- permittees as a condition to the issuance of such license or permit; and
- (3)Waiver. Federal agencies, with the concurrence of the Secretary and after notification of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate, are authorized to waive, in appropriate cases, the 1 per centum limitation contained in section 7(a) of such Act.16 USC 469c.
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II OF NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT
Sec. 301. (a) Section 201(a) of the National Historic Preservation Act16 USC 470i. is amended by striking out “twenty-nine” and all that follows and substituting: “the following members:
- “(1) a Chairman appointed by the President selected from the general public;
- “(2) the Secretary of the Interior;
- “(3) the Architect of the Capitol;
- “(4) the Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of four other agencies of the United States (other than the Department of the Interior) the activities of which affect historic preservation, appointed by the President;
- “(5) one Governor appointed by the President;
- “(6) one mayor appointed by the President;
- “(7) the President of the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers;
- “(8) the Chairman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation;
- “(9) four experts in the field of historic preservation appointed by the President from the disciplines of architecture, history, archeology, and other appropriate disciplines; and
- “(10) three at-large members from the general public, appointed by the President.”.
(b) Section 201(b) of such Act is amended by deleting “(1) through (17)” and substituting “(2) through (8) (other than (5) and (6))” and by inserting the following before the period “, except that, in the case of paragraphs (2) and (4), no such officer other than an Assistant Secretary or an officer having major department-wide or agency-wide responsibilities may be so designated”.
(c)Term of office. Section 201(c) of such Act is amended to read as follows:
“(c) Each member of the Council appointed under paragraph (1), and under paragraphs (9) and (10) of subsection (a) shall serve for a term of four years from the expiration of his predecessor’s term; except that the members first appointed under that paragraph shall serve for terms of one to four years, as designated by the President at the time of appointment, in such manner as to insure that the terms of not more than two of them will expire in any one year. The members appointed under paragraphs (5) and (6) shall serve for the term of their elected office but not in excess of four years. An appointed member may not serve more than two terms. An appointed member whose term has expired shall serve until that member’s successor has been appointed.”.
(d)Vacancies. Section 201(d) of such Act is amended to read as follows:
“(d) A vacancy in the Council shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled, not later than sixty days after such vacancy commences, in the same manner as the original appointment (and for the balance of any unexpired terms). The members of the Advisory Council on