§ 407p. — Establishment of advisory commission; composition, appointment, and duties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC407p]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LI--INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Sec. 407p. Establishment of advisory commission; composition,
appointment, and duties
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.
(June 28, 1948, ch. 687, Sec. 4, 62 Stat. 1062.)
Termination of Advisory Commissions
Advisory commissions in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not
later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973,
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 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-
463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title
5, Government Organization and Employees.
