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[CITE: 16USC410cc-31]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
            SUBCHAPTER LIX-A--LOWELL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
          Part C--Powers and Duties of Preservation Commission
 
Sec. 410cc-31. Lowell Historic Preservation Commission


(a) Establishment and administrative role; composition of membership

    There is established within the Department of the Interior a 
commission to be known as the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission 
which shall administer the preservation district and provide certain 
services within the park in accordance with this part. The Commission 
shall consist of fifteen members appointed by the Secretary as follows:
        (1) Three members who are members of the city council of Lowell, 
    appointed from recommendations made by the mayor of Lowell.
        (2) Three members appointed from recommendations made by the 
    city manager of Lowell of persons who are representative of 
    organized labor, the business community, local neighborhoods, and 
    cultural institutions, and who are not elected officials.
        (3) One member appointed from recommendations made by the 
    president of the University of Lowell.
        (4) Three members appointed from recommendations made by the 
    Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
        (5) One member appointed from recommendations made by the 
    Secretary of Commerce and who shall be an employee of the Department 
    of Commerce.
        (6) One member appointed from recommendations made by the 
    Secretary of Transportation and who shall be an employee of the 
    Department of Transportation.
        (7) One member appointed from recommendations made by the 
    Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and who shall be an 
    employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
        (8) Two members who are qualified to serve on the Commission 
    because of their familiarity with programs of the Department of the 
    Interior involving national parks and historic preservation and who 
    shall be an employee of the Department of the Interior.

(b) Continuation of status as appointed member for member leaving 
        government office or becoming elected official of government; 
        duration

    If any member of the Commission who was appointed to the Commission 
under paragraph (1) or (4) of subsection (a) of this section as a member 
of the city council of Lowell or any other government leaves that 
office, or if any member of the Commission who was appointed from 
persons who are not elected officials of any government becomes an 
elected official of a government, such person may continue as a member 
of the Commission for not longer than the thirty-day period beginning on 
the date such person leaves that office or becomes such an elected 
official, as the case may be.

(c) Terms of office and reappointment of members

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, members 
shall be appointed for terms of two years. A member may be reappointed 
only three times unless such member was originally appointed to fill a 
vacancy pursuant to subsection (e)(1) of this section, in which case 
such member may be reappointed four times.
    (2) Of the members first appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of 
this section, the following shall be appointed for terms of three years:
        (A) The members appointed pursuant to paragraphs (2), (3), and 
    (8) of such subsection.
        (B) One of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (4) of 
    such subsection, as designated by the Secretary at the time of 
    appointment upon recommendation of the Governor.

(d) Chairman; election by members; term of office

    The chairman of the Commission shall be elected by the members of 
the Commission. The term of the chairman shall be two years.

(e) Vacancies; appointment and term of office; service after expiration 
        of term

    (1) Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner 
in which the original appointment was made.
    (2) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the 
remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed. Any 
member may serve after the expiration of his term until his successor is 
appointed.

(f) Quorum and holding of hearings

    Eight members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a 
lesser number may hold hearings.

(g) Meetings

    The Commission shall meet at least once each month, at the call of 
the chairman or a majority of its members.

(h) Compensation; travel expenses and per diem

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, members 
of the Commission shall each be entitled to receive $100 for each day 
(including travel time) during which they are engaged in the performance 
of the duties of the Commission.
    (2) Members of the Commission who are full-time officers or 
employees of the United States, the city of Lowell, or the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts shall receive no additional pay on account of their 
service on the Commission.
    (3) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the 
performance of services for the Commission, members of the Commission 
shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in 
the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of title 
5.

(i) Termination

    The Commission established pursuant to this subchapter shall cease 
to exist seventeen years from June 5, 1978.

(Pub. L. 95-290, title III, Sec. 301, June 5, 1978, 92 Stat. 295; Pub. 
L. 100-134, Sec. 1(2), (3), Oct. 16, 1987, 101 Stat. 810.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 100-134, Sec. 1(2), substituted 
``until his successor is appointed'' for ``for a period not longer than 
thirty days''.
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 100-134, Sec. 1(3), substituted ``seventeen'' 
for ``ten''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 410cc-1 of this title.
