54 U.S.C. § 312304 — Duties and powers; administrative support
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 113-287 to r/title-54-NATIONAL-PARK-SERVICE-AND-RELATED-PROGRAMS · 465 words · no verdicts yet
The Commission must identify, publish, and encourage preservation of certain cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings abroad, and report on their condition. It may hold hearings, hire or detail personnel, obtain information, accept gifts, and use the mails; the General Services Administrator must provide requested reimbursable administrative support.
(a) Duties. The Commission* must (1) identify and publish a list of cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings abroad associated with the foreign heritage of United States citizens from eastern and central Europe, especially those threatened by deterioration or destruction; (2) encourage their preservation and protection by obtaining, with the Secretary* of State, assurances from foreign governments that they will be preserved and protected; and (3) prepare and distribute reports about their condition and progress toward preserving and protecting them.
(b) Powers. (1) Hearings and evidence. For this chapter, the Commission or an authorized member may hold hearings, meet and act at suitable times and places, request attendance, take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers appropriate. (2) Personnel and pay. The Commission may appoint personnel subject to title 5 rules for competitive-service* appointments, and set their pay subject to title 5 chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53. (3) Temporary services. It may obtain temporary and intermittent services as section 3109(b) of title 5 allows, but pay may not exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum annual basic-pay rate under section 5376 of title 5. (4) Detail personnel. At the Commission’s request, a Federal department or agency head, including the Secretary of State, may detail department or agency personnel to the Commission on a reimbursable basis. (5) Information. The Commission may obtain directly from any United States department or agency, including State, information needed for this chapter. At the chair’s request, the department or agency head must provide it. (6) Gifts. The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of money or property gifts. (7) Mails. It may use United States mail in the same way and on the same conditions as other Federal departments and agencies.
(c) Administrative Support. The Administrator of General Services must provide the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support services the Commission requests.
The Commission* shall—
identify and publish a list of cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings located abroad that are associated with the foreign heritage of United States citizens from eastern and central Europe, particularly cemeteries, monuments, and buildings that are in danger of deterioration or destruction;
encourage the preservation and protection of those cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings by obtaining, in cooperation with the Secretary* of State, assurances from foreign governments that the cemeteries, monuments, and buildings will be preserved and protected; and
prepare and disseminate reports on the condition of, and the progress toward preserving and protecting, those cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings.
The Commission or any member it authorizes may, for the purposes of carrying out this chapter, hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, request such attendance, take such testimony, and receive such evidence, as the Commission considers appropriate.
The Commission may appoint such personnel (subject to the provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive service*) and may fix the pay of such personnel (subject to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5), as the Commission considers desirable.
The Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay then in effect under section 5376 of title 5.
On request of the Commission, the head of any Federal department or agency, including the Secretary of State, may detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties under this chapter.
The Commission may secure directly from any department or agency of the United States, including the Department of State, any information necessary to enable it to carry out this chapter. On the request of the Chairman of the Commission, the head of the department or agency shall furnish the information to the Commission.
The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of money or property.
The Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and on the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States.
The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis administrative support services as the Commission may request.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3252.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 113-287 · 128 Stat. 3252
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