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43 U.S.C. § 364a — Board on Geographic Names; establishment and membership; appointment and term of office

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This section creates the Board on Geographic Names, with one member from several listed federal departments and agencies. Members serve two-year terms without extra pay and can be reappointed. The Board can add other agency representatives and picks a Chairman, who the Secretary then appoints.

This section establishes the Board on Geographic Names, called "the Board." It must include one representative each from the Departments of State, Defense, Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, plus the Government Publishing Office, the United States Postal Service, and the Library of Congress. The Board may add representatives from other federal agencies the Secretary finds useful, on the Board's own recommendation, even if that agency's department is already represented. Each department or independent agency head appoints their own representative to the Board. Each member serves a two-year term and can be reappointed for more terms. Members do not receive extra pay for this work. The Board must nominate a Chairman, who the Secretary then appoints, and the Board can set up working committees as needed.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

There is established a Board on Geographic Names, hereinafter called the Board. The membership of the Board shall include one representative from each of the Departments of State, Defense, Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, and from the Government Publishing Office, the United States Postal Service, and the Library of Congress. The Board may also include representatives from such Federal agencies as the Secretary, upon recommendation of the Board, shall from time to time find desirable, even though these agencies are in the departments otherwise represented on the Board. The members of the Board shall be appointed by the respective heads of the departments or independent agencies that they represent. Each member shall be appointed for a two-year term but may be reappointed to successive terms. The members of the Board shall serve without additional compensation. The Board shall nominate a Chairman to be appointed by the Secretary, and shall establish such working committees as are found desirable.

Source credit: (July 25, 1947, ch. 330, § 2, 61 Stat. 456; Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, § 4, 63 Stat. 579; Pub. L. 91–375, §§ 4(a), 6(o), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773, 783; Pub. L. 113–235, div. H, title I, § 1301(b), Dec. 16, 2014, 128 Stat. 2537.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1947Enacted · Act of July 25, 1947, ch. 330 · 61 Stat. 456
  • 1949Amended · Act of Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412 · 63 Stat. 579
  • 1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-375 · 84 Stat. 773, 783
  • 2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-235 · 128 Stat. 2537

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 330 on 1947-07-25.

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