Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 1.djvu/98

 92 STAT. 44

Advisory Committee. Establishment.

Members.

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Travel expenses.

Termination. Fish and game research program.

Grants.

PUBLIC LAW 95-237—FEB. 24, 1978 and therefore, as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. (2) Certain other contiguous roadless lands which comprise about ninety-two thousand acres, as generally depicted on said map as "Management Areas" shall be managed in accordance with the multipurpose resource development plan required by this section. (3) Certain other contiguous roadless lands which comprise about forty-five thousand acres, as generally depicted on said map as "Development Areas" shall be immediately available for resource utilization under the existing applicable Forest Service land management plans. (b)(1) Within ninety days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall appoint a seven-member Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") on the management of the GospelHump Area who shall advise the Secretary as to the progress of the fish and game research program, and the multipurpose resource development plan required by this section, and who shall evaluate the results of the research program and development plan on an ongoing basis. (2) The Committee shall be comprised of two members of the timber industry who purchase timber from the Nezperce National Forest, two members from organizations who are actively engaged in seeking the preservation of wilderness lands, and three members from the general public who otherwise have a significant interest in the resources and management of the Gospel-Hump Area. (3) Committee members shall serve without pay except that while away from their homes or regular places of business in performance of services for the Committee, members of the Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed under section 5703(b) of title 5 of the United States Code. (4) The Secretary shall provide that the Committee shall meet as soon as practicable after all the members are appointed, but in no case later than one hundred and fifty days after the enactment of this Act. Subsequently, the Committee shall meet every one hundred and eighty days, or as often as the Secretary deems necessary. (5) The Committee shall terminate one hundred and fifty days after transmittal of the completed multipurpose resource development plan required under this section. (c)(1) The Secretary shall cooperate with agencies and institutions of the State of Idaho, and with the Secretary of the Interior, in conducting a comprehensive fish and game research program within the Gospel-Hump Area and surrounding Federal lands in north-central Idaho. The Secretary shall assure that this research program includes detailed investigations concerning resident and anadromous fisheries resources (including water quality relationships) and the status, distribution, movements, and management of game populations, in order to provide findings and recommendations concerning integration of land management and development with the protection and enhancement of these fish and game resources. (2) To carry out the comprehensive fish and game research program, the Secretary is authorized to make grants of funds to agencies and institutions of the State of Idaho and to provide the assistance of personnel from agencies under his jurisdiction. (3) The Secretary shall assure that the comprehensive fish and ^ame research program is scheduled and progressing on a timely basis so that findings and recommendations are fully integrated in preparation of the multipurpose resource development plan required by this section.

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