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16 USC § 7125 - Resource advisory committees
Establishment and purpose of resource advisory committees (1)
Establishment The Secretary concerned shall establish and maintain resource advisory committees to perform the duties in subsection (b), except as provided in paragraph (4).
Purpose The purpose of a resource advisory committee shall be—
Access to resource advisory committees To ensure that each unit of Federal land has access to a resource advisory committee, and that there is sufficient interest in participation on a committee to ensure that membership can be balanced in terms of the points of view represented and the functions to be performed, the Secretary concerned may,
establish resource advisory committees for part of, or 1 or more, units of Federal land.
Existing advisory committees (A)
In general An advisory committee that meets the requirements of this section, a resource advisory committee established before September 29, 2011, or an advisory committee determined by the Secretary concerned before September 29, 2011, to meet the requirements of this section may be deemed by the Secretary concerned to be a resource advisory committee for the purposes of this subchapter.
Charter A charter for a committee described in subparagraph (A) that was filed on or before September 29, 2011, shall be considered to be filed for purposes of this chapter.
Bureau of land management advisory committees The Secretary of the Interior may deem a resource advisory committee meeting the requirements of subpart 1784 of part 1780 of title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as a resource advisory committee for the purposes of this subchapter.
Duties A resource advisory committee shall—
Appointment by the Secretary (1)
Appointment and term (A)
In general The Secretary concerned,
shall appoint the members of resource advisory committees for a term of 4 years beginning on the date of appointment.
Reappointment The Secretary concerned may reappoint members to subsequent 4-year terms.
Basic requirements The Secretary concerned shall ensure that each resource advisory committee established meets the requirements of subsection (d).
Initial appointment Not later than 180 days after October 3, 2008, the Secretary concerned shall make initial appointments to the resource advisory committees.
Vacancies The Secretary concerned shall make appointments to fill vacancies on any resource advisory committee as soon as practicable after the vacancy has occurred.
Compensation Members of the resource advisory committees shall not receive any compensation.
Composition of advisory committee (1)
Number Each resource advisory committee shall be comprised of 15 members.
Community interests represented Committee members shall be representative of the interests of the following 3 categories:
5 persons that—
5 persons that represent—
Balanced representation In appointing committee members from the 3 categories in paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned shall provide for balanced and broad representation from within each category.
Geographic distribution The members of a resource advisory committee shall reside within the State in which the committee has jurisdiction and, to extent [2]
practicable, the Secretary concerned shall ensure local representation in each category in paragraph (2).
Chairperson A majority on each resource advisory committee shall select the chairperson of the committee.
Approval procedures (1)
In general Subject to paragraph (3), each resource advisory committee shall establish procedures for proposing projects to the Secretary concerned under this subchapter.
Quorum A quorum must be present to constitute an official meeting of the committee.
Approval by majority of members A project may be proposed by a resource advisory committee to the Secretary concerned under section 7123
(a) of this title, if the project has been approved by a majority of members of the committee from each of the 3 categories in subsection (d)(2).
Other committee authorities and requirements (1)
Staff assistance A resource advisory committee may submit to the Secretary concerned a request for periodic staff assistance from Federal employees under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.
Meetings All meetings of a resource advisory committee shall be announced at least 1 week in advance in a local newspaper of record and shall be open to the public.
Records A resource advisory committee shall maintain records of the meetings of the committee and make the records available for public inspection.
In general An advisory committee that meets the requirements of this section, a resource advisory committee established before September 29, 2006, or an advisory committee determined by the Secretary concerned before September 29, 2006, to meet the requirements of this section may be deemed by the Secretary concerned to be a resource advisory committee for the purposes of this subchapter.
Charter A charter for a committee described in subparagraph (A) that was filed on or before September 29, 2006, shall be considered to be filed for purposes of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 106–393, title II, § 205, as added Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a),Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3905.)
A prior section 205 ofPub. L. 106–393was set out in a note under section 500 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–343, div. C, title VI, § 601(a),Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3893.
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