16 U.S.C. § 410iii–7 — Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Advisory Commission
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-373 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 522 words · no verdicts yet
This section creates a 15-member advisory commission to help plan the park and identify important sites outside its boundary. Members represent Virginia, local governments, private landowners, partner organizations, and federal agencies, and serve three-year terms without pay. The commission meets quarterly, needs eight members for a quorum, and cannot issue subpoenas.
(a) Establishment This subsection creates the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park* Advisory Commission*.
(b) Duties The Commission must (1) advise the Secretary* on preparing and carrying out the general management plan described in section 410iii–6, and (2) advise the Secretary on identifying significant sites outside the Park's boundary needed to fulfill this subchapter's purposes.
(c) Membership (1) The Commission has 15 members appointed by the Secretary: (A) one representing Virginia; (B) one each representing the local governments of Strasburg, Middletown, Frederick County, Shenandoah County, and Warren County; (C) two representing private landowners inside the Park; (D) one representing a citizen interest group; (E) one representing the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation; (F) one representing Belle Grove, Incorporated; (G) one representing the National Trust for Historic Preservation; (H) one representing the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation; (I) one ex-officio member representing the National Park Service; and (J) one ex-officio member representing the United States Forest Service. (2) Members elect a chairperson for a one-year term, renewable once. (3) A vacancy is filled the same way the original appointment was made. (4)(A) Each member serves a three-year term and may be reappointed up to two more times; (B) among the first members, the Secretary must appoint four for one-year terms, five for two-year terms, and six for three-year terms. (5) A member may keep serving after their term ends until a successor takes office. (6) The Commission acts and advises by a majority vote. (7) The Commission must meet at least quarterly, called by the chairperson or a majority of members. (8) Eight members make a quorum.
(d) Compensation Members serve without pay; members who are already full-time federal, Virginia, or local government employees get no extra pay for Commission service.
(e) Travel expenses While traveling for Commission work away from home or their regular workplace, members get travel expenses, including a per diem, the same way as people employed intermittently by the government, under section 5703 of title 5.
(f) Hearings; public involvement The Commission may hold hearings, meet, take public testimony, and gather evidence as it sees fit to carry out this subchapter, but it may not issue subpoenas or use any subpoena power.
There is established the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park* Advisory Commission*.
The Commission shall—
advise the Secretary* in the preparation and implementation of a general management plan described in section 410iii–6 of this title; and
advise the Secretary with respect to the identification of sites of significance outside the Park boundary deemed necessary to fulfill the purposes of this subchapter.
The Commission shall be composed of 15 members appointed by the Secretary so as to include the following:
1 representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia.
1 representative each from the local governments of Strasburg, Middletown, Frederick County, Shenandoah County, and Warren County.
2 representatives of private landowners within the Park.
1 representative from a citizen interest group.
1 representative from the Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation.
1 representative from Belle Grove, Incorporated.
1 representative from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
1 representative from the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation.
1 ex-officio representative from the National Park Service.
1 ex-officio representative from the United States Forest Service.
The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected by the members to serve a term of one year renewable for one additional year.
A vacancy on the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
Each member shall be appointed for a term of 3 years and may be reappointed for not more than 2 successive terms.
Of the members first appointed under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint—
4 members for a term of 1 year;
5 members for a term of 2 years; and
6 members for a term of 3 years.
A member may serve after the expiration of that member’s term until a successor has taken office.
The Commission shall act and advise by affirmative vote of a majority of its members.
The Commission shall meet at least quarterly at the call of the chairperson or a majority of the members of the Commission.
8 members shall constitute a quorum.
Members shall serve without pay. Members who are full-time officers or employees of the United States, the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any political subdivision thereof shall receive no additional pay on account of their service on the Commission.
While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the Commission, members 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.
The Commission may, for purposes of carrying out this subchapter, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such public testimony, and receive such evidence, as the Commission considers appropriate. The Commission may not issue subpoenas or exercise any subpoena authority.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–373, § 9, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3107.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-373 · 116 Stat. 3107
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 107-373 on 2002-12-19.
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