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C o mpe nsation; transportation.

6 2 Stat. 694 et

39 Stat. 54. Employment of retired officers.

Appropriation.

PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 3 0 6 - S E P T. 7, 1957

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Thereafter, an annual report of the activities of the Commission, including an accounting of funds received and expended, shall be furnished by the Commission to the Congress. A final report shall be made to the Congress no later than May 1, 1966, upon which date the Commission shall terminate. (d) Any property acquired by the Commission remaining upon its termination may be used by the Secretary of the Interior for purposes of the National P a r k System or may be disposed of as surplus property. The net revenues, after payment of Commission expenses, derived from Commission activities, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States. SEC. 7. (a) The members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be furnished transportation and be reimbursed at not to exceed $20 per diem, in lieu of subsistence, while engaged in the discharge of their duties provided for in this resolution. (b) Service of an individual as a member of the Commission shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of sections 216, 281, 283, 284, 434, or 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99); nor shall any member of the Commission by reason of his status as such be deemed to be an "officer of the Government" within the meaning of the Act of April 27, 1916 (5 U.S.C. 101), SEC. 8, Notwithstanding section 2, of the Act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat. 205), as amended (5 U.S.C. 62), or section 6 of the Act of May 10, 1916 (39 Stat. 120), as amended (5 U.S.C. 58, 59), the Chairman of the Commission may appoint to, and employ in, any civilian office or position in the Commission, and pay, any retired commissioned officer, or retired warrant officer, of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, or Public Health Service. The retired status, office, rank, and grade of retired commissioned officers or retired warrant officers, so appointed or employed and, except as provided in section 212 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 406), as amended (5 U.S.C. 59a), any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit incident to or arising out of any such status, office, rank, or grade, shall be in no way affected by reason of such appointment to or employment in, or by reason of service in, or acceptance or holding of, any civilian office or position in the Commission or the receipt of the pay thereof. SEC. 9. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution, not to exceed $100,000. Approved September 7, 1957.

Public Law 85-306 September 7, 1957

[H. R. 7536]

69 Stat. 82. 50 USC app. 611 note.

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rp^, amend the Act of January 12, 19')!, as amended, to continue in effect the provisions of title II of the First War Powers Act, 1941.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Act of January 12, 1951 (64 Stat. 1257), as amended, is further amended by striking out "1957" and inserting in lieu thereof "1958*'. Approved September 7, 1957.

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