116 STAT. 1218 PUBLIC LAW 107-217—AUG. 21, 2002 (4) PAY AND EXPENSES. —Citizen members are entitled to $100 a day when performing duties vested in the Commission and to reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in performing those duties. (c) CHAIRMAN AND OFFICERS.— The President shall designate the Chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission. The Commission may elect from among its members other officers as it considers desirable. (d) PERSONNEL. —The National Capital Planning Commission may employ a Director, an executive officer, and other technical and administrative personnel as it considers necessary. Without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statues (41 U.S.C. 5) and section 3109, chapters 33 and 51, and subchapter III of chapter 53, of title 5, the Commission may employ, by contract or otherwise, the temporary or intermittent (not more than one year) services of city planners, architects, engineers, appraisers, and other experts or organizations of experts, as may be necessary to carry out its functions. The Commission shall fix the rate of compensation so as not to exceed the rate usual for similar services. (e) PRINCIPAL DUTIES.— The principal duties of the National Capital Plgmning Commission include— (1) preparing, adopting, and amending a comprehensive plgin for the federal activities in the National Capital and meiking related recommendations to the appropriate developmental agencies; and (2) serving as the central planning agency for the Government within the National Capital region and reviewing the development programs of the developmental agencies to advise as to consistency with the comprehensive plan. (f) TRANSFER OF OTHER FUNCTIONS, POWERS, AND DUTIES. —The National Capital Planning Commission shall carry out all other functions, powers, and duties of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, including those formerly vested in the Highway Commission established by the Act of March 2, 1893 (ch. 197, 27 Stat. 532), and those formerly vested in the Nationgd Capital Park Commission by the Act of June 6, 1924 (ch. 270, 43 Stat. 463). (g) ESTIMATE. —The National Capital Planning Commission shall sulDmit to the Office of Management and Budget before December 16 of each year its estimate of the total amount to be appropriated for expenditure under this chapter (except sections 8732-8736) during the next fiscal year. (h) FEES. — The National Capital Planning Commission may charge fees to cover the full cost of Geographic Information System products and services the Commission supplies. The fees shall be credited to the applicable appropriation account as an offsetting collection and remain available until expended. §8712. Mayor of the District of Columbia (a) PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Mayor of the District of Columbia is the central planning agency for the government of the District of Columbia in the National Capital and is responsible for coordinating the planning activities of the District government and for prepeiring and implementing the District elements of the comprehensive plan for the National Capital, which may include land use elements, urban renewal and redevelopment elements, a multiyeeir program of public works for the District, and physical,
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