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[CITE: 16USC410y-4]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
   SUBCHAPTER LVI--CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
 
Sec. 410y-4. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 
        Commission
        

(a) Establishment

    There is hereby established a Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 
Historical Park Commission (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``Commission'').

(b) Membership; appointment; term

    The Commission shall be composed of nineteen members appointed by 
the Secretary for terms of five years each, as follows:
        (1) Eight members to be appointed from recommendations submitted 
    by the boards of commissioners or the county councils, as the case 
    may be, of Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, and Allegany Counties, 
    Maryland, of which two members shall be appointed from 
    recommendations submitted by each such board or council, as the case 
    may be;
        (2) Eight members to be appointed from recommendations submitted 
    by the Governor of the State of Maryland, the Governor of the State 
    of West Virginia, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and 
    the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, of which two members 
    shall be appointed from recommendations submitted by each such 
    Governor or Commissioner, as the case may be; and
        (3) Three members to be appointed by the Secretary, one of whom 
    shall be designated Chairman of the Commission and two of whom shall 
    be members of regularly constituted conservation organizations.

(c) Vacancies

    Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in 
which the original appointment was made. A member may serve after the 
expiration of his term until his successor has taken office.

(d) Compensation and payment of expenses

    Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, as such, 
but the Secretary is authorized to pay, upon vouchers signed by the 
Chairman, the expenses reasonably incurred by the Commission and its 
members in carrying out their responsibilities under this subchapter.

(e) Consultation by Secretary

    The Secretary, or his designee, shall from time to time but at least 
annually, meet and consult with the Commission on general policies and 
specific matters related to the administration and development of the 
park.

(f) Majority vote

    The Commission shall act and advise by affirmative vote of a 
majority of the members thereof.

(g) Termination

    The Commission shall cease to exist 40 years from January 8, 1971.

(Pub. L. 91-664, Sec. 6, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1980; Pub. L. 96-555, 
Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3260; Pub. L. 101-320, July 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 
292; Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, Sec. 134], Dec. 21, 
2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-230.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 106-554 substituted ``40'' for 
``thirty''.
    1990--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-320, Sec. 1(a), inserted at end ``A 
member may serve after the expiration of his term until his successor 
has taken office.''
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101-320, Sec. 1(b), substituted ``thirty'' for 
``twenty''.
    1980--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96-555 substituted ``twenty'' for 
``ten''.
