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 PUBLIC LAW 96-388—OCT. 7, 1980

94 STAT. 1547

Public Law 96-388 96th Congress An Act To establish the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby established the United States Holocaust Memorial Council (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Council"). The Council shall— (1) provide for appropriate ways for the Nation to commemorate the Days of Remembrance, as an annual, national, civic commemoration of the holocaust, and shall encourage and sponsor appropriate observances of such Days of Remembrance throughout the United States; (2) plan, construct, and oversee the operation of, a permanent living memorial museum to the victims of the holocaust, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior and other Federal agencies as provided in section 5; and (3) develop a plan for carrying out the recommendations of the President's Commission on the Holocaust in its report to the President of September 27, 1979, to the extent such recommendations are not otherwise provided for in this Act. SEC. 2. (a) The Council shall consist of sixty voting members appointed (except as otherwise provided in this section) by the President and the following ex officio nonvoting members: (1) one appointed by the Secretary of the Interior; (2) one appointed by the Secretary of State, and (3) one appointed by the Secretary of Education. Of the sixty voting members, five shall be appointed by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from among members of the United States House of Representatives and five shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the United States Senate upon the recommendation of the majority and minority leaders from among members of the United States Senate. Any vacancy in the Council shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. (b) The members of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, as in effect immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act, are hereby designated as the initial members of the Council. Such initial members (other than the initial members appointed from the United States Senate or the United States House of Representatives) shall serve terms as follows: (1) All initial members shall serve until January 15, 1986. (2) On January 15, 1986, the terms of ten of such initial members, as designated in the bylaws of the Council, shall terminate. (3) On January 15 of each year thereafter through 1990 the terms often other initial members, as designated in the bylaws of the Council, shall terminate. The terms of the initial members appointed from the United States Senate or the United States House of Representatives shall expire

Oct. 7, 1980 [H.R. 8081] U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Establishment. 36 USC 1401. Commemoration.

Memorial museum.

President's Commission on the Holocaust. Membership; appointment. 36 USC 1402.

Initial members. Terms.

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