Volume 86 · 43
Public Law 92–236
To amend the joint resolution establishing the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, as amended.
Approved March 1, 1972
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the joint resolution establishing the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, as amended.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes”, approved July 4, I960 (80 Stat. 259), as amended, is further amended as follows:
Section 2(b) (3) is amended by adding the words “The Secretary of the Treasury” after the words “The Secretary of State”.
Section 2(b)(4) is redesignated as section 2(b)(5) and is amended to read as follows:
“(5) Twenty-five members from private life to be appointed by the President, one of whom shall be designated as the Chairman by the President, who shall be so chosen as to be broadly representative of the Nation’s people, with specific recognition of the contributions of its youth as well as its elders, of its racial and ethnic minorities, of its creative arts, its useful crafts and its learned professions.”
By adding a new section 2 (b) (4) to read as follows:
“(4) Four members of the Federal judiciary to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States;”.
Sec. 2.
Section 6(b) is amended to read as follows:
Director and Deputy Directors, appointment and compensation.
Additional personnel.
“Sec. 6.
(b) (1) The Chairman, with the advice of the Commission, shall appoint a Director who will be compensated at level IV of the Executive Schedule, and three Deputy Directors who will be compensated at level V of the Executive Schedule. Such officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Chairman.
“(2) The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such additional personnel as it deems advisable and to appoint such advisory committees as it deems necessary.
“(3) The Commission shall delegate such powers and duties to the
Commission powers and duties, delegation.
Appropriation.
Director (with power to redelegate) as necessary for the efficient operation and management of the Commission,”
Sec. 3.
Section 7(a) is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 7.
(a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this Act and to remain available until expended $4,300,000 for fiscal year 1972, of which not to exceed $2,400,000 shall be for grants-in-aid.”
Sec. 4.
Add at the end thereof the following new sections:
Program implementation, authorization.
“Sec. 8.
In carrying out the purposes of this Act, the Commission is further authorized to provide for:
“(1) the preparation, distribution, dissemination, exhibition, and sale of historical, commemorative, and informational materials and objects which will contribute to public information awareness and interest in the bicentennial;
“(2) competitions, commissions, and awards for historical, scholarly, artistic, literary, musical, and other works programs, and projects relating to the bicentennial; and
“(3) a bicentennial calendar or register of programs and projects, and in other ways provide a central clearinghouse for information and coordination regarding dates, events, places, documents, artifacts, and personalities of bicentennial historical and commemorative significance.
“Sec. 9.
The Commission is authorized to carry out a program of
Grants-in-aid.
grants-in-aid in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. The Commission shall, subject to such regulations as it may prescribe:
“(1) Make equal grants in two successive years of not to exceed $45,000 annually to each State, territory, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, upon application therefor, to assist in the establishment or implementation of Bicentennial Commissions.
“Sec. 10.
Appropriations or other funds available to any Government
Transfer of funds.
department or agency (including the Commission) for carrying out purposes related to or in furtherance of the bicentennial commemoration may be transferred between the Commission and any such Federal department or agency as may be mutually agreed between them. Funds so transferred may be used for direct expenditure or as a working fund, and any such expenditures may be made under the authorities governing the activities of any such department or agency or the authorities of this Act, provided the activities come within the purposes of this Act.”
Approved March 1, 1972.