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 96 STAT. 808

PUBLIC LAW 97-254—SEPT. 8, 1982 Public Law 97-254 97th Congress

Sept. 8, 1982 [H.R. 6409] 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. U.S. participation.

Commissioner General of the U.S. Government, appointment. Duties and responsibilities.

An Act To provide for the participation of the United States in the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, in accordance with the Act entitled "An Act to provide for Federal Government recognition of and participation in international expositions proposed to be held in the United States, and for other purposes", approved May 27, 1970 (22 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), the President is authorized to provide for United States participation in an international exposition to be known as the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Exposition"), to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana. The purposes of the Exposition are— (1) to offer the citizens of the world a greater understanding and appreciation of rivers and fresh water as a basis of life, providing food, transportation, energy, generating related industry and commercial activity, and serving as a source of aesthetic gratification, social interchange, and inspiration for the arts; (2) to create an awareness of the need to conserve and protect the world's fresh water resources from the hazards of increasing demands, diminishing supplies, pollution, and ecological disruption; and (3) to stimulate international trade, encourage tourist travel in and to the United States, and promote cultural exchanges. SEC. 2. (a) The President, through the Secretary of Commerce (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Secretary") and the other officials designated in this Act, is authorized to carry out in the most effective manner the proposal for United States participation in the Exposition, transmitted by the President to the Congress pursuant to section 3 of Public Law 91-269 (22 U.S.C. 2803), and to fulfill the obligations of the Federal Government under the Convention Relating to International Expositions, done at Paris, France, on November 22, 1928, as amended, and entered into by the United States at Paris on April 30, 1968 (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Convention"), and under the General Rules for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, as approved by the Bureau of International Expositions. (h)(1) The President is authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Commissioner General of the United States Government for the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, who shall be in the Department of Commerce and who shall be the senior Federal official for the Exposition. The Commissioner General shall have such duties and exercise such responsibilities as may be prescribed by the Secretary and as may be necessary and appropriate to fulfill the obligations of the United States Government

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