Public Law 74–134

That there is

Washington-Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg Boulevard Commission.

Establishment, composition, etc.

hereby established a commission to be known as the United States Commission for the construction of a Washington-Lincoln Memorial Gettysburg Boulevard connecting the present Lincoln Memorial in the city of Washington with the battlefield of Gettysburg in the State of Pennsylvania (hereinafter referred to as the Commission), and to be composed of thirteen commissioners, as follows: The President of the United States; Presiding Officer of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, ex officio; two persons to be appointed by the President of the United States; one Senator from the State of Maryland and one Senator from the State of Pennsylvania, to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate; the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture; the Director, National Park Service, Department of Interior; Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia; and one Representative from the State of Maryland and one from the State of Pennsylvania, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The commissioners shall serve

No compensation.

without compensation and shall select a chairman from among their number.

Sec. 2.

That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of

Appropriation authorized.

any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $10,000, to be expended by the Commission in accordance with the provisions of this resolution.

Sec. 3.

That it shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare a

Preparation of plans, etc.

plan or plans in cooperation with the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture; the Highway Departments of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and District of Columbia to further commemorate the public services of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln by the construction of a boulevard or highway connecting the present Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument in the city of Washington with the Gettysburg battlefield in the State of Pennsylvania; and to give due and proper consideration to any plan or plans which may be submitted to it.

Sec. 4.

That the Commission, after selecting a chairman and a

Chairman, vice chairman and secretary.

vice chairman from among its members, may employ a secretary and such other assistants as may be needed for clerical work connected

Other personal services.

with the duties of the Commission and may also engage the services of expert advisers, and may fix their respective compensations within the amount appropriated for such purposes.

Sec. 5.

That the commissioners shall be paid their actual and

Travel, etc., expenses.

necessary traveling, hotel, and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties out of the amount appropriated.

Sec. 6.

That the Commission shall on or before one year after

Report to Congress.

the date of enactment of this resolution, make a report to the Congress, in order that enabling legislation may be enacted, provided such enabling legislation stipulates that the said highway or boulevard shall be constructed by the Highway Departments of Pennsylvania,

Construction under Federal supervision.

Maryland, and District of Columbia, under the supervision of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Agriculture, from funds provided by the said State of Pennsylvania, the said State of Maryland and the District of Columbia, including any future allocation of Federal-aid highway funds or grants to the said States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and to the District of

No Federal expense.

Columbia. The passage of this Act does not commit the United States to build the said highway or boulevard at Federal expense, and if authorized the Federal funds for the construction of the said highway or boulevard will be the allocations that may accrue

Payment from certain State, etc., allocated funds.

to the said States and the District of Columbia in future appropriations of Federal-aid highway and grant funds. Any appropriations under the authority of this Act shall be deducted from the next regular apportionment or allocation of Federal-aid highway funds or Federal-grant highway funds, under existing or future authorizations as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Sec. 7.

That the term of Commission hereby created shall expire within one year after the completion of the proposed boulevard or highway.

Sec. 8.

This joint resolution shall take effect immediately.