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[CITE: 16USC460nnn-51]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
 SUBCHAPTER CXXV--STEENS MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION 
                                  AREA
 
   Part A--Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area
 
                       subpart 4--advisory council
 
Sec. 460nnn-51. Establishment of advisory council


(a) Establishment

    The Secretary shall establish the Steens Mountain Advisory Council 
to advise the Secretary in managing the Cooperative Management and 
Protection Area and in promoting the cooperative management under 
subpart 3 of this part.

(b) Members

    The advisory council shall consist of 12 voting members, to be 
appointed by the Secretary, as follows:
        (1) A private landowner in the Cooperative Management and 
    Protection Area, appointed from nominees submitted by the county 
    court for Harney County, Oregon.
        (2) Two persons who are grazing permittees on Federal lands in 
    the Cooperative Management and Protection Area, appointed from 
    nominees submitted by the county court for Harney County, Oregon.
        (3) A person interested in fish and recreational fishing in the 
    Cooperative Management and Protection Area, appointed from nominees 
    submitted by the Governor of Oregon.
        (4) A member of the Burns Paiute Tribe, appointed from nominees 
    submitted by the Burns Paiute Tribe.
        (5) Two persons who are recognized environmental 
    representatives, one of whom shall represent the State as a whole, 
    and one of whom is from the local area, appointed from nominees 
    submitted by the Governor of Oregon.
        (6) A person who participates in what is commonly called 
    dispersed recreation, such as hiking, camping, nature viewing, 
    nature photography, bird watching, horse back riding, or trail 
    walking, appointed from nominees submitted by the Oregon State 
    Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
        (7) A person who is a recreational permit holder or is a 
    representative of a commercial recreation operation in the 
    Cooperative Management and Protection Area, appointed from nominees 
    submitted jointly by the Oregon State Director of the Bureau of Land 
    Management and the county court for Harney County, Oregon.
        (8) A person who participates in what is commonly called 
    mechanized or consumptive recreation, such as hunting, fishing, off-
    road driving, hang gliding, or parasailing, appointed from nominees 
    submitted by the Oregon State Director of the Bureau of Land 
    Management.
        (9) A person with expertise and interest in wild horse 
    management on Steens Mountain, appointed from nominees submitted by 
    the Oregon State Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
        (10) A person who has no financial interest in the Cooperative 
    Management and Protection Area to represent statewide interests, 
    appointed from nominees submitted by the Governor of Oregon.

(c) Consultation

    In reviewing nominees submitted under subsection (b) of this section 
for possible appointment to the advisory council, the Secretary shall 
consult with the respective community of interest that the nominees are 
to represent to ensure that the nominees have the support of their 
community of interest.

(d) \1\ Terms
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    \1\ So in original. Two subsecs. (d) have been enacted.
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                         (1) Staggered terms

        Members of the advisory council shall be appointed for terms of 
    3 years, except that, of the members first appointed, four members 
    shall be appointed for a term of 1 year and four members shall be 
    appointed for a term of 2 years.

                          (2) Reappointment

        A member may be reappointed to serve on the advisory council.

                             (3) Vacancy

        A vacancy on the advisory council shall be filled in the same 
    manner as the original appointment.

(d) \1\ Chairperson and procedures

    The advisory council shall elect a chairperson and establish such 
rules and procedures as it deems necessary or desirable.

(e) Service without compensation

    Members of the advisory council shall serve without pay, but the 
Secretary shall reimburse members for reasonable expenses incurred in 
carrying out official duties as a member of the council.

(f) Administrative support

    The Secretary shall provide the advisory council with necessary 
administrative support and shall designate an appropriate officer of the 
Bureau of Land Management to serve as the Secretary's liaison to the 
council.

(g) State liaison

    The Secretary shall appoint one person, nominated by the Governor of 
Oregon, to serve as the State government liaison to the advisory 
council.

(h) Applicable law

    The advisory committee \2\ shall be subject to the Federal Land 
Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
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(Pub. L. 106-399, title I, Sec. 131, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1664.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, referred to in 
subsec. (h), is Pub. L. 94-579, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2743, as 
amended, which is classified principally to chapter 35 (Sec. 1701 et 
seq.) of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act 
to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of Title 43 
and Tables.
    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (h), is 
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
