[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

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]