RAC Reform Act of 2017

To amend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to modify the appointment and composition of resource advisory committees. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the RAC Reform Act of 2017 2. Composition and appointment of resource advisory committees (a) In general Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7125 (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking The Secretary concerned The applicable department official (B) in paragraph (3) by striking the Secretary concerned the applicable department official (2) in subsection (b)(6), by striking the Secretary concerned the applicable department official (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking by the Secretary by the applicable department official (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking The Secretary concerned, Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the applicable department official (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking The Secretary concerned Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the applicable department official (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Exception For purposes of applying the 4-year term limit under subparagraphs (A) and (B) to a member of a resource advisory committee, the applicable department official shall not count as a year of the member’s term any year of service the majority of which was served during a fiscal year for which the budget of the resource advisory committee was less than $1,000,000. ; (C) in paragraph (2), by striking The Secretary concerned The applicable department official (D) in paragraph (4), by striking The Secretary concerned The applicable department official (E) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Applicable department official defined In this section, the term applicable department official (A) with respect to Federal land described in section 3(7)(A), the applicable Regional Forester; and (B) with respect to Federal land described in section 3(7)(B), the applicable Bureau of Land Management State Director. ; (4) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking 15 members 9 members (B) in paragraph (2), by striking 5 persons 3 persons (C) by striking the Secretary concerned the applicable department official (5) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking the Secretary concerned the applicable department official (B) by striking the Secretary the applicable department official (b) Conforming amendment Section 201(3)(A) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7121(3)(A) or applicable department official (as defined in section 205(c)(6)) Secretary concerned

Summary: RAC Reform Act of 2017 This bill amends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 to change the official who shall establish, maintain, and appoint the members of resource advisory committees from: (1) the Secretary of Agriculture to the the applicable Regional Forester for land within the National Forest System; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior to the applicable Bureau of Land Management State Director for such portions of the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior classified as timberlands and power-site land valuable for timber that shall be managed for permanent forest production. Any year of a member's service on such a committee, the majority of which was served during a fiscal year in which the committee's budget was less than $1 million, shall not count as a year of such member's term for purposes of the four-year term limit. The bill reduces the number of members of each committee, as well as the number representing each specified community interest category.