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[CITE: 16USC582a-4]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 3--FORESTS; FOREST SERVICE; REFORESTATION; MANAGEMENT
 
                    SUBCHAPTER III--RESEARCH PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 582a-4. Regulations; advice and assistance; appointment, 
        membership, etc., of council
        

(a) Regulations and assistance

    The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary 
to carry out this subchapter and to furnish such advice and assistance 
through a cooperative State forestry research unit in the Department as 
will best promote the purposes of this subchapter.

(b) Advisory council

    The Secretary shall appoint a council of not fewer than sixteen 
members which shall be constituted to give representation to Federal and 
State agencies concerned with developing and utilizing the Nation's 
forest resources, the forest industries, the forestry schools of the 
State-certified eligible institutions, State agricultural experiment 
stations, and volunteer public groups concerned with forests and related 
natural resources. The council shall meet at least annually and shall 
submit a report to the Secretary on regional and national planning and 
coordination of forestry research within the Federal and State agencies, 
forestry schools, and the forest industries, and shall advise the 
Secretary on the apportionment of funds. The Secretary shall seek, at 
least once each year, the advice of the council to accomplish 
efficiently the purposes of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 87-788, Sec. 5, Oct. 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 807; Pub. L. 97-98, 
title XIV, Sec. 1441(c), Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1320.)


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-98 substituted provisions directing the Secretary 
to promulgate necessary regulations, furnish necessary advice and 
assistance, and appoint a council of no fewer than sixteen members in 
order to give representation to Federal and State agencies in developing 
cooperative State forestry programs for provisions which had directed 
the Secretary to make apportionments among participating States only 
after consulting with a national advisory board of not less than seven 
officials of the forestry schools of the State-certified eligible 
colleges and universities chosen by a majority of such schools. See 
section 582a-5 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-98 effective Dec. 22, 1981, see section 1801 
of Pub. L. 97-98, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 
of Title 7, Agriculture.


                    Termination of Advisory Councils

    Advisory 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 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 582a-5, 582a-8 of this 
title.
