§ 6963. — Reorganization of Forest Service.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC6963]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 98--DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REORGANIZATION
SUBCHAPTER V--NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Sec. 6963. Reorganization of Forest Service
(a) Required elements of reorganization proposals
Reorganization proposals that are developed by the Secretary to
carry out the designation by the President of the Forest Service as a
Reinvention Lab pursuant to the National Performance Review, dated
September 1993, shall include proposals for--
(1) reorganizing the Service in a manner that is consistent with
the principles of interdisciplinary planning;
(2) redefining and consolidating the mission and roles of, and
research conducted by, employees of the Service in connection with
the National Forest System and State and private forestry to
facilitate interdisciplinary planning and to eliminate
functionalism;
(3) reforming the budget structure of the Service to support
interdisciplinary planning, including reducing the number of budget
line items;
(4) defining new measures of accountability so that Congress may
meet the constitutional obligation of Congress to oversee the
Service;
(5) achieving structural and organizational consolidations;
(6) to the extent practicable, sharing office space, equipment,
vehicles, and electronic systems with other administrative units of
the Department and other Federal field offices, including proposals
for using an on-line system by all administrative units of the
Department to maximize administrative efficiency; and
(7) reorganizing the Service in a manner that will result in a
larger percentage of employees of the Service being retained at
organizational levels below regional offices, research stations, and
the area office of the Service.
(b) Report
Not later than March 31, 1995, the Secretary shall submit a report
to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that
describes actions taken to carry out subsection (a) of this section,
identifies any disparities in regional funding patterns, and contains
the rationale behind the disparities.
(Pub. L. 103-354, title II, Sec. 247, Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3225.)
