PUBLIC LAW 95-502—OCT. 21, 1978
92 STAT. 1693
Public Law 95-502 95th Congress An Act To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that income from the conducting of certain bingo games by certain tax-exempt organizations will not be subject to tax, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I—REPLACEMENT O F LOCKS AND DAM 26; U P P E R M I S S I S S I P P I RIVER SYSTEM COMPREHENSIVE MASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN SEC. 101. (a) The Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission (referred to in this section as the "Commission") shall prepare a comprehensive master plan for the management of the Upper Mississippi River System in cooperation with the appropriate Federal, State, and local officials. The Commission shall publish a preliminary plan not later than January 1, 1981. The Commission shall hold public hearings on the preliminary plan in each State which would be affected by the plan, shall review all comments presented at such hearings or submitted in writing to the Commission, and, after making any revisions in the plan it decides are necessary, submit to Congress a final master plan not later than January 1, 1982. All decisions of the Commission related to the master plan shall be made by a two-thirds majority vote of the Commission. (b) The Commission shall provide for public participation in the development, revision, and implementation of said plan and shall encourage and assist such participation. The Commission shall, within 150 days after the date of enactment of this Act, publish guidelines in the Federal Register for public participation m the development, revision, and implementation of the plan. The final master plan shall not be implemented without the express approval of the plan by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. After such approval, no change may be made in the master plan except as may be provided by an Act of Congress enacted after the date of enactment of the Act approving the master plan. No person shall engage in any activity which violates any provision of the plan or which is inconsistent (as determined under regulations promulgated by the Commission) with the plan. (c) The Commission, in developing the plan, shall identify the various economic, recreational, and environmental objectives of the Upper Mississippi River System, recommend guidelines to achieve such objectives, and propose methods to assure compliance with such guidelines and coordination of future management decisions affecting the Upper Mississippi River System, and include with the proposed master plan any legislative proposals which may be necessary to carry out such recommendations and achieve such objectives. (d) For the purposes of developing the plan, the Commission shall conduct such studies as it deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this section, utilizing, to the fullest extent possible,
Oct. 21, 1978 [H.R. 8533]
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, amendment.
42 USC 1962b-3 note.
Preliminary plan. Final plan, submittal to Congress.
Publication in Federal Register.
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