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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460xx–3 Advisory Committee

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee to advise on making and carrying out the long-range plan called for under section 460xx–2. The committee will have seven members chosen by the Secretary. Members normally serve three-year terms, but the first group will include two one-year terms and three two-year terms. One member must come from names given by the Governor of Arizona, and one from names given by the Cochise County Supervisors. The other members must be experts in areas like wildlife conservation, riparian ecology, archaeology, paleontology, or related fields.

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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.

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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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16 U.S.C. § 460xx–3

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60