((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;
((7)) the Director of the National Park Service;
((8)) the Director of the Bureau of Land Management;
((9)) the Commissioner of Reclamation; and
((10)) the head of any other Federal agency that the chairpersons designated under subsection (d) deem appropriate.
((c)) ** Ex officio members** The chairpersons designated under subsection (d) shall invite representatives of the Great Lakes Commission, the Patrick Leahy 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 , the Director and the Under Secretary shall develop a memorandum of understanding that describes the role of each in jointly carrying out this subchapter.November 29, 19901990-11-29
((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.
((g)) ** Observers** The chairpersons designated under subsection (d) may invite representatives of nongovernmental entities to participate as observers of the Task Force.