---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 407p"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "407p"
heading: "Establishment of advisory commission; composition, appointment, and duties"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/407p"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LI — Independence National Historical Park"
---

# §407p. Establishment of advisory commission; composition, appointment, and duties


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to establish a suitable advisory [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) of not to exceed eleven members. The members of the advisory [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, with three members to be recommended by the Governor of Pennsylvania, three by the mayor of Philadelphia, and one each by the Carpenters’ Company of Philadelphia and the Independence Hall Association.

The functions of the advisory [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be to render advice to the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, from time to time, upon matters which the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior may refer to them for consideration.


## Source credit

(June 28, 1948, ch. 687, § 4, 62 Stat. 1062.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Advisory Commissions

Advisory commissions in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a commission established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such commission is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a commission established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See sections 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.