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[CITE: 7USC6963]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
          CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
 
             SUBCHAPTER V--NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
 
Sec. 6963. Reorganization of Forest Service


(a) Required elements of reorganization proposals

    Reorganization proposals that are developed by the Secretary to 
carry out the designation by the President of the Forest Service as a 
Reinvention Lab pursuant to the National Performance Review, dated 
September 1993, shall include proposals for--
        (1) reorganizing the Service in a manner that is consistent with 
    the principles of interdisciplinary planning;
        (2) redefining and consolidating the mission and roles of, and 
    research conducted by, employees of the Service in connection with 
    the National Forest System and State and private forestry to 
    facilitate interdisciplinary planning and to eliminate 
    functionalism;
        (3) reforming the budget structure of the Service to support 
    interdisciplinary planning, including reducing the number of budget 
    line items;
        (4) defining new measures of accountability so that Congress may 
    meet the constitutional obligation of Congress to oversee the 
    Service;
        (5) achieving structural and organizational consolidations;
        (6) to the extent practicable, sharing office space, equipment, 
    vehicles, and electronic systems with other administrative units of 
    the Department and other Federal field offices, including proposals 
    for using an on-line system by all administrative units of the 
    Department to maximize administrative efficiency; and
        (7) reorganizing the Service in a manner that will result in a 
    larger percentage of employees of the Service being retained at 
    organizational levels below regional offices, research stations, and 
    the area office of the Service.

(b) Report

    Not later than March 31, 1995, the Secretary shall submit a report 
to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that 
describes actions taken to carry out subsection (a) of this section, 
identifies any disparities in regional funding patterns, and contains 
the rationale behind the disparities.

(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 247, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3225.)
