Volume 69 · 384
Public Law 84–183
To establish a com mi salon for the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt.
Approved July 28, 1955
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To establish a com mi salon for the celebration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That there is hereby established a commission to be known as the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”) which shall be composed of fifteen Commissioners as follows: The President, of the United States, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, all ex officio, and eight persons to be appointed by the President of the United States, two Senators to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and two Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 2.
It shall be the duty of the Commission, after announcement to the American people of its creation and purpose, to prepare plans and a program for signalizing the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Theodore Roosevelt in the year 1958, including plans for the completion of the development of Theodore Roosevelt Island in the Potomac River in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to establish a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt in the National Capital”, approved May 21, 1932 (47 Stat. 163) as amended by the Act approved
February 11, 1933 (47 Stat. 799), and including the completion of the development of Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park in North Dakota, created by the Act of April 25, 1947 (61 Stat. 52), us amended.
In preparing such plans and program, the Commission shall give due consideration to any plan which may be submitted to it,, and shall take such steps as may be necesary to coordinate and correlate its plans with those prepared by State or civic bodies. If the participation of other nations in the commemoration is deemed advisable, the Commission may communicate to that end with the governments of such nations through the State Department.
Sec. 3.
The Commission shall select a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members, and may employ, without regard
to the civil-service laws or the Classification Act of 1949, such employees as may be necessary in carrying out its functions.
Service of an individual as a member of the Commission shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of section 216, 281, 283, 284, 434, or 1914 of title
18 of the United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U. S. C. 99) or section 412 of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act
of 1949 (22 U. S. C. 1584); nor shall any member of the Commission by reason of his status as such be deemed to be an “officer of the
Government” within the meaning of the Act of April 27, 1916 (5 U.S. 0.101).
Sec. 4.
The Commissioners shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses incurred by them in carrying out the duties of the Commission.
Sec. 5.
When the Commission has approved a plan of celebration, it shall submit it, insofar as it relates to the fine arts, to the Commission of Fine Arts for its approval.
Sec. 6.
The Commission shall, on or before March 1, 1956, make
Report to Congress.
a report to the Congress in order that further enabling legislation may be enacted.
Sec. 7.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums
Appropriation.
Post, p. 519.
as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution, but in no event shall the sums hereby authorized to be appropriated exceed a total of $10,000.
Sec. 8.
The Commission shall expire upon the completion of its
Expiration date.
duties, but in no event later than October 27, 1959.
Approved July 28, 1955.