Sec. 103. Philanthropic Reforestation Advisory Council
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There is hereby established the Philanthropic Reforestation Advisory Council (in this section referred to as the Advisory Council ) to advise the Secretary on— increasing private charitable investment in reforestation and afforestation activities; and tracking private charitable reforestation and afforestation pledges and metrics. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Advisory Council shall submit to the Secretary a report that includes recommendations for— increasing and encouraging private charitable investments in reforestation and afforestation activities; and developing a platform to track private charitable tree planting pledges and metrics.
The Secretary shall consult with the Advisory Council when developing the list of projects to be funded from the Trillion Trees Challenge Fund established under section 104. The Advisory Council shall annually submit to Congress— a copy of the report under paragraph (1); and a list of projects the Advisory Council recommended be funded under paragraph
(2)and whether or not those projects were funded. The Advisory Council shall consist of 2 ex officio members and 15 discretionary members. The ex officio members of the Advisory Council, or their designees, are— the Secretary of Agriculture; and the Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary shall appoint discretionary members from each of the following: One from each of not more than 5 companies or corporations that have made public charitable tree planting pledges. One from each of not more than 5 philanthropic organizations with experience in financing reforestation and afforestation activities. One from each of not more than 5 non-profit organizations with experience in reforestation and afforestation activities. Each discretionary member appointed to the Advisory Council under paragraph (1)(B) may be appointed and removed at the discretion of the Secretary. A quorum shall consist of 12 members of the Advisory Council. Decisions of the Advisory Council shall be made by majority vote, a quorum being present. No individual may be appointed to the Advisory Council as a discretionary member under paragraph (1)(B) while serving as an officer or employee of the Federal Government. All members of the Advisory Council who are officers or employees of the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as officers or employees of the United States. All members of the Advisory Council not described in clause
(i)shall serve without compensation. A member of the Advisory Council may be reimbursed for travel and lodging incurred while attending a meeting of the Advisory Council or any other meeting of members approved for reimbursement by the Advisory Council in the same amounts and under the same conditions as Federal employees under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code. The expenses of the Advisory Council that the Secretary determines to be reasonable and appropriate shall be paid by the Secretary. The Secretary shall make personnel of the Department of Agriculture available to the Advisory Council for administrative support, technical services, and staff support that the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this section. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to Advisory Council.