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PUBLIC LAW 89-491-JULY 4, 1966

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another nation at the jamboree and world conference referred to in the first section of this Act. Further, the import and export of documents and paraphernalia needed by conference and jamboree delegates and representatives at said world conference and world jamboree will be guaranteed free entry and departure regardless of nationality. SEC. 5. Each department of the Federal Government is hereby author- Federal assistized under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary ^"''^" thereof to assist the Boy Scouts of America in the carrying out and the fulfillment of the plans for the encampment and conference referred to in sections 1, 2, and 4 of this Act. Approved July 4, 1966.

Public Law 89-491 JOINT RESOLUTION To establish the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and for other purposes.

juiy 4, 1966 [S- J- Res. 162]

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, as this Nation i^^^^'^^^J'^^^l^^l^i approaches the bicentennial of its birth and the historic events pre- commission. ceding and associated with the American Revolution which are of Establishment. such major significance in the development of our national heritage of individual liberty, representative government, and the attainment of equal and inalienable rights and which have also had so profound an influence throughout the world, it is appropriate and desirable to provide for the observation and commemoration of this anniversary and these events through local, State, National, and international activities planned, encouraged, developed, and coordinated by a national commission representative of appropriate public and private authorities and organizations. SEC. 2. (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known as the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the American Revolution bicentennial. (b) The Commission shall be composed of the following members: Membership. (1) Four Members of the Senate to be appointed by the President of the Senate; (2) Four Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (3) The Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Librarian of Congress, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Archivist of the United States, and the Chairman of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, all of whom shall be ex officio members of the Commission; (4) Seventeen members from private life to be appointed by the President, one of whom shall be designated as the Chairman by the President. (c) Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointments were made. SEC. 3. (a) I t shall be the duty of the Commission to prepare an duties. overall program for commemorating the bicentennial of the American Revolution, and to plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate observances and activities commemorating the historic events that preceded, and are associated with, the American Revolution. (b) I n preparing its plans and program, the Commission shall give due consideration to any related plans and programs developed by

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