Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 407p. Establishment of advisory commission; composition, appointment, and duties
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to establish a suitable advisory commission of not to exceed eleven members. The members of the advisory commission shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, with three members to be recommended by the Governor of Pennsylvania, three by the mayor of Philadelphia, and one each by the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia and the Independence Hall Association.
The functions of the advisory commission shall be to render advice to the Secretary of the Interior, from time to time, upon matters which the Secretary of the Interior may refer to them for consideration.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 80–687 § 4 · 62 Stat. 1061
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 407p
(June 28, 1948, ch. 687, § 4, 62 Stat. 1062.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 28, 1948, ch. 687, § 4, 62 Stat. 1062.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, Advisory commission in his discretion, to establish a suitable advisory commission of not to exceed eleven members. The members of the advisory commission shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, with three members to be recommended by the Governor of Pennsylvania, three by the mayor of Philadelphia, and one each by the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia and the Independence Hall Association. Functions. The functions of the advisory commission shall be to render advice to the Secretary of the Interior, from time to time, upon matters which the Secretary of the Interior may refer to them for consideration.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Advisory Commissions
Advisory commissions in existence on , to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following , unless, in the case of a commission established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such commission is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a commission established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See sections 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Credits
(June 28, 1948, ch. 687, § 4, 62 Stat. 1062.)