§ 1103. — Powers of Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1103]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 22--INTERNATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 1103. Powers of Commission
The Commission shall have juridical personality and all powers and
capacity necessary or appropriate for the purpose of performing its
functions pursuant to the agreement between the Governments of the
United States and Canada signed January 22, 1964, which shall include
but not be limited to the power and capacity--
(a) to acquire property, both real and personal, or interests
therein, by gift, including conditional gifts whether conditioned on
the expenditure of funds to be met therefrom or not, by purchase, by
lease or otherwise, and to hold or dispose of the same under such
terms and conditions as it sees fit, excepting the power to dispose
of the Roosevelt home and the tract of land on which it is located;
(b) to enter into contracts;
(c) to sue or be sued, complain and defend, implead and be
impleaded, in any United States district court. In such suits, the
Attorney General shall supervise and control the litigation;
(d) to appoint its own employees, including an executive
secretary who shall act as secretary at meetings of the Commission
and to fix the terms and conditions of their employment and
compensation;
(e) to delegate to the executive secretary or other officials
and to authorize the redelegation of such authority respecting the
employment and direction of its employees and the other
responsibilities of the Commission as it deems desirable and
appropriate;
(f) to adopt such rules of procedure as it deems desirable to
enable it to perform the functions set forth in this agreement;
(g) to charge admission fees for entrance to the park should the
Commission consider such fees desirable; however, such fees shall be
set at a level which will make the facilities readily available to
visitors; any revenues derived from admission fees or concession
operations of the Commission shall be transmitted in equal shares to
the two Governments within sixty days of the end of the Commission's
fiscal year, the United States share to be turned over to the
appropriate Federal agency for deposit into the United States
Treasury in accordance with the laws governing entrance fees
received by the National Park Service;
(h) to grant concessions; if deemed desirable;
(i) to adopt and use a seal;
(j) to obtain without reimbursement for use either in the United
States or in Canada, legal, engineering, architectural, accounting,
financial, maintenance, and other services, whether by assignment,
detail, or otherwise, from competent agencies in the United States
or in Canada, by arrangements with such agencies.
(Pub. L. 88-363, Sec. 4, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 299.)
