§582a–4 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must write the rules needed to carry out this part of the law. The Secretary must also provide help and guidance through a cooperative State forestry research unit in the Department to support the goals of the law. The Secretary must name a council of at least sixteen people. The council must represent federal and state agencies, forest businesses, forestry schools at eligible state institutions, state agricultural experiment stations, and volunteer public groups that care about forests and related natural resources. The council must meet at least once a year, send a report to the Secretary about regional and national forestry research planning and coordination, advise how funds should be divided, and be asked for advice by the Secretary at least once a year.

Title 16, §582a–4

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(a)The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter and to furnish such advice and assistance through a cooperative State forestry research unit in the Department as will best promote the purposes of this subchapter.

(b)The Secretary shall appoint a council of not fewer than sixteen members which shall be constituted to give representation to Federal and State agencies concerned with developing and utilizing the Nation’s forest resources, the forest industries, the forestry schools of the State-certified eligible institutions, State agricultural experiment stations, and volunteer public groups concerned with forests and related natural resources. The council shall meet at least annually and shall submit a report to the Secretary on regional and national planning and coordination of forestry research within the Federal and State agencies, forestry schools, and the forest industries, and shall advise the Secretary on the apportionment of funds. The Secretary shall seek, at least once each year, the advice of the council to accomplish efficiently the purposes of this subchapter.

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1981—Pub. L. 97–98 substituted provisions directing the Secretary to promulgate necessary

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, furnish necessary advice and assistance, and appoint a council of no fewer than sixteen members in order to give representation to Federal and State agencies in developing cooperative State forestry programs for provisions which had directed the Secretary to make apportionments among participating States only after consulting with a national advisory board of not less than seven officials of the forestry schools of the State-certified eligible colleges and universities chosen by a majority of such schools. See section 582a–5 of this title.

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of 1981 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 97–98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 of Pub. L. 97–98, set out as an

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note under section 4301 of Title 7, Agriculture. Termination of Advisory CouncilsAdvisory councils 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 council established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a council established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§582a–4 Regulations; advice and assistance; appointment, membership, etc., of council

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Title 16, §582a–4

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