Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 1103


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1103. Powers of Commission

      The Commission shall have juridical personality and all powers
    and capacity necessary or appropriate for the purpose of performing
    its functions pursuant to the agreement between the Governments of
    the United States and Canada signed January 22, 1964, which shall
    include but not be limited to the power and capacity - 
        (a) to acquire property, both real and personal, or interests
      therein, by gift, including conditional gifts whether conditioned
      on the expenditure of funds to be met therefrom or not, by
      purchase, by lease or otherwise, and to hold or dispose of the
      same under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, excepting
      the power to dispose of the Roosevelt home and the tract of land
      on which it is located;
        (b) to enter into contracts;
        (c) to sue or be sued, complain and defend, implead and be
      impleaded, in any United States district court. In such suits,
      the Attorney General shall supervise and control the litigation;
        (d) to appoint its own employees, including an executive
      secretary who shall act as secretary at meetings of the
      Commission and to fix the terms and conditions of their
      employment and compensation;
        (e) to delegate to the executive secretary or other officials
      and to authorize the redelegation of such authority respecting
      the employment and direction of its employees and the other
      responsibilities of the Commission as it deems desirable and
      appropriate;
        (f) to adopt such rules of procedure as it deems desirable to
      enable it to perform the functions set forth in this agreement;
        (g) to charge admission fees for entrance to the park should
      the Commission consider such fees desirable; however, such fees
      shall be set at a level which will make the facilities readily
      available to visitors; any revenues derived from admission fees
      or concession operations of the Commission shall be transmitted
      in equal shares to the two Governments within sixty days of the
      end of the Commission's fiscal year, the United States share to
      be turned over to the appropriate Federal agency for deposit into
      the United States Treasury in accordance with the laws governing
      entrance fees received by the National Park Service;
        (h) to grant concessions; if deemed desirable;
        (i) to adopt and use a seal;
        (j) to obtain without reimbursement for use either in the
      United States or in Canada, legal, engineering, architectural,
      accounting, financial, maintenance, and other services, whether
      by assignment, detail, or otherwise, from competent agencies in
      the United States or in Canada, by arrangements with such
      agencies.



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