Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§1102 Joint United States-canadian Commission; Establishment; Functions
Title 16 › Chapter 22— INTERNATIONAL PARKS › § 1102
Summary
Creates the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission under the U.S.-Canada agreement January 22, 1964, to take ownership from the Hammer family, restore the house to how it looked when Franklin Delano Roosevelt lived there, and manage the estate and any acquired land as a memorial.
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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
Apr 5, 2026
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