---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460vv–12"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460vv–12"
heading: "Advisory committee"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460vv-12"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter CVII — Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area"
---

# §460vv–12. Advisory committee


Pursuant to [chapter 10](/usc/5/chptI/ch10.md) of title 5, no later than 90 days after October 18, 1988, the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) is directed to establish an [advisory committee](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=1) for Ouachita National [Forest lands](/usc/16/544.md?p=f) in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. The Committee’s purpose shall be advisory in nature and the Committee shall provide information and recommendations to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) regarding the operation of the Ouachita National Forest in Le Flore County. The Committee shall be composed of representatives from the local [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) in which the Ouachita National Forest is located equally divided among conservation, timber, [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17), tourism and recreation, and economic development interests.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–499, § 14, Oct. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 2497; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(91), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4315.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “chapter 10 of title 5,” for “the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92–463),”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Advisory Committees

Advisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.