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PUBLIC LAW 109–359—OCT. 16, 2006

(1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. (2) MULTIPLE TERMS.—An individual may be appointed as a member of the Advisory Committee for more than 1 term. (d) POWERS.—The Advisory Committee may hold such hearings, meet and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Advisory Committee considers advisable to carry out this Act. (e) MEETINGS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Chairperson, but no fewer than 4 times each year. (2) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days after the date on which all members of the Advisory Committee have been appointed, the Chairperson shall call the initial meeting of the Advisory Committee. (3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the Advisory Committee shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings. (f) ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Committee shall use an adaptive management framework to identify the best policy initiatives and actions through— (A) definition of strategic goals; (B) definition of policy options for methods to achieve strategic goals; (C) establishment of measures of success; (D) identification of uncertainties; (E) development of informative models of policy implementation; (F) separation of the landscape into geographic units; (G) monitoring key responses at different spatial and temporal scales; and (H) evaluation of outcomes and incorporation into management strategies. (2) APPLICATION OF ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK.— The Advisory Committee shall apply the adaptive management framework to the process for making recommendations under subsections (b) through (f) of section 6 to the Administrator regarding sites that should be designated as stewardship sites. (3) ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.—The adaptive management framework required by this subsection shall consist of a scientific process— (A) for— (i) developing predictive models; (ii) making management policy decisions based upon the model outputs; (iii) revising the management policies as data become available with which to evaluate the policies; and (iv) acknowledging uncertainty, complexity, and variance in the spatial and temporal aspects of natural systems; and (B) that requires that management be viewed as experimental. (g) TERMINATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Advisory Committee shall terminate on December 31, 2011.

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