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PUBLIC LAW 85-614-AUG. 8, 1968
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Public Law 85-614 August 8. 1958 [ H: R. 12293]
H u d s o n-Cham plain Celebration Commission.
Membership.
Functions.
Employment of personnel. 63 Stat. 954. 5 USC 1071 note.
62 Stat. 694, 697, 698, 703, 793.
39 Stat. 54. Employment of retired officers.
AN ACT To establish the Hudson-Champlain Celebration Commission, and for other purposes. Be it enacted T)y the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) there is hereby established a Commission to be known as the "HudsonChamplain Celebration Commission" (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") which shall be composed of twenty-one members as follows: (1) Four members who shall be Members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; (2) Four members who shall be Members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (3) Thirteen members to be appointed by the President. (b) The President shall, at the time of appointment, designate one of the members appointed by him to serve as Chairman. The members of the Commission shall receive no salary. SEC. 2. The functions of the Commission shall be to develop and to execute suitable plans for the celebration, in 1959, of the three hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the exploratory voyages in 1609 of Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain which signaled the beginning of settlements whose influence on our history, culture, law, and commerce extend through generations to the present day, settlements whose significance is recognized not only by their parent countries, sister nations across the seas, but by untold others who have come from foreign lands to find in America a new homeland. In carrying out its functions, the Commission is authorized to cooperate with and to assist the New York State Department of Commerce and any other agency created or designated by the Legislature of the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, or the State of Vermont for the purpose of planning and promoting the Hudson-Champlain Celebration. If the participation of other nations in the celebration is deemed advisable, the Commission may communicate to that end with the governments of such nations through the State Department. SEC. 3. The Commission may employ, without regard to the civilservice laws or the Classification Act of 1949, such employees as may be necessary in carrying out its functions. Service of an individual as a member of the Commission shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of sections 216, 281, 283, 284, 434, or 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 U.S.C. 99); nor shall any member of the Commission by reason of his status as such be deemed to be an "officer of the Government" within the meaning of the Act of April 27, 1916 (5 U.S.C. 101). SEC. 4. Notwithstanding section 2 oi the Act of July 31, 1894 (28 Stat. 205), as amended (5 U.S.C. 62), or section 6 of the Act of May 10, 1916 (39 Stat. 120), as amended (5 U.S.C. 58, 59), the Chairman of the Commission may appoint to, and employ in, any civilian office or position in the Commission, and pay, any retired commissioned officer, or retired warrant officer, of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, or Public Health Service. The retired status, office, rank, and grade of retired commissioned officers or retired warrant officers, so appointed or employed and, except as provided in section 212 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (47 Stat. 406), as amended (5 U.S.C. 59a), any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, or benefit incident to or arising out
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