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PUBLIC LAW 91-605-DEC. 31, 1970

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HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION

SEC. 123. (a) There is hereby established a commission to be known as the Commission on Highway Beautification, hereinafter referred to as the "Commission". (b) The Commission shall be comprised of eleven members as follows: (1) two majority and two minority members of the Senate Committee on Public Works to be appointed by the President of the Senate; (2) two ma3 ority and two minority members of the House Committee on Public Works to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (3) three persons to be appointed by the President of the United States from among persons Avho are not officers or employees of the United States. (c) The Chairman shall be elected from among the members of the (Commission by a majority vote of such members. Any vacancy which may occur on the Commission shall not affect its powers or fimctions but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. (d) The organization meeting of the Commission shall be held at such time and place as may be specified in a call issued jointly by the senior member appointed by the President of the Senate and the senior member appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (e) Six members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number, as determined by the Commission, may conduct hearings. (f) Members of Congress who are members.of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress; but they shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties vested in the Commission. (g) Members of the Commission who are not Members of Congress or officers or employees in the executive branch shall each receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission, plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of such duties. (h) The Commission shall (1) study existing statutes and regulations governing the control of outdoor advertising and junkyards in areas adjacent to the Federal-aid highway system; (2) review the policies and practices of the Federal and State agencies charged with administrative jurisdiction over such highways insofar as such policies and practices relate to governing the control of outdoor advertising and junkyards; (3) compile data necessary to understand and determine the requirements for such control which may now exist or are likely to exist within the foreseeable future; (4) study problems relating to the control of on-premisie outdoor advertising signs, promotional signs, directional signs, and signs providing information that is essential to the motoring public; (5) study methods of financing and possible sources of Federal funds, including use of the Highway Trust Fund, to carry out a highway beautification program; and (6) recommend such modifications or additions to existing laws, regulations, policies, practices, and demonstration programs as will, in the judgment of the Commission, achieve a workable and effective highway beautification program and best serve the public interest. (i) The Commission shall, not later than one year after the funding of this section submit to the President and the Congress its final

Membership.

Chairman.

Quorum. Members, compensation.

Report, termination.

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