43 U.S.C. § 315o–1: Board of grazing district…

Summary

Each grazing district must have an advisory board made up of local livestock owners called grazing district advisers. Each board must have at least five and at most twelve members. The Secretary of the Interior may also appoint one wildlife representative to each board. Except for any wildlife representative, board members are chosen by the people who use the range in the district through an election run under rules the Secretary sets. Members take office only after the Secretary appoints them and they take an oath. The Secretary can remove a member after giving notice if the Secretary thinks removal is for the good of the service. Each board must meet at least once a year at a time set by the Secretary or the officer the Secretary names, and can meet more often when called. The board must give advice and recommendations on every grazing permit application in the district, but any adviser who has a direct or indirect interest in a permit must not take part. The board also advises on rules and regulations, creating or changing district boundaries, seasons of use, carrying capacity of the range, and other local administration matters. Except in an emergency, the Secretary must ask the board for its advice before making new rules that affect the district.

Title 43, §315o–1

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(a)In order that the Secretary of the Interior may have the benefit of the fullest information and advice concerning physical, economic, and other local conditions in the several grazing districts, there shall be an advisory board of local stockmen in each such district, the members of which shall be known as grazing district advisers. Each such board shall consist of not less than five nor more than twelve members, exclusive of wildlife representatives, one such representative to be appointed by the Secretary, in his discretion, to membership on each such board. Except for such wildlife representatives, the names of the members of each district advisory board shall be recommended to the Secretary by the users of the range in that district through an election conducted under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary. No grazing district adviser so recommended, however, shall assume office until he has been appointed by the Secretary and has taken an oath of office. The Secretary may, after due notice, remove any grazing district adviser from office if in his opinion such removal would be for the good of the service.

(b)Each district advisory board shall meet at least once annually at a time to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, or by such other officer to whom the Secretary may delegate the function of issuing grazing permits, and at such other times as its members may be called by such officer. Each board shall offer advice and make a recommendation on each application for such a grazing permit within its district: Provided, That in no case shall any grazing district adviser participate in any advice or recommendation concerning a permit, or an application therefor, in which he is directly or indirectly interested. Each board shall further offer advice or make recommendations concerning rules and regulations for the administration of this subchapter, the establishment of grazing districts and the modification of the boundaries thereof, the seasons of use and carrying capacity of the range, and any other matters affecting the administration of this subchapter within the district. Except in a case where in the judgment of the Secretary an emergency shall exist, the Secretary shall request the advice of the advisory board in advance of the promulgation of any rules and regulations affecting the district.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Advisory BoardsAdvisory boards in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a board established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. Advisory boards 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 board established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of the Interior” substituted for “Director of Grazing” in subsec. (b) on authority of section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, which abolished Grazing Service and transferred functions of Grazing Service to a new agency in Department of the Interior to be known as Bureau of Land Management. See section 403 of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1946, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

§315o–1 Board of Grazing District Advisers; Composition; Meetings; Duties