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Further Information
Statutes
- Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.
- Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1534(b).
Regulations
- 2001 General Services Administration Regulations, 41 CFR Part 102-3.
- 1995 Bureau of Land Management Regulations, 43 CFR § 1784.
Significant Cases
Public Citizen v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 491 U.S. 440 (1989).
Northwest Forest Resource Council v. Espy, 846 F. Supp. 1009 (D.D.C. 1994).
Calif. Forestry Assn. v. U.S. Forest Service, 102 F.3d 609 (D.C. Cir. 1996).
Byrd v. EPA, 174 F.3d 239 (D.C. Cir. 1999).
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Abraham, 223 F.Supp.2d 162 (D.D.C. 2002).
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians v. Southern Everglades Restoration Alliance, 304 F.3d 1076 (11th Cir. 2002).
Law Review Articles
- Barker, Allyson, et al., “The Role of Collaborative Groups in Federal Land and Resource Management: A Legal Analysis,” 23 J. of Land, Resources & Envt’l Law, 67 (2003).
- Bierle, Thomas C. and Rebecca J. Long, “Chilling Collaboration: The Federal Advisory Committee Act and Stakeholder Involvement in Environmental Decisionmaking,” 29 Envt’l Law Reporter 10399 (1999).
- Croley, Steven P. and William F. Funk, “The Federal Advisory Committee Act and Good Government,” 14 Yale J. of Regulation 451 (1997).
- Croley, Steven P., “Practical Guidance on the Applicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act,” 10 Admin. L. J. 111 (1996).
- Lynch, Sheila, “The Federal Advisory Committee Act: An Obstacle to Ecosystem Management by Federal Agencies?” 71 Wash. L. Rev. 431 (1996).
Other Secondary Sources
- 160 A.L.R. Fed. 483 Federal Advisory Committee Act
- 2 Fed. Info. Discl. Sec. 24 (3d ed.) Federal Advisory Committee Act
World Wide Web
These FACA materials and links to key resources are available online at http://www.blm.gov/adr.
The General Services Administration (GSA) maintains a website with links to many relevant FACA documents and a FACA case law database:
GSA Website: http://www.gsa.gov/committeemanagement
FACA Database: http://www.fido.gov/facadatabase
Items available on the GSA Website include:
- FACA statutory text
- When is FACA applicable?
- GSA FACA Final Rule 2001
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-135
- Executive Order 12838 (Clinton 1993)
- Executive Order 12024 (Carter 1977)
- Guidelines and Instructions for Implementing Section 204, "State, Local, and Tribal Government Input," of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Title II of P.L. 104-4, 2 U.S.C. 1534(b))
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