---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 410hhhh–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "410hhhh–3"
heading: "Advisory commission"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/410hhhh-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LIX–FFF — Jimmy Carter National Historical Park"
---

# §410hhhh–3. Advisory commission

- (a) **Establishment—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=9) shall establish an advisory [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) to provide advice on achieving balanced and accurate interpretation of the [historical park](/usc/16/410hhhh–5.md?p=2).
- (b) **Membership—**
  - (1) The [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall consist of a group of five nationally recognized scholars with collective expertise on the life and Presidency of Jimmy Carter, the 20th century rural south, historic preservation, and the American Presidency.
  - (2) The [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) members shall be appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=9) for staggered terms of 3 years each. Any vacancy on the [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. Any member of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) appointed for a definite term may serve after the expiration of such term until a successor is appointed.
  - (3) Meetings of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be called twice annually by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=9).
- (c) **Expenses—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=9) is authorized to pay, in accordance with [section 5703 of title 5](/usc/5/5703.md), the expenses reasonably incurred by the members of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) in carrying out their responsibilities under this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–206, § 4, Dec. 23, 1987, 101 Stat. 1436; Pub. L. 116–341, § 2(b)(4), (5), Jan. 13, 2021, 134 Stat. 5132.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–341, § 2(b)(4), (5), made identical amendments, substituting “historical park” for “historic site”. See Codification note set out under section 410hhhh of this title.