PUBLIC LAW 106-291—OCT. 11, 2000 114 STAT. 991 1999, received a payment under the sixth paragraph under the heading of "FOREST SERVICE" in the Act of May 23, 1908 (35 Stat. 260; 16 U.S.C. 500), or section 13 of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 963; 16 U.S.C. 500). (5) FEDERAL LANDS.— The term "Federal lands" means the following: (A) Lands within the National Forest System, as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)), exclusive of the National Grasslands and land utilization projects designated as National Grasslands administered pursuant to the Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1010-1012). (B) Such portions of the Oregon and California Railroad grant lands revested in the United States by the Act of June 9, 1916 (chapter 137; 39 Stat. 218), and the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands reconveyed to the United States by the Act of February 26, 1919 (chapter 47; 40 Stat. 1179), as are or may hereafter come under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, which have heretofore or may hereafter be classified as timberlands, and power-site lands valuable for timber, that shall be managed, except as provided in the former section 3 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875; 43 U.S.C. 1181c), for permanent forest production. (6) SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY.—The term "sustainable forestry" means the practice of meeting the forest resource needs and values of the present without compromising the similar capability of future generations. (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT REQUIRED. — There is hereby established Forest Counties an advisory committee, to be known as the Forest Counties Payments Payments Committee, to develop recommendations, consistent Committee. with sustainable forestry, regarding methods to ensure that States and counties in which Federal lands are situated receive adequate Federal pa3anents to be used for the benefit of public education and other public purposes. (2) MEMBERS. —The Advisory Committee shall be composed of the following members: (A) The Chief of the Forest Service, or a designee of the Chief who has significant expertise in sustainable forestry. (B) The Director of the Bureau of Land Management, or a designee of the Director who has significant expertise in sustainable forestry. (C) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or the Director's designee. (D) Two members who are elected members of the governing branches of eligible counties; one such member to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate (in consultation with the chairmen and ranking members of the committees of jurisdiction of the Senate) and one such member to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives (in consultation with the chairmen and ranking members of the committees of jurisdiction of the House of Representatives) within 60 days of the date of the enactment of this Act.
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