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47,900, and distributed to the Tlingit and Haida In- 

 dians pursuant to the Act of July 13, 1970 (84 Stat. 

 431) , are in lieu of the additional acreage to be con- 

 veyed to qualified villages listed in section 1610 of 

 this title. (Pub. L. 92-203, § 16, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 

 705.) 



§ 1616. Joint Federal-State Land Use Planning Com- 

 mission for Alaska. 



(a) Establishment ; membership. 



(1) There is hereby established the Joint Federal- 

 State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska. 

 The Planning Commission shall be composed of ten 

 members as follows : 



(A) The Crovemor of the State (or his desig- 

 nate) and four members who shall be appointed 

 by the Governor. During the Plarming Commis- 

 sion's existence at least one member appointed 

 by the Governor shall be a Native as defined by 

 this chapter. 



(B) One member appointed by the President of 

 the United States with the advice and consent of 

 the Senate, and four members who shall be ap- 

 pointed by the Secretary of the Interior. 



(2) Cochairmen; concurrence in decisions of Com- 

 mission. 



The Governor of the State and the member ap- 

 pointed by the President pursuant to subsection (a) 

 (1) (B) of this section, shall serve as cochairmen of 

 the Planning Commission. The initial meeting of the 

 Commission shall be called by the cochairmen. All 

 decisions of the Commission shall require the con- 

 currence of the cochairmen. 



(3) Quorum; removal; vacancies. 



Six members of the Planning Commission shall 

 constitute a quorum. Members shall serve at the 

 pleasure of the appointing authority. A vacancy in 

 the membership of the Commission shall not effect 

 its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in 

 which the original appointment was made. 



(4) Compensation and travel, subsistence, and other 

 necessary expenses. 



(A) Except to the extent otherwise provided in 

 subparagraph (B) of this subsection, members of the 

 Planning Commission shall receive compensation at 

 the rate of $100 per day for each day they are en- 

 gaged in the performance of their duties as members 

 of the Commission. All members of the Commission 

 shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel, sub- 

 sistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by 

 them in the performance of their duties as members 

 of the Commission. 



(B) Any member of the Planning Commission who 

 is designated or appointed from the Government of 

 the United States or from the Government of the 

 State shall serve without compensation in addition 

 to that received in his regular employment. The 

 member of the Commission appointed by the Presi- 

 dent pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(B) of this sec- 

 tion shall be compensated as provided by the Presi- 

 dent at a rate not in excess of that provided for level 

 V of the Executive Schedule in Title 5. 



(5) Cochairmen; appointment and compensation of 

 personnel, experts, and consultants. 



Subject to such rules and regiUations as may be 



adopted by the Planning Commission, the cochair- 

 men, without regard to the provisions of Title 5 

 governing appointments in the competitive service, 

 and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 

 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title re- 

 lating to classiflcation and General Schedule pay 

 rates, shall have the power — 



(A) to appoint and fix the compensation of such 

 staff personnel as they deem necessary, and 



(B) to procure temporary and intermittent 

 services to the same extent as is authorized by 

 section 3109 of Title 5 , but at rates not to exceed 

 $100 a day for individuals. 



(6) Hearings; testimony and evidence; proceedings 

 and reports; sessions; availability of information 

 from Federal executive agencies. 



(A) The Planning Commission or, on the author- 

 ization of the Commission, any subcommittee or 

 member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out 

 the provisions of this section, hold such hearings, 

 take such testimony, receive such evidence, print 

 or otherwise reproduce and distribute so much of 

 its proceedings and reports thereon, and sit and act 

 at such times and places as the Commission, sub- 

 committee, or member deems advisable. 



(B) Each department, agency, and instrumental- 

 ity of the executive branch of the Federal Govern- 

 ment, including independent agencies, is authorized 

 and directed to furnish to the Commission, upon 

 request made by a cochairman, such information as 

 the Commissions deems necessary to carry out its 

 functions under this section. 



(7) Duties and powers of Commission. 



The Planning Commission shall — 



(A) undertake a process of land-use planning, 

 including the identification of and the making 

 of recommendations concerning areas planned and 

 best suited for permanent reservation in Federal 

 ownership as parks, game refuges, and other 

 public uses, areas of Federal and State lands to 

 be made available for disposal, and uses to be 

 made of lands remaining in Federal and State 

 ownership; 



(B) make recommendations with respect to 

 proposed land selections by the State under the 

 Alaska Statehood Act and by Village and Regional 

 Corporations under this chapter; 



(C) be available to advise upon and assist in 

 the developmsnt and review of land-use plans for 

 lands selected by the Native Village and Regional 

 Corporations under this chapter and by the State 

 under the Alaska Statehood Act; 



(D) review existing withdrawals of Federal pub- 

 lic lands and recommend to the President of the 

 United States such additions to or modifications 

 of withdrawals as are deemed desirable; 



(E) establish procedures, including public hear- 

 ings, for obtaining public views on the land-use 

 planning programs of the State and Federal Gov- 

 ernments for lands under their administration; 



(F) establish a committee of land-use advisers 

 to the Commission, made up of representatives of 

 commercial and industrial land users in Alaska, 

 recreational land users, wilderness users, environ- 

 mental groups, Alaska Natives, and other citizens; 



(G) make recommendations to the President of 



