Sec. 103. Community resource group

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Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, there shall be established the Utah Test and Training Range Community Resource Group (referred to in this section as the Community Group ) to provide regular and continuing input to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Air Force on matters involving public access to, use of, and overall management of the BLM land. The Secretary (acting through the State Bureau of Land Management Office) shall appoint members to the Community Group, including— operational and land management personnel of the Air Force; 1 Indian representative, to be nominated by a majority vote conducted among the Indian tribes in the vicinity of the BLM land; not more than 2 county commissioners from each of Box Elder, Tooele, and Juab Counties, Utah; 2 representatives of off-road and highway use, hunting, and other recreational groups; 2 representatives of livestock grazers on any public land located within the BLM land; 1 representative of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food; and not more than 3 representatives of State or Federal offices or agencies, or private groups, if the Secretary determines that such representatives would further the goals and objectives of the Community Group.

The members described in paragraph

(1)shall elect from among the members of the Community Group— 1 member to serve as Chairperson of the Community Group; and 1 member to serve as Vice-Chairperson of the Community Group. Each member of the Community Group shall serve voluntarily and without remuneration. Each member of the Community Group shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Chairperson shall select 1/2 of the original members of the Community Group to serve for a term of 4 years and the 1/2 to serve for a term of 2 years to ensure the replacement of members shall be staggered from year to year. The Secretary may reappoint or replace a member of the Community Group appointed under subsection (b)(1), if— the term of the member has expired; the member has retired; or the position held by the member described in subparagraphs

(A)through

(G)of paragraph

(1)has changed to the extent that the ability of the member to represent the group or entity that the member represents has been significantly affected. The Community Group shall meet not less than once per year, and at such other frequencies as determined by five or more of the members of the Community Group. The Community Group shall be responsible for determining appropriate schedules for, details of, and actions for meetings of the Community Group. The Chairperson shall provide notice to each member of the Community Group not less than 10 business days before the date of a scheduled meeting. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to meetings of the Community Group. The Secretary and the Secretary of the Air Force, consistent with existing laws (including regulations), shall take under consideration recommendations from the Community Group. The Community Group shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary and the Community Group mutually elect to terminate the Community Group before that date. The Community Group may elect, by simple majority, to renew the term of the Community Group for 7 years, upon or within 90 days of termination, with the option to renew every 7 years thereafter.