[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR1784.0-3]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 1780_COOPERATIVE RELATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart 1784_Advisory Committees
 
Sec. 1784.0-3  Authority.

    (a) The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. Appendix 1) 
requires establishment of a system governing advisory committees in the 
Executive Branch of the Federal Government and specifies policies, 
procedures, and responsibilities for committee creation, management and 
termination.
    (b) The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.), as amended by the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 
1978 (43 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), requires establishment of advisory 
councils representative of major citizen interests concerned with 
resource management planning or the management of public lands.
    (c) Section 2 of the Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 (5 U.S.C. 
Appendix, as amended; 64 Stat. 1262), authorizes the Secretary of the 
Interior to make provisions deemed appropriate authorizing the 
performance by any other officer, or by any agency or employee or the 
Department of the Interior of any Departmental function. The 
establishment of advisory committees is deemed an appropriate action.

[45 FR 8177, Feb. 6, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 39529, Oct. 29, 1986]