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[CITE: 16USC459h-9]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
         SUBCHAPTER LXIII--NATIONAL SEASHORE RECREATIONAL AREAS
 
Sec. 459h-9. Gulf Islands National Seashore Advisory Commission; 
        establishment; termination; membership; term; Chairman; 
        compensation and payment of expenses; consultation by Secretary
        
    There is hereby established a Gulf Islands National Seashore 
Advisory Commission. The Commission shall terminate ten years after the 
date the seashore is established pursuant to sections 459h to 459h-10 of 
this title. The Commission shall be composed of three members from each 
county in which the seashore is located, each appointed for a term of 
two years by the Secretary as follows:
        (1) one member to be appointed from recommendations made by the 
    county commissioners in the respective counties;
        (2) one member to be appointed from recommendations made by the 
    Governor of the State from each county; and
        (3) one member to be designated by the Secretary from each 
    county.

Provided, That two members shall be appointed to the Advisory Commission 
in each instance in counties whose population exceeds one hundred 
thousand.
    The Secretary shall designate one member to be Chairman. Any vacancy 
in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the 
original appointment was made.
    Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation as such. 
The Secretary is authorized to pay the expenses reasonably incurred by 
the Commission in carrying out its responsibilities under sections 459h 
to 459h-10 of this title on vouchers signed by the Chairman.
    The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult with 
the Commission with respect to the matters relating to the development 
of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.

(Pub. L. 91-660, Sec. 10, Jan. 8, 1971, 84 Stat. 1969.)


                   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 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 459h, 459h-1, 459h-2, 459h-
4, 459h-5, 459h-6, 459h-8 of this title.
