§ 1337. — Joint advisory board; appointment; membership; functions; qualifications; reimbursement limitations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1337]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 30--WILD HORSES AND BURROS: PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL
Sec. 1337. Joint advisory board; appointment; membership;
functions; qualifications; reimbursement limitation
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are
authorized and directed to appoint a joint advisory board of not more
than nine members to advise them on any matter relating to wild free-
roaming horses and burros and their management and protection. They
shall select as advisers persons who are not employees of the Federal or
State Governments and whom they deem to have special knowledge about
protection of horses and burros, management of wildlife, animal
husbandry, or natural resources management. Members of the board shall
not receive reimbursement except for travel and other expenditures
necessary in connection with their services.
(Pub. L. 92-195, Sec. 7, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 650.)
Termination of Advisory Boards
Advisory boards in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later
than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless,
in the case of a board established by the President or an officer of the
Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to
the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board
established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law.
See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770,
776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1333 of this title.
