Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 3.djvu/899

 PUBLIC LAW 96-607—DEC. 28, 1980

94 STAT. 3543

(5) The nominations and appointments required by section 902(a) shall include representatives of each of those interests described in section 904(e). (b) The Governor of Minnesota, the Metropolitan Council, and the mayors of Minneapolis and Saint Paul shall submit the nominations called for in section 902(a) within forty-five days of the date on which this Act is signed into law. All appointments called for in section 902(a) shall be made within sixty days of the date on which this Act is signed into law. (c) Each member of the Study Committee who is an officer or employee of the United States shall serve without additional compensation, but shall continue to receive the salary of his regular position when engaged in the performance of the duties vested in the Study Committee. (d) All members of the Study Committee shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties invested in the Study Committee from funds appropriated for this purpose. (e) The Chairperson of the Study Committee, if other than one to whom paragraph (c) applies, shall receive per diem at the maximum daily rate for a OS-11 of the General Schedule when engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Study Committee from funds appropriated for this purpose. (f) The Study Committee shall terminate within two years and two months from the date on which the initial appropriation for this title is signed into law. The funds appropriated under this title shall be available until expended. SEC. 903. (a) If a multifunctional regional agency authorized by State law to plan for and coordinate the development of the seven counties described in section 901 is in existence on the date this bill is signed into law, the Governor of the State of Minnesota shall designate such multifunctional regional agency to assist in carrying out the study directed in this title. The agency shall hereinafter be referred to as "Regional Planning Agency". (b) No later than forty-five days after receiving the report required by section 904(b), the Regional Planning Agency shall provide the Study Committee with written comments on that report. Upon receipt of those comments, the Study Committee shall submit the report, along with the written comments, to the President, the Congress, and appropriate State, regional, and local government units. SEC. 904. (a) The Study Committee shall conduct a study on the preservation, enhancement, protection, and use of the designated recreation areas along the river corridors described in section 901 of this title. For the purpose of this title, designated areas shall be defined as those park, open space, recreation, or historical sites designated by an adopted Federal or State law or identified in a regional or local government plan. (b) No later than two years after the date on which the initial appropriation for this title is signed into law, the Study Committee shall provide the Regional Planning Agency with a written report on the findings and conclusions of this study along with recommended policies. (c) In its report, the Study Committee shall make recommendations as to the policies which should be adopted, and actions which should be taken to optimize the recreational, fish and wildlife, historic, natural, scientific, scenic, and cultural values of the river corridor areas referred to in section 901 of this title. The study may also

Nominations, submittal.

Salary.

Per diem. 5 USC 5332 note.

Termination.

Regional Planning Agency.

Report submittal.

Conclusions and findings.

Recommendations.

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