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PUBLIC LAW 103-433—OCT. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 4487 SEC. 307. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ADVISORY COMMISSION. (a) The Secretary shall establish an Advisory Commission of no more than fifteen members, to advise the Secretary concerning the development and implementation of a new or revised comprehensive management plan for Death Valley National Park. (b)(1) The advisory commission shall include an elected official for each County within which any part of the park is located, a representative of the owners of private properties located within or immediately adjacent to the park, and other members representing persons actively engaged in grazing and range management, mineral exploration and development, and persons with expertise in relevant fields, including geology, biology, ecology, law enforcement, and the protection and management of National Park resources and values. (2) Vacancies in the advisory commission shall be filled by the Secretary so as to maintain the full diversity of views required to be represented on the advisory commission. (c) The Federal Advisory Committee Act shall apply to the procedures and activities of the advisory commission. (d) The advisory commission shall cease to exist ten years after the date of its establishment. SEC. 308. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. In preparing the maps and legal descriptions required by sections 304 and 602 of this Act, the Secretary shall adjust the boundaries of the Death Valley National Park and Death Valley National Park Wilderness so as to exclude from such National Park and Wilderness the lands generally depicted on the map entitled "Porter Mine (Panamint Range) Exclusion Area" dated June 1994. 16 USC 410aaa-6. Establishment. Termination date. 16 USC 410aaa-7. TITLE IV-^OSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK Short title. Ante, p. 4471. SEC. 401. FINDINGS. The Congress finds that— (1) a proclamation by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1936 established Joshua Tree National Monument to protect various objects of historical and scientific interest; (2) Joshua Tree National Monument today is recognized as a major unit of the National Park System, having extraordinary values enjoyed by millions of visitors; (3) the monument boundaries as modified in 1950 and 1961 exclude and thereby expose to incompatible development and inconsistent management, contiguous Federal lands of essential and superlative natural, ecological, archeological, paleontological, cultural, historical, and wilderness values; (4) Joshua Tree National Monument should be enlarged by the addition of contiguous Federal lands of national park caliber, and afforded full recognition and statutory protection as a National Park; and (5) the nondesignated wilderness within Joshua Tree should receive statutory protection by designation pursuant to the Wilderness Act. ^s 16 USC 410aaa-21.