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§100906 Advisory Committees

Title 54 › Subtitle Subtitle I— National Park System › Chapter 1009— ADMINISTRATION › § 100906

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary may set up advisory committees to help run the System and decide the rules for them. Section 1013(b) of title 5 is waived for any advisory commission or committee created by law for a System unit while it is authorized, and members may keep serving after their term ends until a successor is appointed. Members do not get pay for serving, but they can be reimbursed for needed travel expenses under section 5703 of title 5.

Full Legal Text

Title 54, §100906

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(a)To facilitate the administration of the System, the Secretary, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may consider advisable, may appoint and establish advisory committees in regard to the functions of the Service as the Secretary considers advisable.
(b)section 1013(b) of title 5 is waived with respect to any advisory commission or advisory committee established by law in connection with any System unit during the period for which the commission or committee is authorized by law.
(c)Any member of any advisory commission or advisory committee established in connection with any System unit may serve after the expiration of the member’s term until a successor is appointed.
(d)Members of an advisory committee established under subsection (a) shall receive no compensation for their services as such but shall be allowed necessary travel expenses as authorized by section 5703 of title 5.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 100906(a)16 U.S.C. 1a–2 (matter before (a), (c) (words before comma).Pub. L. 91–383, § 3 (matter before (a)), (c), Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 826; Pub. L. 106–176, title I, § 118(2), (3), Mar. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 28. 100906(b), (c)16 U.S.C. 1a–14.Pub. L. 102–525, title III, § 301, Oct. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 3441. 100906(d)16 U.S.C. 1a–2(c) (words after comma).

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Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 1013(b) of title 5” for “section 14(b) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)”.

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54 U.S.C. § 100906

Title 54National Park Service and Related Programs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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