---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 8211"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "8211"
heading: "Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/8211"
units:
  - "Chapter 101 — National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships"
---

# §8211. Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act


[Chapter 10](/usc/5/chptI/ch10.md) of title 5 (commonly known as the “Federal Advisory Committee Act”), shall not apply to—

- (1) the [Board](/usc/16/8202.md?p=2); or
- (2) any [Partnership](/usc/16/8202.md?p=7).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–188, title II, § 211, Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 937; Pub. L. 118–198, title II, § 207, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2683.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2024—Pub. L. 118–198 substituted “Chapter 10 of title 5 (commonly known as the ‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’),” for “The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)” in introductory provisions.