16 U.S.C. § 582a–4 — Regulations; advice and assistance; appointment, membership, etc., of council

(a) Regulations and assistance The Secretary must prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter and to furnish such advice and assistance through a cooperative State forestry research unit in the Department as will best promote the purposes of this subchapter. (b) Advisory council The Secretary must appoint a council of not fewer than sixteen members which must be constituted to give representation to Federal and State agencies concerned with developing and utilizing the Nation’s forest resources, the forest industries, the forestry schools of the State-certified eligible institutions, State agricultural experiment stations, and volunteer public groups concerned with forests and related natural resources. The council must meet no fewer than annually and must submit a report to the Secretary on regional and national planning and coordination of forestry research within the Federal and State agencies, forestry schools, and the forest industries, and must advise the Secretary on the apportionment of funds. The Secretary must seek, no fewer than once each year, the advice of the council to accomplish efficiently the purposes of this subchapter.