[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1893 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1893

 To establish 5-year terms for, and require the advice and consent of 
  the Senate in the appointment of, the heads of the land management 
                               agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1993

Mr. Hansen (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Smith 
     of Oregon, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Baker of 
Louisiana, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Pombo, and Mrs. Vucanovich) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Natural 
       Resources, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish 5-year terms for, and require the advice and consent of 
  the Senate in the appointment of, the heads of the land management 
                               agencies.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Land Management 
Professionalization Act''.

SEC. 2. DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.

    The first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to establish a 
National Park Service, and for other purposes'', approved August 25, 
1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1; commonly referred to as the ``National 
Park Service Organic Act''), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``who shall be appointed by the Secretary'' 
        and inserting ``who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
        with the advise and consent of the Senate, for a term of 5 
        years''; and
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence the following: 
        ``The director shall have substantial experience in park 
        management and natural or cultural resource conservation.''.

SEC. 3. DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT.

    Section 301(a) of Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(43 U.S.C. 1731(a)) by striking ``Senate.'' and inserting ``Senate, for 
a term of 5 years.''.

SEC. 4. DIRECTOR OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.

    Section 3(b) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 
742b(b)) is amended by striking ``Senate.'' and inserting ``Senate, for 
a term of 5 years.''.

SEC. 5. CHIEF OF THE FOREST SERVICE.

    The Forest Service within the Department of Agriculture shall have 
as its head a Chief. The Chief of the Forest Service shall be appointed 
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for 
a term of 5 years and shall have substantial experience in forestry 
management and Federal land conservation.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.

    (a) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by sections 3 and 4 shall 
apply with respect to vacancies in the office of the Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management and the office of the Director of the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service occurring after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and section 5 and the amendments made by section 
2 shall apply with respect to the individual holding the office of 
Director of the National Park Service and the individual holding the 
office of Chief of the Forest Service on the date of enactment of this 
Act.

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