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 Ill STAT. 1606 PUBLIC LAW 105-83 —NOV. 14, 1997 "(iv) One Senator appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. Members of the Council appointed under this subparagraph shall serve ex officio and shall be nonvoting members of the Council. President. "(C) 14 members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be selected— "(i) from among private citizens of the United States who— "(I) are widely recognized for their broad knowledge of, or expertise in, or for their profound interest in the arts; and "(II) have established records of distinguished service, or achieved eminence, in the arts; "(ii) so as to include practicing artists, civic cultural leaders, members of the museum profession, and others who are professionally engaged in the arts; and "(iii) so as collectively to provide an appropriate distribution of membership among major art fields and interested citizens groups. In making such appointments, the President shall give due regard to equitable representation of women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities who are involved in the arts and shall make such appointments so as to represent equitably all geographical areas in the United States. "(2) TRANSITION TO THE NEW COUNCIL COMPOSITION. — "(A) Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1)(B), members first appointed pursuant to such subsection shall be appointed not later than December 31, 1997. Notwithstanding such subsection, such members shall be appointed to serve until December 31, 1998. "(B) Members of the Council serving on the effective date of this subsection may continue to serve on the Council until their current terms expire and new members shall not be appointed under subsection (b)(1)(C) until the number of Presidentially appointed members is less than 14.". (f) Section 6(c) of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 955(c)) is amended— (1) by inserting "appointed under subsection (b)(1)(C)" after "member" each place it appears; and (2) in the second sentence by inserting "appointed under subsection (b)(1)(C)" after "members". SEC. 347. No timber sale in Region 10 shall be advertised which, when using domestic Alaska western red cedar selling values and manufacturing costs, fails to provide at least 60 percent of normal profit and risk of the appraised timber, except at the written request by a prospective bidder. Program accomplishments shall be based on volume sold. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 1998, the annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current Tongass Land Management Plan which provides greater than 60 percent of normal profit and risk at the time of the sale advertisement, all of the western red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic processors in the contiguous 48 States at domestic rates. Should Region 10 sell, in fiscal year 1998, less than the annual average portion of the decadal allowable sale quantity called for in the current

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