[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: 43CFR1784.2-2]

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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. 1784.2-2  Avoidance of conflict of interest.

    (a) Persons or employees of organizations who hold leases, licenses, 
permits, contracts or claims which involve lands or resources 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management normally shall not serve 
on advisory committees except--
    (1) Holders of grazing permits and leases may serve on advisory 
committees, including resource advisory councils, and may serve on 
subgroups of such advisory councils;
    (2) That the lack of candidates make them the only available 
candidates; or
    (3) When they have special knowledge or experience which is needed 
to accomplish the committee functions to be performed.
    (b) No advisory committee members, including members of resource 
advisory councils, and no members of subgroups of such advisory 
committees, shall participate in any matter in which the members have a 
direct interest.
    (c) Members of advisory committees shall be required to disclose 
their direct or indirect interest in leases, licenses, permits, 
contracts, or claims and related litigation which involve lands or 
resources administered by the Bureau of Land Management. For the 
purposes of this paragraph, indirect interest includes holdings of a 
spouse or a dependent child.

[45 FR 8177, Feb. 6, 1980, as amended at 60 FR 9958, Feb. 22, 1995]