[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: 43CFR1784.3]

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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. 1784.3  Member service.

    (a) Appointments to advisory committees shall be for 2-year terms 
unless otherwise specified in the charter or the appointing document. 
Terms of service normally coincide with duration of the committee 
charter. Members may be appointed to additional terms at the discretion 
of the authorized appointing official.
    (1) The term of the member of a council who has been appointed on 
the basis of his status as an elected official of general purpose 
government serving the people of the geographical area for which the 
council is established shall end upon that person's departure from such 
elective office if such departure occurs before his or her term of 
appointment or reappointment to the council would otherwise expire. 
However, the Secretary, in his discretion, may permit the member to 
complete the term in another vacant position on the council, provided 
that the member is qualified to represent one of the other categories of 
major citizens' interests set forth in the charter of the council;
    (2) A vacancy occurring by reason of removal, resignation, death, or 
departure from elective office shall be filled for the balance of the 
vacating member's term using the same method by which the original 
appointment was made;
    (b) Committee members advise and report only to the official(s) 
specified in the charter. Service as an advisor, however, does not limit 
the rights of a member acting as a private citizen or as a member or 
official of another organization.
    (c) The Secretary or the designated Federal officer may, after 
written notice, terminate the service of an advisor if, in the judgment 
of the Secretary or the designated Federal officer, such removal is in 
the public interest, or if the advisor--
    (1) No longer meets the requirements under which elected or 
appointed;
    (2) Fails or is unable to participate regularly in committee work; 
or
    (3) Has violated Federal law or the regulations of the Secretary.
    (d) For purposes of compensation, members of advisory committees 
shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses when on advisory 
committee business, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5703. No reimbursement 
shall be made for expenses incurred by members of subgroups selected by 
established committees, except that the designated Federal officer may 
reimburse travel and

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per diem expenses to members of subgroups who are also members of the 
parent committee.

[45 FR 8177, Feb. 6, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 6429, Feb. 12, 1982; 47 
FR 34389, Aug. 9, 1982; 51 FR 39529, Oct. 29, 1986; 52 FR 5284, Feb. 20, 
1987; 60 FR 9958, Feb. 22, 1995]