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 PUBLIC LAW 106-408—NOV. 1, 2000 114 STAT. 1783 (3) to require an annual report on the needs of the System prepared in the context of— (A) the budget submission of the Department of the Interior to the President; and (B) the President's budget request to Congress; and (4) to improve pubhc use programs and facilities of the System to meet the increasing needs of the pubhc for wildhfedependent recreation in the 21st century. SEC. 303. NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM CENTENNIAL COMMIS- 16 USC 668dd SION. note. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— There is estabhshed the National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Commission (referred to in this title as the "Commission"). (b) MEMBERS.— (1) IN GENERAL. —^The Commission shall be composed of— (A) the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; (B) up to 10 individuals appointed by the Secretary of the Interior; (C) the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, who shall be nonvoting members; and (D) the congressional representatives of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, who shall be nonvoting members. (2) APPOINTMENTS.— (A) DEADLINE.— The members of the Commission shall be appointed not later than 90 days after the effective dateof this title. (B) APPOINTMENTS BY THE SECRETARY OP THE INTERIOR. — (i) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Commission appointed by the Secretary of the Interior under paragraph (IXB)— (I) shall not be officers or employees of the Federal Government; and (II) shall, in the judgment of the Secretary—: (aa) represent the diverse beneficieiries of. the System; and (bb) have outstanding knowledge or appreciation of wildlife, natural resource msinagement, or wildlife-dependent recreation, (ii) REPRESENTATION OF VIEWS. —In making appointments under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary of the Interior shall make every effort to ensure that the views of the hunting, fishing, and wildlife observation communities are represented on the Commission. (3) VACANCIES.— Any vaceincy in the Commission— (A) shall not affect the power or duties of the Commission; and (B) shall be expeditiously filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. (c) CHAIRPERSON.— ^The Secretary of the Interior shall appoint one of the members as the Chairperson of the Commission.

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