§ 543d. — Ecological studies; reports to Congressional committees and to Chief of Forest Service; progress reports.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC543d]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER II--SCENIC AREAS
Sec. 543d. Ecological studies; reports to Congressional
committees and to Chief of Forest Service; progress reports
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 than January 1, 1987. Progress reports
regarding the study shall be transmitted to the above committees on
January 1, 1985, and January 1 of each year thereafter.
(Pub. L. 98-425, title III, Sec. 305, Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1636.)
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 Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One
Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Natural Resources of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Resources of House
of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
