another prior section 511 was renumbered section 512 of this title and subsequently repealed.
25 U.S.C. § 71 (INDIANS)
§ 71. Future treaties with Indian tribes
No Indian nation or tribe within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty; but no obligation of any treaty lawfully made and ratified with any such Indian nation or tribe prior to March 3, 1871, shall be hereby invalidated or impaired. Such treaties, and any Executive orders and Acts of Congress under which the rights of any Indian tribe to fish are secured, shall be construed to prohibit (in addition to any other prohibition) the imposition under any law of a State or political subdivision thereof of any tax on any income derived from the exercise of rights to fish secured by such treaty, Executive order, or Act of Congress if section 7873 of title 26 does not permit a like Federal tax to be imposed on such income.
(R.S. § 2079; Pub. L. 100–647, title III, § 3042, Nov. 10, 1988, 102 Stat. 3641.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: R.S. § 2079 derived from act Mar. 3, 1871, ch. 120, § 1, 16 Stat. 566.
heading: Amendments
text: 1988—Pub. L. 100–647 inserted sentence at end relating to State tax treatment of income derived by Indians from exercise of fishing rights secured by treaties, Executive orders, or Acts of Congress.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 100–647 applicable to all periods beginning before, on, or after Nov. 10, 1988, with no inference created as to existence or nonexistence or scope of any income tax exemption derived from fishing rights secured as of Mar. 17, 1988, by any treaty, law, or Executive order, see section 3044 of Pub. L. 100–647, set out as an Effective Date note under section 7873 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
heading: Short Title of 2022 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 117–317, § 1, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419, provided that: “This Act [repealing sections 72, 127 to 130, 137, 138, 273, 283, 285, and 302 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Repealing Existing Substandard Provisions Encouraging Conciliation with Tribes Act’ or the ‘RESPECT Act’.”
heading: Short Title of 2000 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 106–179, § 1, Mar. 14, 2000, 114 Stat. 46, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 81 and 476 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Indian Tribal Economic Development and Contract Encouragement Act of 2000’.”
25 U.S.C. § 127 (INDIANS)
§ 127. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(2), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419
text: Section, R.S. § 2100; May 29, 1928, ch. 901, § 1(81), 45 Stat. 992, disallowed payment to hostile Indian tribes of moneys or annuities stipulated by a treaty.
25 U.S.C. § 128 (INDIANS)
§ 128. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(3), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419
text: Section, act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, § 2, 18 Stat. 449, prohibited payment of appropriations made for the Indian Service to Indians at war with the United States.
25 U.S.C. § 129 (INDIANS)
§ 129. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(4), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419
text: Section, act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, § 1, 18 Stat. 424, withheld money from Indian tribes holding captives other than Indians.
25 U.S.C. § 130 (INDIANS)
§ 130. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(5), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419
text: Section, R.S. § 2087, withheld annuities, money, and goods from Indians based on being under the influence of or having access to intoxicating liquor.
(INDIANS)
§§ 137, 138. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(6), (7), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419
text: Section 137, act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 132, § 3, 18 Stat. 449, related to requiring able-bodied male Indians to perform service on the reservation in order to receive appropriated supplies and annuities.
text: Section 138, R.S. § 2101, related to withholding of goods from chiefs violating treaty stipulations.
25 U.S.C. § 273 (INDIANS)
§ 273. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(8), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419
text: Section, act June 23, 1879, ch. 35, § 7, 21 Stat. 35; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501, related to detail of Army officer for special duty with reference to Indian education.
25 U.S.C. § 283 (INDIANS)
§ 283. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(9), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419
text: Section, act Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 209, § 1, 27 Stat. 628, 635, related to regulations for withholding rations and discretionary withholding of rations, clothing, and other annuities for non­attendance at schools.
25 U.S.C. § 285 (INDIANS)
§ 285. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(10), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4419
text: Section, act June 30, 1913, ch. 4, § 18, 38 Stat. 96, related to withholding annuities from Osage Indians for nonattendance at schools.
25 U.S.C. § 302 (INDIANS)
§ 302. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–317, § 2(11), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4420
text: Section, act June 21, 1906, ch. 3504, 34 Stat. 328, related to designation of Indian Reform Schools, appropriations, and parental consent.
25 U.S.C. § 3074 (INDIANS)
§ 3074. Voluntary return of tangible cultural heritage
(a) Liaison
The Secretary and the Secretary of State shall each designate a liaison to facilitate the voluntary return of tangible cultural heritage.
(b) Trainings and workshops
The liaisons designated under subsection (a) shall offer to representatives of Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations and collectors, dealers, and other individuals and organizations trainings and workshops regarding the voluntary return of tangible cultural heritage.
(c) Referrals
(1) In general
The Secretary shall refer individuals and organizations to 1 or more Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations with a cultural affiliation to tangible cultural heritage for the purpose of facilitating the voluntary return of tangible cultural heritage.
(2) Referral representatives
The Secretary shall compile a list of representatives from each Indian Tribe and Native Hawaiian organization for purposes of referral under paragraph (1).
(3) Consultation
The Secretary shall consult with Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and the Native working group convened under section 3076(a) of this title before making a referral under paragraph (1).
(4) Third-party experts
The Secretary may use third parties with relevant expertise, including institutions of higher education, museums, dealers, and collector organizations, in determining to which Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization an individual or organization should be referred under paragraph (1).
(d) Legal liability
Nothing in this section imposes on any individual or entity any additional penalties or legal liability.
(e) Tax documentation
In facilitating the voluntary return of tangible cultural heritage under this section, the Secretary shall include provision of tax documentation for a deductible gift to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, if the recipient Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization consents to the provision of tax documentation.
(f) Repatriation under Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
The voluntary return provisions of this section shall apply to a specific item of tangible cultural heritage only to the extent that the repatriation provisions under section 7 of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3005) do not apply to the item of tangible cultural heritage.
(Pub. L. 117–258, § 6, Dec. 21, 2022, 136 Stat. 2382.)
29 U.S.C. § 182 (LABOR)
§ 182. Exemption of Railway Labor Act from subchapter
The provisions of this subchapter shall not be applicable with respect to any matter which is subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act [45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.], as amended from time to time.
(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title II, § 212, 61 Stat. 156.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Railway Labor Act, as amended, referred to in text, is act May 20, 1926, ch. 347, 44 Stat. 577, which is classified principally to chapter 8 (§ 151 et seq.) of Title 45, Railroads. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 151 of Title 45 and Tables.
29 U.S.C. § 185 (LABOR)
§ 185. Suits by and against labor organizations
(a) Venue, amount, and citizenship
Suits for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization representing employees in an industry affecting commerce as defined in this chapter, or between any such labor organizations, may be brought in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, without respect to the amount in controversy or without regard to the citizenship of the parties.
(b) Responsibility for acts of agent; entity for purposes of suit; enforcement of money judgments
Any labor organization which represents employees in an industry affecting commerce as defined in this chapter and any employer whose activities affect commerce as defined in this chapter shall be bound by the acts of its agents. Any such labor organization may sue or be sued as an entity and in behalf of the employees whom it represents in the courts of the United States. Any money judgment against a labor organization in a district court of the United States shall be enforceable only against the organization as an entity and against its assets, and shall not be enforceable against any individual member or his assets.
(c) Jurisdiction
For the purposes of actions and proceedings by or against labor organizations in the district courts of the United States, district courts shall be deemed to have jurisdiction of a labor organization (1) in the district in which such organization maintains its principal office, or (2) in any district in which its duly authorized officers or agents are engaged in representing or acting for employee members.
(d) Service of process
The service of summons, subpena, or other legal process of any court of the United States upon an officer or agent of a labor organization, in his capacity as such, shall constitute service upon the labor organization.
(e) Determination of question of agency
For the purposes of this section, in determining whether any person is acting as an “agent” of another person so as to make such other person responsible for his acts, the question of whether the specific acts performed were actually authorized or subsequently ratified shall not be controlling.
(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title III, § 301, 61 Stat. 156.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original “this Act” meaning act June 23, 1947, ch. 120, 61 Stat. 136, known as the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, which is classified principally to this subchapter and subchapters III (§ 171 et seq.) and IV (§ 185 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of this act to the Code, see Tables.
29 U.S.C. § 441 (LABOR)
§ 441. Surety company reports; contents; waiver or modification of requirements respecting contents of reports
Each surety company which issues any bond required by this chapter or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.] shall file annually with the Secretary, with respect to each fiscal year during which any such bond was in force, a report, in such form and detail as he may prescribe by regulation, filed by the president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers of the surety company, describing its bond experience under each such chapter or Act, including information as to the premiums received, total claims paid, amounts recovered by way of subrogation, administrative and legal expenses and such related data and information as the Secretary shall determine to be necessary in the public interest and to carry out the policy of the chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Secretary finds that any such specific information cannot be practicably ascertained or would be uninformative, the Secretary may modify or waive the requirement for such information.
(Pub. L. 86–257, title II, § 211, as added Pub. L. 89–216, § 3, Sept. 29, 1965, 79 Stat. 888; amended Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 111(a)(2)(D), Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 852.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 93–406, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 829, which is classified principally to chapter 18 (§ 1001 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of this title and Tables.
heading: Amendments
text: 1974—Pub. L. 93–406 substituted “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974” for “Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
text: Amendment by Pub. L. 93–406 effective Jan. 1, 1975, except as provided in section 1031(b)(2) of this title, see section 1031(b)(1) of this title.