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[CITE: 16USC580k]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 580k. Grazing advisory boards


(a) Composition; election meetings

    (1) To provide national forest grazing permittees means for the 
expression of their recommendations concerning the management and 
administration of national forest grazing lands, a local advisory board 
shall be constituted and elected as hereinafter provided for each 
national forest or administrative subdivision thereof, whenever a 
majority of the grazing permittees of such national forest or 
administrative subdivision so petitions the Secretary of Agriculture. 
Each elected local advisory board existing for such purpose on April 24, 
1950, and recognized as such by the Department of Agriculture, shall 
continue to be the local advisory board for the unit or area it 
represents, until replaced by a local advisory board or boards 
constituted and elected as hereinafter provided.
    (2) Each such local advisory board shall be constituted and elected 
under rules and regulations, consistent herewith, now or hereafter 
approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall be recognized by him 
as representing the grazing permittees of the national forest or 
administrative subdivision thereof for which such local advisory board 
has been constituted and elected.
    (3) Each such local advisory board shall consist of not less than 
three nor more than twelve members, who shall be national forest grazing 
permittees in the area for which such board is constituted, elected, and 
recognized. In addition, a wildlife representative may be appointed as a 
member of each such board by the State game commission, or the 
corresponding public body of the State in which the advisory board is 
located, to advise on wildlife problems.
    (4) Each such local advisory board shall meet at least once 
annually, at a time to be fixed by such board, and at such other time or 
times as its members may determine, or on the call of the chairman 
thereof or of the Secretary of Agriculture or his authorized 
representative.

(b) Advice and recommendations on matters within jurisdiction

    Upon the request of any party affected thereby, the Secretary of 
Agriculture, or his duly authorized representative, shall refer to the 
appropriate local advisory board for its advice and recommendations any 
matter pertaining to (1) the modification of the terms, or the denial of 
a renewal of, or a reduction in, a grazing permit, or (2) the 
establishment or modification of an individual or community allotment. 
In the event the Secretary of Agriculture, or his duly authorized 
representative, shall overrule, disregard, or modify any such 
recommendations, he, or such representative, shall furnish in writing to 
the local advisory board his reasons for such action.

(c) Notification by Secretary of Agriculture of intention to issue 
        regulations; recommendations; written explanation of reasons for 
        overruling

    (1) At least thirty days prior to the issuance by the Secretary of 
Agriculture of any regulation under sections 490, 500, 504, 504a, 555, 
557, 571c, 572, 579a, 580c to 580l, and 581 \1\ of this title or 
otherwise, with respect to the administration of grazing on national 
forest lands, or of amendments or additions to, or modifications in, any 
such regulation, which in his judgment would substantially modify 
existing policy with respect to grazing in national forests, or which 
would materially affect preferences of permittees in the area involved, 
the local advisory board for each area that will be affected thereby 
shall be notified of the intention to take such action. If as a result 
of this notice the Secretary of Agriculture shall receive any 
recommendation respecting the issuance of the proposed regulation and 
shall overrule, disregard, or modify any such regulations, he or his 
representative shall furnish in writing to the local advisory board his 
reasons for such action.
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    (2) Any such local advisory board may at any time recommend to the 
Secretary of Agriculture, or his representative, the issuance of 
regulations or instructions relating to the use of national forest 
lands, seasons of use, grazing capacity of such lands, and any other 
matters affecting the administration of grazing in the area represented 
by such board.

(Apr. 24, 1950, ch. 97, Sec. 18, 64 Stat. 87.)

                       References in Text

    Section 581 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), was 
repealed by Pub. L. 95-307, Sec. 8(a), June 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 356.


                     Termination of Advisory Boards

    Advisory 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 for by 
law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 
770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization 
and Employees.
