Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§1102 Joint United States-canadian Commission; Establishment; Functions

Title 16 › CHAPTER 22 — INTERNATIONAL PARKS › § 1102

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission under the January 22, 1964 U.S.-Canada agreement to accept the Hammer family's Roosevelt estate, restore the house as closely as possible to its condition when Franklin Delano Roosevelt lived there, and operate it as a memorial park.

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Title 16, §1102

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There shall be established, in accordance with the agreement between the Governments of the United States and Canada, signed January 22, 1964, a joint United States-Canadian Commission, to be called the “Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission,” which shall have as its functions—
(a)to accept title from the Hammer family to the former Roosevelt estate comprising the Roosevelt home and other grounds on Campobello Island;
(b)to take the necessary measures to restore the Roosevelt home as closely as possible to its condition when it was occupied by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt;
(c)to administer as a memorial the Roosevelt Campobello International Park comprising the Roosevelt estate and such other lands as may be acquired.

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16 U.S.C. § 1102

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102