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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§460xx–3 Advisory Committee

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CIX— - SAN PEDRO RIPARIAN NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460xx–3

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create an advisory committee for the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area. The committee will advise the Secretary on preparing and carrying out the required comprehensive, long-range plan for the area. The committee will have 7 members chosen by the Secretary. Members serve three-year terms, but at the start 2 members serve 1 year and 3 members serve 2 years. One member must come from nominees given by the Governor of Arizona, and one from nominees given by the Cochise County Supervisors. The other members must have experience in wildlife conservation, riparian (riverside) ecology, archaeology, paleontology, or similar fields related to the area’s purposes.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460xx–3

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(a)The Secretary shall establish a San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee, whose purpose shall be to advise the Secretary with respect to the preparation and implementation of the comprehensive, long-range plan required pursuant to section 460xx–2 of this title.
(b)There shall be 7 members of the Committee, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. Members of the Committee shall be appointed for terms of three years, except that of the members first appointed 2 shall be appointed for terms of 1 year and 3 shall be appointed for terms of 2 years. The Secretary shall appoint one member from nominations supplied by the Governor of the State of Arizona, and one member from nominations supplied by the Supervisors of Cochise County, Arizona. The other members shall be persons with recognized backgrounds in wildlife conservation, riparian ecology, archeology, paleontology, or other disciplines directly related to the primary purposes for which the conservation area was created.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Advisory CommitteesAdvisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460xx–3

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73