114 STAT. 1620 PUBLIC LAW 106-393—OCT. 30, 2000 (ii) hold county or local elected office; (iii) represent American Indian tribes within or adjacent to the area for which the committee is organized; (iv) are school officials or teachers; or (v) represent the affected public at large. (3) BALANCED REPRESENTATION.— In appointing committee members from the three categories in paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned shall provide for balanced and broad representation from within each category. (4) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.— The members of a resource advisory committee shall reside within the State in which the committee has jurisdiction and, to extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall ensure local representation in each category in paragraph (2). (5) CHAIRPERSON.—A majority on each resource advisory committee shall select the chairperson of the committee. (e) APPROVAL PROCEDURES.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), each resource advisory committee shall establish procedures for proposing projects to the Secretary concerned under this title. A quorum must be present to constitute an official meeting of the committee. (2) A project may be proposed by a resource advisory committee to the Secretary concerned under section 203(a), if it has been approved by a majority of members of the committee from each of the three categories in subsection (d)(2). (f) OTHER COMMITTEE AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS. — (1) STAFF ASSISTANCE.— A resource advisory committee may submit to the Secretary concerned a request for periodic staff assistance from Federal employees under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. (2) MEETINGS. — All meetings of a resource advisory committee shall be announced at least one week in advance in a local newspaper of record and shall be open to the public. (3) RECORDS.—^A resource advisory committee shall maintain records of the meetings of the committee and make the records available for public inspection. 16 USC 500 note. SEC. 206. USE OF PROJECT FUNDS. (a) AGREEMENT REGARDING SCHEDULE AND COST OF PROJECT. — (1) AGREEMENT BETWEEN PARTIES.— The Secretary concerned may carry out a project submitted by a resource advisory committee under section 203(a) using project funds or other funds described in section 203(a)(2), if, as soon as practicable after the issuance of a decision document for the project and the exhaustion of all administrative appeals and judicial review of the project decision, the Secretary concerned and the resource advisory committee enter into an agreement addressing, at a minimum, the following: (A) The schedule for completing the project. (B) The total cost of the project, including the level of agency overhead to be assessed against the project. (C) For a multiyear project, the estimated cost of the project for each of the fiscal years in which it will be carried out.
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