1. Short title This Act may be cited as the RAC Reform Act of 2017 . 2. Composition and appointment of resource advisory committees (a) In general Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 ( 16 U.S.C. 7125 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking The Secretary concerned and inserting The applicable department official ; and (B) in paragraph (3) by striking the Secretary concerned and inserting the applicable department official ; (2) in subsection (b)(6), by striking the Secretary concerned and inserting the applicable department official ; (3) in subsection (c)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking by the Secretary and inserting by the applicable department official ; (B) in paragraph (1)— (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking The Secretary concerned, and inserting Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the applicable department official ; (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking The Secretary concerned and inserting Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the applicable department official ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) Exception For purposes of applying the 4-year term limit under subparagraphs (A) and (B) to a member of a resource advisory committee, the applicable department official shall not count as a year of the member’s term any year of service the majority of which was served during a fiscal year for which the budget of the resource advisory committee was less than $1,000,000. ; (C) in paragraph (2), by striking The Secretary concerned and inserting The applicable department official ; (D) in paragraph (4), by striking The Secretary concerned and inserting The applicable department official ; and (E) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Applicable department official defined In this section, the term applicable department official means— (A) with respect to Federal land described in section 3(7)(A), the applicable Regional Forester