---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 459j–5"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "459j–5"
heading: "Canaveral National Seashore Advisory Commission"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/459j-5"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXIII — National Seashore Recreational Areas"
---

# §459j–5. Canaveral National Seashore Advisory Commission

- (a) **Establishment; duties; termination; membership; term of members; appointment; Chairman—** There is hereby established the Canaveral National Seashore Advisory [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) which shall consult and advise with the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) on all matters of planning, development, and operation of the seashore and shall provide such other advice and assistance as may be useful in carrying out the purposes of sections [459j](/usc/16/459j.md) to [459j–8](/usc/16/459j–8.md) of this title. The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall terminate ten years after the date the seashore is established pursuant to sections [459j](/usc/16/459j.md) to [459j–8](/usc/16/459j–8.md) of this title, unless extended by the Congress. The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be composed of six members who shall serve for terms of two years. Members shall be appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), one of whom he shall designate as Chairman, in the following manner:
  - (1) one member from each county in which the seashore is located, to be selected from recommendations made by the county [commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) in each county;
  - (2) two members representing the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Florida who shall be selected from recommendations made by the Governor of Florida; and
  - (3) two members representing the general public: Provided, That one member shall be appointed from each county in which the seashore is located.
- (b) **Meetings; vacancies—** After the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) designates the member to be Chairman, the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) may meet as often as necessary at the call of the Chairman or of the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), or upon petition of a majority of the members of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c). Any vacancy in the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.
- (c) **Compensation; payment of expenses upon vouchers—** Members of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall serve without compensation, as such, but the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) may pay, upon vouchers signed by the Chairman, the expenses reasonably incurred by the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) and its members in carrying out their responsibilities under this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–626, § 6, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2124; Pub. L. 94–398, Sept. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1204.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–398 substituted “six members” for “five members” in introductory provisions and substituted “two” for “one” and inserted requirement relating to residency of each member in cl. (3).