§698u–5 Advisory Committee

Summary

Creates the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Advisory Committee. The committee must advise the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of the National Park Service about developing, managing, and explaining the Preserve. It must give timely input while the Preserve’s general management plan is being prepared under section 698u–3(g). The Secretary appoints 13 members. They include 3 people from the Trust; 3 from local landowners, cattle ranchers, or other farm interests; 3 from conservation or historic preservation groups; 3 chosen from lists recommended by local Kansas officials (one from the Chase County Commission, one from officials of Strong City and Cottonwood Falls, and one from the Governor); and 1 range-management specialist from a Kansas college or university. Regular terms are 3 years. Initial members are staggered: four serve 3 years, four serve 4 years, and five serve 5 years. Members may be reappointed and must stay until a successor is named. Vacancies are filled the same way as the original appointments and last only for the remainder of the term. The members choose a chair. Meetings are called by the chair or by a majority, must allow public participation, and require advance notice under chapter 10 of title 5. A majority is a quorum. Members are unpaid but may receive travel expenses and per diem like intermittent federal workers under section 5703 of title 5. The rechartering rule in section 1013(b) of title 5 does not apply.