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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 364a. Board on Geographic Names; establishment and membership; appointment and term of office
There is established a Board on Geographic Names, hereinafter
called the Board. The membership of the Board shall include one
representative from each of the Departments of State, Defense,
Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, and from the Government
Printing Office, the United States Postal Service, and the Library
of Congress. The Board may also include representatives from such
Federal agencies as the Secretary, upon recommendation of the
Board, shall from time to time find desirable, even though these
agencies are in the departments otherwise represented on the Board.
The members of the Board shall be appointed by the respective heads
of the departments or independent agencies that they represent.
Each member shall be appointed for a two-year term but may be
reappointed to successive terms. The members of the Board shall
serve without additional compensation. The Board shall nominate a
Chairman to be appointed by the Secretary, and shall establish such
working committees as are found desirable.
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