§450jj–6 Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Commission

Summary

Creates a 20-member Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Commission. The members include local and state leaders (the St. Louis County executive, the chair of the St. Clair County board, the mayors of East St. Louis and St. Louis, and the governors of Illinois and Missouri), two people from the Bi-State Development Agency (the agency’s executive director or a delegate and another board member from the other State), six federal officials (the Secretaries of the Interior, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, the Treasury, Commerce, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution), and six people the Secretary of the Interior appoints from lists nominated by the two city mayors and the two governors (three chosen from the East St. Louis/Illinois nominees and three from the St. Louis/Missouri nominees). Where an official holds a listed office, that official may serve or send a delegate. Members usually serve three-year terms. The first six appointees from the city/governor lists are staggered: two for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. If someone leaves early, a replacement serves only the rest of that term. Members get no pay, but they are reimbursed for travel and per diem like intermittent federal employees under section 5703 of title 5. The Commission elects its chair. Federal agencies represented may loan staff or provide administrative help if asked. The Commission may accept gifts, money, property, or services to do its work under section 450jj–7. The Commission ends ten years after August 24, 1984, but the Secretary of the Interior can extend it up to five more years if needed to finish the work required by sections 450jj to 450jj–9.