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[CITE: 16USC410ww-21]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
   SUBCHAPTER LIX-U--DAYTON AVIATION HERITAGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
               Part B--Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission
 
Sec. 410ww-21. Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission


(a) Establishment

    There is established the Dayton Aviation Heritage Commission to 
assist Federal, State, and local authorities and the private sector in 
preserving and managing the historic resources in the Miami Valley, 
Ohio, associated with the Wright brothers, aviation, or Paul Laurence 
Dunbar.

(b) Membership

    The Commission shall consist of 13 members as follows:
        (1) 3 members appointed by the Secretary, who shall have 
    demonstrated expertise in aviation history, black history and 
    literature, aviation technology, or historic preservation, at least 
    one of whom shall represent the National Park Service.
        (2) 3 members appointed by the Secretary after consideration of 
    recommendations submitted by the Governor of the State of Ohio, who 
    shall have demonstrated expertise in aviation history, black history 
    and literature, aviation technology, or historic preservation, at 
    least one of whom shall represent the Ohio Historical Society.
        (3) 1 member appointed by the Secretary of Defense, who shall 
    represent Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
        (4) 3 members appointed by the Secretary after consideration of 
    recommendations submitted by the City Commission of Dayton, Ohio, at 
    least one of whom shall reside near the core parcel of the park (as 
    described in section 410ww(b)(1) of this title).
        (5) 1 member appointed by the Secretary after consideration of 
    recommendations submitted by the Board of Commissioners of 
    Montgomery County, Ohio.
        (6) 1 member appointed by the Secretary after consideration of 
    recommendations submitted by the Board of Commissioners of Greene 
    County, Ohio.
        (7) 1 member appointed by the Secretary after consideration of 
    recommendations submitted by the City Council of Fairborn, Ohio.

(c) Terms

    (1) Members shall be appointed for terms of 3 years. A member may be 
reappointed only 3 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 4 times. A member may serve after 
the expiration of his term until a successor is appointed.
    (2) The Secretary shall appoint the first members of the Commission 
within 30 days after the date on which the Secretary has received all of 
the recommendations for appointment pursuant to subsections \1\ (b)(2), 
(4), (5), (6), and (7) of this section.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``subsection''.
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(d) Chair and vice chair

    The chair and vice chair of the Commission shall be elected by the 
members of the Commission. The terms of the chair and vice chair shall 
be 2 years. The vice chair shall serve as chair in the absence of the 
chair.

(e) Vacancy

    (1) Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner 
in which the original appointment was made, except that the Secretary 
responsible for such appointment shall fill any such vacancy within 30 
days after receiving a recommendation for the position.
    (2) A member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the 
remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed. A member 
may serve after the expiration of his term until his successor has taken 
office.

(f) Quorum

    A majority of the members of the Commission then serving shall 
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.

(g) Meetings

    The Commission shall meet not less than 3 times a year at the call 
of the chair or a majority of its members.

(h) Pay

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), members of the Commission 
shall serve without pay.
    (2) Members of the Commission who are full-time officers or 
employees of the United States shall receive no additional pay by reason 
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) FACA

    Section 14(b) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the Commission.

(j) Termination

    The Commission shall cease to exist on January 1, 2004.

(Pub. L. 102-419, title II, Sec. 201, Oct. 16, 1992, 106 Stat. 2144; 
Pub. L. 104-333, div. I, title VIII, Sec. 811, Nov. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 
4189.)

                       References in Text

    Section 14(b) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in 
subsec. (i), is section 14(b) of Pub. L. 92-463, which is set out in the 
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b)(2), (4) to (7). Pub. L. 104-333 substituted 
``after consideration of recommendations'' for ``from recommendations'' 
wherever appearing.
