16 U.S.C. § 1337
Joint advisory board; appointment; membership; functions; qualifications; reimbursement limitation
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are authorized and directed to appoint a joint advisory board of not more than nine members to advise them on any matter relating to wild free-roaming horses and burros and their management and protection. They shall select as advisers persons who are not employees of the Federal or State Governments and whom they deem to have special knowledge about protection of horses and burros, management of wildlife, animal husbandry, or natural resources management. Members of the board shall not receive reimbursement except for travel and other expenditures necessary in connection with their services.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1977–2006 · leading case: Fund for Animals, Inc. v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 460 F.3d 13 (D.C. Cir. 2006).
Fund for Animals, Inc. v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 460 F.3d 13 (D.C. Cir. 2006). “In determining how to remedy overpopulation, the BLM consulted with the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board — a congressionally-provid-ed board of experts, see 16 U.S.C. § 1337 ; all of its wild horse and burro specialists; participants at two national wild horse and burro…”
Am. Horse Prot. Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Interior, 551 F.2d 432 (D.C. Cir. 1977). “Act, § 7, 16 U.S.C. § 1337 , provides in part: The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture are authorized and directed to appoint a joint advisory board of not more than nine members to advise them on any matter relating to wild free-roaming horses and burros…”
Dahl v. Clark, 600 F. Supp. 585 (D. Nev. 1984). “§ 1333 (a) there has been consultation with the Wild Life Agency of Nevada and with an Advisory Board established under 16 U.S.C. § 1337 .”
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