16 U.S.C. § 541g: Advisory council for…

Summary

The Secretary must create an advisory council for the Area and meet with it regularly about how the Area is run. The council can have no more than 11 members. Each member serves a staggered three-year term. One member must be chosen by each county that includes part of the Area. The Governor of Oregon must pick one member to represent the State. The Secretary may appoint up to eight more members from people or groups interested in managing the Area. The Secretary names one member as chair and fills any vacancies the same way they were first appointed. Members are not paid, but they get travel costs and a per diem or actual living expenses when appropriate. Besides working with the council, the Secretary must also ask for opinions from private groups, individuals, and the public. The Secretary must seek help and cooperate with other federal, state, and local agencies and with nonprofit organizations that deal with planning, zoning, fish and wildlife (including migratory fish and waterfowl), marine animals, water, and natural resources.

Title 16, §541g

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(a)Advisory council; establishment; consultation; members; term; appointment

The Secretary, pursuant to chapter 10 of title 5, shall establish an advisory council for the Area, and shall consult on a periodic and regular basis with such council with respect to matters relating to management of the Area. The members of the advisory council, who shall not exceed eleven in number, shall serve for the individual staggered terms of three years each and shall be appointed by the Secretary as follows—

(1)a member to represent each county in which a portion of the Area is located, each such appointee to be designated by the respective governing body of the county involved;

(2)a member appointed to represent the State of Oregon, who shall be designated by the Governor of Oregon; and

(3)not to exceed eight members appointed by the Secretary from among persons who, individually or through association with national or local organizations, have an interest in the administration of the Area.

(b)Chairman; vacancies

The Secretary shall designate one member to be chairman and shall fill vacancies in the same manner as the original appointment.

(c)Compensation; reimbursement for expenses

The members shall not receive any compensation for their services as members of the advisory council, but they shall be reimbursed for travel expenses and shall be allowed, as appropriate, per diem or actual subsistence expenses.

(d)Consultation by Secretary with private groups, etc.; cooperation with other Federal, State, etc., agencies and organizations

In addition to his consultation with the advisory council, the Secretary shall seek the views of other private groups, individuals, and the public, and shall seek the views and assistance of, and cooperate with all other Federal, State, and local agencies with responsibilities for zoning, planning, migratory fish, waterfowl, and marine animals, water, and natural resources, and all nonprofit agencies and organizations which may contribute information or expertise about the resources, and the management, of the Area, in order that the knowledge, expertise and views of all agencies and groups may contribute affirmatively to the most sensitive present and future use of the Area and its various subareas for the benefit of the public.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5,” for “the Federal Advisory Committee Act,” in introductory provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

§541g Advisory Council for Scenic-research Area; Membership; Designation of Chairman; Compensation; Consultation by Secretary