United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 16. CONSERVATION |
Chapter 2. NATIONAL FORESTS |
SubChapter II. SCENIC AREAS |
§ 543d. Ecological studies; reports to Congressional committees and to Chief of Forest Service; progress reports
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The Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to, within one hundred and eighty days of
September 28, 1984 , enter into a contract with the National Academy of Sciences for the purpose of conducting a scientific study of the ecology of the Scenic Area. The study shall provide for consultation with knowledgeable local, State, Federal, and private persons and organizations and shall provide findings and recommendations to the Congress. Such study shall be conducted in accordance with the best scientific methodology (as set forth by the National Academy of Sciences) and shall be transmitted by the National Academy of Sciences to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives, and to the Chief of the Forest Service not later thanJanuary 1, 1987 . Progress reports regarding the study shall be transmitted to the above committees onJanuary 1, 1985 , and January 1 of each year thereafter.
Change Of Name
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on