,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjag,mr4 
,o',halleran 7for himself and ,mr4      
,westerman7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 and in      
addition to the ,committee on ,natural  
,resources1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,secure ,rural 
,schools and ,community                 
,self-,determination ,act of #bjjj to   
modify the appointment and composition  
of resource advisory committees4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,,rac ,reform ,act of #bjag4  #b4   
,composition and appointment of resource
 advisory committees  7a7 ,in general   
,section #bje of the ,secure ,rural     
,schools and ,community                 
,self-,determination ,act of #bjjj 7#af 

,u4,s4,c4 #gabe7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71
 by striking ,the ,secretary concerned  
and inserting ,the applicable department
 official2 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#c7  
by striking the ,secretary concerned and
 inserting the applicable department    
official2  7#b7 in subsection 7b77#f71  
by striking the ,secretary concerned and
 inserting the applicable department    
official2  7#c7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7
 in the subsection heading1 by striking 
by the ,secretary and inserting by the  
applicable department official2  7,b7 in
 paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 in subparagraph   
7,a71 by striking ,the ,secretary       
concerned1 and inserting ,except as     
provided in subparagraph 7,c71 the      
applicable department official2  7ii7 in
 subparagraph 7,b71 by striking ,the    
,secretary concerned and inserting      
,except as provided in subparagraph     
7,c71 the applicable department         
official2 and  7iii7 by adding at the   
end the following new subparagraph3     

7,c7 ,exception ,for purposes of        
applying the #d-year term limit under   
subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 to a member 
of a resource advisory committee1 the   
applicable department official shall not
 count as a year of the member's term   
any year of service the majority of     
which was served during a fiscal year   
for which the budget of the resource    
advisory committee was less than        
#a1jjj1jjj4  2  7,c7 in paragraph 7#b71 
by striking ,the ,secretary concerned   
and inserting ,the applicable department
 official2  7,d7 in paragraph 7#d71 by  
striking ,the ,secretary concerned and  
inserting ,the applicable department    
official2 and  7,e7 by adding at the end
 the following new paragraph3  7#f7     
,applicable department official defined 
,in this section1 the term applicable   
department official means--  7,a7 with  
respect to ,federal land described in   
section #c7g77;,a71 the applicable      
,regional ,forester2 and  7,b7 with     
respect to ,federal land described in   

section #c7g77;,b71 the applicable      
,bureau of ,land ,management ,state     
,director4  2  7#d7 in subsection 7d7-- 
7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking #ae 
members and inserting #i members2  7,b7 
in paragraph 7#b71 by striking #e       
persons each place it appears and       
inserting #c persons2 and  7,c7 by      
striking the ,secretary concerned both  
places it appears and inserting the     
applicable department official2 and     
7#e7 in subsection 7f7-- 7,a7 by        
striking the ,secretary concerned and   
inserting the applicable department     
official2 and  7,b7 by striking the     
,secretary and inserting the applicable 
department official4  7b7 ,conforming   
amendment ,section #bja7c77;,a7 of the  
,secure ,rural ,schools and ,community  
,self-,determination ,act of #bjjj 7#af 
,u4,s4,c4 #gaba7c77;,a77 is amended by  
inserting or applicable department      
official 7as defined in section         
#bje7;c77#f77 after ,secretary          
concerned4