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‘‘(3) INITIAL APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary concerned shall make initial appointments 
to the resource advisory committees. 
‘‘(4) VACANCIES.—The Secretary concerned shall 
make appointments to fill vacancies on any resource 
advisory committee as soon as practicable after the 
vacancy has occurred. 
‘‘(5) COMPENSATION.—Members of the resource 
advisory committees shall not receive any compensa-
tion. 
‘‘(d) COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(1) NUMBER.—Each resource advisory com-
mittee shall be comprised of 15 members. 
‘‘(2) COMMUNITY
INTERESTS
REPRESENTED.— 
Committee members shall be representative of the in-
terests of the following 3 categories: 
‘‘(A) 5 persons that— 
‘‘(i) represent organized labor or non- 
timber forest product harvester groups; 
‘‘(ii) represent developed outdoor recre-
ation, off highway vehicle users, or commer-
cial recreation activities; 
‘‘(iii) represent—
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‘‘(I) energy and mineral develop-
ment interests; or 
‘‘(II) commercial or recreational 
fishing interests; 
‘‘(iv) represent the commercial timber 
industry; or 
‘‘(v) hold Federal grazing or other land 
use permits, or represent nonindustrial pri-
vate forest land owners, within the area for 
which the committee is organized. 
‘‘(B) 5 persons that represent— 
‘‘(i) nationally recognized environ-
mental organizations; 
‘‘(ii) regionally or locally recognized 
environmental organizations; 
‘‘(iii) dispersed recreational activities; 
‘‘(iv) archaeological and historical in-
terests; or 
‘‘(v) nationally or regionally recog-
nized wild horse and burro interest groups, 
wildlife or hunting organizations, or water-
shed associations. 
‘‘(C) 5 persons that— 
‘‘(i) hold State elected office (or a des-
ignee);
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‘‘(ii) hold county or local elected office; 
‘‘(iii) represent American Indian tribes 
within or adjacent to the area for which the 
committee is organized; 
‘‘(iv) are school officials or teachers; or 
‘‘(v) represent the affected public at 
large. 
‘‘(3) BALANCED REPRESENTATION.—In appoint-
ing committee members from the 3 categories in para-
graph (2), the Secretary concerned shall provide for 
balanced and broad representation from within each 
category. 
‘‘(4) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The members 
of a resource advisory committee shall reside within 
the State in which the committee has jurisdiction 
and, to extent practicable, the Secretary concerned 
shall ensure local representation in each category in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(5) CHAIRPERSON.—A majority on each re-
source advisory committee shall select the chairperson 
of the committee. 
‘‘(e) APPROVAL PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 
each resource advisory committee shall establish pro-
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cedures for proposing projects to the Secretary con-
cerned under this title. 
‘‘(2) QUORUM.—A quorum must be present to 
constitute an official meeting of the committee. 
‘‘(3) APPROVAL BY MAJORITY OF MEMBERS.—A 
project may be proposed by a resource advisory com-
mittee to the Secretary concerned under section 
203(a), if the project has been approved by a majority 
of members of the committee from each of the 3 cat-
egories in subsection (d)(2). 
‘‘(f) OTHER COMMITTEE AUTHORITIES AND REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) STAFF ASSISTANCE.—A resource advisory 
committee may submit to the Secretary concerned a 
request for periodic staff assistance from Federal em-
ployees under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) MEETINGS.—All meetings of a resource ad-
visory committee shall be announced at least 1 week 
in advance in a local newspaper of record and shall 
be open to the public. 
‘‘(3) RECORDS.—A resource advisory committee 
shall maintain records of the meetings of the com-
mittee and make the records available for public in-
spection.
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‘‘SEC. 206. USE OF PROJECT FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) AGREEMENT REGARDING SCHEDULE AND COST 
OF PROJECT.— 
‘‘(1) AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARTIES.—The Sec-
retary concerned may carry out a project submitted 
by a resource advisory committee under section 
203(a) using project funds or other funds described in 
section 203(a)(2), if, as soon as practicable after the 
issuance of a decision document for the project and 
the exhaustion of all administrative appeals and judi-
cial review of the project decision, the Secretary con-
cerned and the resource advisory committee enter into 
an agreement addressing, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The schedule for completing the 
project. 
‘‘(B) The total cost of the project, including 
the level of agency overhead to be assessed 
against the project. 
‘‘(C) For a multiyear project, the estimated 
cost of the project for each of the fiscal years in 
which it will be carried out. 
‘‘(D) The remedies for failure of the Sec-
retary concerned to comply with the terms of the 
agreement consistent with current Federal law.
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‘‘(2) LIMITED
USE
OF
FEDERAL
FUNDS.—The 
Secretary concerned may decide, at the sole discretion 
of the Secretary concerned, to cover the costs of a por-
tion of an approved project using Federal funds ap-
propriated or otherwise available to the Secretary for 
the same purposes as the project. 
‘‘(b) TRANSFER OF PROJECT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL TRANSFER REQUIRED.—As soon as 
practicable after the agreement is reached under sub-
section (a) with regard to a project to be funded in 
whole or in part using project funds, or other funds 
described in section 203(a)(2), the Secretary con-
cerned shall transfer to the applicable unit of Na-
tional Forest System land or Bureau of Land Man-
agement District an amount of project funds equal 
to— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a project to be completed 
in a single fiscal year, the total amount specified 
in the agreement to be paid using project funds, 
or other funds described in section 203(a)(2); or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a multiyear project, the 
amount specified in the agreement to be paid 
using project funds, or other funds described in 
section 203(a)(2) for the first fiscal year.