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such councils. Appointments shall be made in ac- 

 cordance with rules prescribed by the Secretary. 

 The establishment and operation of an advisory 

 council established under this section shall con- 

 form to the requirements of the Federal Advisory 

 Committee Act (86 Stat. 770: 5 U.S.C. App. 1). 



(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 

 (a) of this section, each advisory council estab- 

 lished by the Secretary under this section shall 

 meet at least once a year with such meetings being 

 called by the Secretary. 



(c) Members of advisory councils shall serve 

 without pay, except travel and per diem will be 

 paid each member for meetings called by the 

 Secretary. 



(d) An advisory council may furnish advice to 

 the Secretary with respect to the land use plan- 

 ning, classification, retention, management, and 

 disposal of the public lands within the area for 

 which the advisory council is established and such 

 other matters as may be referred to It by the 

 Secretary. 



(e) In exercising his authorities under this Act, 

 the Secretary, by regulation, shall establish pro- 

 cedures, including public hearings where appro- 

 priate, to give the Federal. State, and local govern- 

 ments and the public adequate notice and an op- 

 portunity to comment upon the formulation of 

 standards and criteria for, and to participate in, 

 the preparation and execution of plans and pro- 

 grams for, and the management of, the public 

 lands. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS 



Sec 310. The Secretary, with respect to the public 

 lands, shall promulgate rules and regulations to 

 carry out the purposes of this Act and of other laws 

 applicable to the public lands, and the Secretary 

 of Agriculture, with respect to lands within the 

 National Forest System, shall promulgate rules and 

 regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

 The promulgation of such rules and regulations 

 shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 5 of 

 title 5 of the United States Code, without regard to 

 section 553(a) 1 2). Prior to the promulgation of 

 such rules and regulations, such lands shall be 

 administered under existing rules and regulations 

 concerning such lands to the extent practical. 



PUBLIC LANDS PROGRAM REPORT 



Sec. 311. (a) For the purpose of providing infor- 

 mation that will aid Congress in carrying out its 

 oversight responsibilities for public lands programs 

 and for other purposes, the Secretary shall prepare 

 a report in accordance with subsections (b) and 

 (c) and submit it to the Congress no later than one 

 hundred and twenty days after the end of each 

 fiscal year beginning with the report for fiscal year 

 1979. 



(b) A list of programs and specific information 

 to be included in the report as well as the format 

 of the report shall be developed by the Secretary 

 after consulting with the Committees on Interior 

 and Insular Affairs of the House and Senate and 

 shall be provided to the committees prior to the 

 end of the second quarter of each fiscal year. 



(c) The report shall include, but not be limited to, 

 program identification information, program eval- 

 uation information, and program budgetary infor- 

 mation for the preceding current and succeeding 

 fiscal years. 



SEARCH AND RESCUE 



Sec 312. Where in his judgment sufficient 

 search, rescue, and protection forces are not other- 

 wise available, the Secretary is authorized in cases 

 of emergency to incur such expenses as may be 

 necessary la) in searching for and rescuing, or in 

 cooperating in the search for and rescue of, per- 

 sons lost on the public lands, (b) in protecting or 

 rescuing, or in cooperating in the protection and 

 rescue of, persons or animals endangered by an 

 act of God, and (ci in transporting deceased per- 

 sons or persons seriously ill or injured in the 

 nearest place where interested parties or local au- 

 thorities are located. 



SUNSHINE IN GOVERNMENT 



Sec 313. (a) Each officer or employee of the 

 Secretary and the Bureau who — 



( 1 ) performs any function or duty under this 

 Act; and 



(2) has any known financial interest In any 

 person who (A) applies for or receives any per- 

 mit, lease, or right-of-way under, or (B) applies 

 for or acquires any land or interests therein un- 

 der, or (O is otherwise subject to the provisions 

 of this Act, 



shall, beginning on February 1. 1977, annually file 

 with the Secretary a written statement concerning 

 all such interests held by such officer or employee 

 during the preceding calendar year. Such state- 

 ment shall be available to the public. 



(b) The Secretary shall — 



(1) act within ninety days after the date of 

 enactment of this Act — 



(A) to define the term "known financial 

 interests" for the purposes of subsection (a) 

 of this section; and 



(B) to establish the methods by which the 

 requirement to file written statements speci- 

 fied in subsection (a) of this section will be 

 monitored and enforced, including appropriate 

 provisions for the filing by such officers and 

 employees of such statements and the review 

 by the Secretary of such statements; and 



(2> report to the Congress on June 1 of each 

 calendar year with respect to such disclosures 

 and the actions taken in regard thereto during 

 the preceding calendar year. 



(c) In the rules prescribed in subsection (b) of 

 this section, the Secretary may identify specific 

 positions within the Department of the Interior 

 which are of a nonregulatory or nonpolicymaking 

 nature and provide that officers or employees oc- 

 cupying such positions shall be exempt from the 

 requirements of this section. 



(d) Any officer or employee who is subject to, 

 and knowingly violates, this section, shall be fined 

 not more than $2,500 or imprisoned not more than 

 one year, or both. 



