FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT EXEMPTION FOR FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS.

SEC. 803. FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT EXEMPTION FOR FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS. Section 1409A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3124a) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(e) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act.— “(1) Public meetings.— All meetings of any entity described in paragraph (3) shall be publicly announced in advance and shall be open to the public. Detailed minutes Records, of meetings and other appropriate records of the activities of such an entity shall be kept and made available to the public on request. “(2) Exemption.— The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) and title XVIII of this Act shall not apply to any entity described in paragraph (3). “(3) Entities described.— This subsection shall apply to any committee, board, commission, panel, or task force, or similar entity that— “(A) is created for the purpose of cooperative efforts in agricultural research, extension, or teaching; and “(B) consists entirely of— “(i) full-time Federal employees; and 110 STAT. 1160 “(ii) one or more individuals who are employed by, or are officials of— “(I) a State cooperative institution or State cooperative agency; or “(II) a public college or university or other postsecondary institution.”.