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[CITE: 16USC460cc-3]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
 
          SUBCHAPTER LXXXVII--GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
 
Sec. 460cc-3. Gateway National Recreation Area Advisory 
        Commission
        

(a) Establishment; termination date

    There is hereby established a Gateway National Recreation Area 
Advisory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the ``Commission''). 
Said Commission shall terminate twenty years after the date of the 
establishment of the recreation area.

(b) Membership; appointment; terms of office; representation of 
        interests

    The Commission shall be composed of fifteen members each appointed 
for a term of two years by the Secretary as follows:
        (1) two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the 
    Governor of the State of New York;
        (2) two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the 
    Governor of the State of New Jersey;
        (3) two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the 
    mayor of New York City;
        (4) two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the 
    mayor of Newark, New Jersey; and
        (5) seven members to be appointed by the Secretary to represent 
    the general public.

(c) Chairman; vacancies

    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.

(d) Compensation and expenses; vouchers

    A member 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 responsibility under this subchapter 
upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.

(e) Voting

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

(f) Consultations of Secretary with members

    The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult with 
the members of the Commission with respect to matters relating to the 
development of the recreation area.

(Pub. L. 92-592, Sec. 4, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1310; Pub. L. 96-344, 
Sec. 11(2), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1136; Pub. L. 97-232, Sec. 2, Aug. 
9, 1982, 96 Stat. 259.)


                               Amendments

    1982--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-232 substituted ``twenty'' for 
``ten''.
    1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-344 substituted in provision preceding 
par. (1) ``fifteen'' for ``eleven'' and in par. (5) ``seven'' for 
``three''.
