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 104 STAT. 3548 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 (D) preservation of biological diversity and critical natural areas; and (E) new local, State, or Federeil designations. (4) PuBuc PARTICIPATION. —In Conducting the study, the Secretary shall provide an opportunity for public participation. (5) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $250,000 to carry out this subsection. 16 USC 1601 SEC. 1245. PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTS. President. (») EJsTABUSHMENT. —The President shall establish a Commission on State and Private Forests (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Commission") which shall assess the status of the State and private forest lands of the United States, the problems affecting these lands, and the potential contribution of these lands to the renewable natural resource needs of the United States associated with their improved management and protection. (b) COMPOSITION. — The Commission shall be composed of 25 members to be appointed by the President, including Federal, State, and local officials, timber industry representatives, nonindustrial private forest landowners, conservationists, and community leaders. No more than five members shall be appointed from any one State. Not fewer than 20 members shall be appointed by the President from nominations submitted by the following Members of Congress: (1) The chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. (2) The ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. (3) The chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. (4) The rginking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. (c) VACANCY. —A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled by appointment by the President in the manner provided in subsection (b). (d) CHAIRPERSON. —The Commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members of the Commission by a majority vote. (e) MEETINGS. —The Commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson or a majority of the members of the Commission. (f) DUTIES. — (1) STUDY.— The Commission shall conduct a study that shall include— (A) an assessment using existing inventories of the current status of the State and private forest lands of the United States, including— (i) ownership stetus and past and future trends; (ii) the production of timber and nontimber resources from such lands; and (iii) landowner attitudes toward the protection and management of these lands; (B) a review of the problems affecting the State and private forest lands of the United States, including— (i) resource losses to insects, disease, fire, and damaging weather; (ii) inadequate reforestation; (iii) fragmentation and conversion of the forest land base; and (iv) meuiagement options;

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