2011 US Code
Title 43 - Public Lands
Chapter 35 - FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT (§§ 1701 - 1787)
Subchapter IV - RANGE MANAGEMENT (§§ 1751 - 1753)
Section 1753 - Grazing advisory boards
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 43 - PUBLIC LANDS CHAPTER 35 - FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT SUBCHAPTER IV - RANGE MANAGEMENT Sec. 1753 - Grazing advisory boards |
| Contains | section 1753 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-579, title IV, §403, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2775; Pub. L. 95-514, §10, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1808. |
| Statutes at Large References | 86 Stat. 770 90 Stat. 2775 92 Stat. 1808 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 92-463, Public Law 94-579, Public Law 95-514 |
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For each Bureau district office and National Forest headquarters office in the sixteen contiguous Western States having jurisdiction over more than five hundred thousand acres of lands subject to commercial livestock grazing (hereinafter in this section referred to as “office”), the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture, upon the petition of a simple majority of the livestock lessees and permittees under the jurisdiction of such office, shall establish and maintain at least one grazing advisory board of not more than fifteen advisers.
(b) FunctionsThe function of grazing advisory boards established pursuant to this section shall be to offer advice and make recommendations to the head of the office involved concerning the development of allotment management plans and the utilization of range-betterment funds.
(c) Appointment and terms of membersThe number of advisers on each board and the number of years an adviser may serve shall be determined by the Secretary concerned in his discretion. Each board shall consist of livestock representatives who shall be lessees or permittees in the area administered by the office concerned and shall be chosen by the lessees and permittees in the area through an election prescribed by the Secretary concerned.
(d) MeetingsEach grazing advisory board shall meet at least once annually.
(e) Federal Advisory Committee Act applicabilityExcept as may be otherwise provided by this section, the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (86 Stat. 770) shall apply to grazing advisory boards.
(f) Expiration dateThe provisions of this section shall expire December 31, 1985.
(Pub. L. 94–579, title IV, §403, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2775; Pub. L. 95–514, §10, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1808.)
References in TextThe Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (e), 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.
Amendments1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–514 substituted “sixteen contiguous Western States” for “eleven contiguous Western States”.
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