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 PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 993 title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, the Advisory Committee shall have authority to enter into contracts with private or public organizations which may furnish the Advisory Committee with such administrative and technical personnel as may be necessary to carry out the functions of the Advisory Committee under this section. To the extent practicable, such administrative and technical personnel, and other necessary support services, shall be provided for the Advisory Committee by the Chief of the Forest Service and the Director of the Bureau of Land Management. (C) COMMITTEE RULES.— The Advisory Committee may establish such procedural and administrative rules as are necessary for the performance of its functions under this section. (6) FEDERAL AGENCY COOPERATION. —The heads of the departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the executive branch of the Federal Government shall cooperate with the Advisory Committee in the performance of its functions under this section and should furnish, as practicable, to the Advisory Committee information which the Advisory Committee deems necessary to carry out such functions, (c) FUNCTIONS OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— (1) DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS. — (A) IN GENERAL. —The Advisory Committee shall develop recommendations for policy or legislative initiatives (or both) regarding alternatives for, or substitutes to, the payments required to be made to eligible States and eligible counties under the provisions of law referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) in order to provide a long-term method to generate annual pa3nnents to eligible States and eligible counties. (B) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 18 Deadline, months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the committees of jurisdiction a final report containing the recommendations developed under this subsection. The Advisory Committee shall submit semiannual progress reports on its activities and expenditures to the committees of jurisdiction until the final report has been submitted. (2) GUIDANCE FOR COMMITTEE.— In developing the recommendations required by paragraph (1), the Advisory Committee shall— (A) evaluate the method by which payments are made to eligible States and eligible counties under the provisions of law referred to in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a), and related laws, and the use of such payments; (B) consider the impact on eligible States and eligible counties of revenues derived from the historic multiple use of the Federal lands; (C) evaluate the economic, environmental, and social benefits which accrue to counties containing Federal lands, including recreation, natural resources industries, and the value of environmental services that result from Federal lands; and (D) evaluate the expenditures by counties on activities on Federal lands which are Federal responsibilities.

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