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 PUBLIC LAW 101-398 —SEPT. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 859 (b) POWERS OF MEMBERS AND AGENTS.— Any member or agent of the Commission may, if so authorized by the Commission, take any action which the Commission is authorized to take by this section. (c) MAILS.— The Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the United States. (d) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—The Administrator of General Services shall provide to the Commission on a reimbursable basis such administrative support services as the Commission may request. SEC. 9. SUBMISSION OF REPORTS. (a) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date of the first meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall submit to the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Governor of each Mississippi River State a report describing the progress of the Commission in carrying out the duties of the Commission under section 5. (b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date of the first meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall submit to the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Governor of each Mississippi River State the report required by section 5(c). SEC. 10. TERMINATION OF COMMISSION. Notwithstanding section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Commission shall cease to exist 90 days after submitting the report required by section 5(c) and submitted under section 9(b). SEC. 11. CONSENT TO NEGOTIATE PROPOSED COMPACTS. The Congress hereby consents to the negotiation by any State referred to in section 3 with one or more of any other such State of proposed interstate agreements or compacts among such States in furtherance of the purposes of this Act or the study referred to in section 5 or any material component thereof. SEC. 12. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission to carry out this Act $500,000 for each fiscal year in which the Commission is in existence. Approved September 28, 1990. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2174: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-525 (Comm. on Interior and Insular Affairs). SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-423 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 136 (1990): June 12, considered and passed House. Sept. 11, considered and passed Senate.

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