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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§460cc–3 Gateway National Recreation Area Advisory Commission

Title 16 › Chapter 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter LXXXVII— GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA › § 460cc–3

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a Gateway National Recreation Area Advisory Commission that ends 20 years after the park is created. The Commission has 15 members who serve two-year terms and are picked by the Secretary: two from recommendations of the New York Governor, two from the New Jersey Governor, two from the New York City mayor, two from the Newark mayor, and seven chosen by the Secretary to represent the public. The Secretary names a Chair. Vacancies are filled the same way. Members are unpaid but can have reasonable expenses paid by the Secretary if approved by the Chair. The group acts by a majority vote. The Secretary must consult the Commission from time to time about park development.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460cc–3

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(a)There is hereby established a Gateway National Recreation Area Advisory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”). Said Commission shall terminate twenty years after the date of the establishment of the recreation area.
(b)The Commission shall be composed of fifteen members each appointed for a term of two years by the Secretary as follows:
(1)two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the Governor of the State of New York;
(2)two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the Governor of the State of New Jersey;
(3)two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the mayor of New York City;
(4)two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the mayor of Newark, New Jersey; and
(5)seven members to be appointed by the Secretary to represent the general public.
(c)The Secretary shall designate one member to be Chairman. Any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
(d)A member of the Commission shall serve without compensation as such. The Secretary is authorized to pay the expenses reasonably incurred by the Commission in carrying out its responsibility under this subchapter upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.
(e)The Commission established by this section shall act and advise by affirmative vote of a majority of the members thereof.
(f)The Secretary or his designee shall, from time to time, consult with the members of the Commission with respect to matters relating to the development of the recreation area.

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1982—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–232 substituted “twenty” for “ten”. 1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–344 substituted in provision preceding par. (1) “fifteen” for “eleven” and in par. (5) “seven” for “three”.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460cc–3

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60