---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460bb–4"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460bb–4"
heading: "Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460bb-4"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXXVI — Golden Gate National Recreation Area"
---

# §460bb–4. Golden Gate National Recreation Area Advisory Commission

- (a) **Establishment—** There is hereby established the Golden Gate National Recreation [Area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) Advisory [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) (hereinafter referred to as the “[Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c)”).
- (b) **Membership; appointment; term of office—** The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be composed of eighteen members appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) for terms of five years each.[^1] Provided, That the terms of those members who have been either appointed or reappointed subsequent to January 1, 1979, shall be extended so as to expire not before June 1, 1985.
- (c) **Vacancies—** Any vacancy in the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
- (d) **Compensation and expenses; 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 subchapter.
- (e) **Consultations of Secretary with members—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1), or his designee, shall from time to time, but at least annually, meet and consult with the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) on general policies and specific matters related to planning, administration and development affecting the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) and other [units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4) of the national [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) system in Marin, San Mateo, and San Francisco [Counties](/usc/16/544.md?p=d).
- (f) **Voting—** The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall act and advise by affirmative vote of a majority of the members thereof.
- (g) **Termination date—** The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall cease to exist thirty years after October 27, 1972.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The period probably should be a colon.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–589, § 5, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1302; Pub. L. 95–625, title III, § 317(g), Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3486; Pub. L. 96–344, § 4(2), (3), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1134; Pub. L. 96–607, title X, § 1001(6), (7), Dec. 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 3545; Pub. L. 102–525, title III, § 303, Oct. 26, 1992, 106 Stat. 3441.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 102–525 substituted “thirty” for “twenty”.

1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–607, § 1001(6), substituted “eighteen” for “seventeen”.

Pub. L. 96–344, § 4(2), substituted “five” for “three” and inserted proviso that the terms of members appointed or reappointed subsequent to Jan. 1, 1979, be extended so as not to expire before June 1, 1985.

Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96–607, § 1001(7), substituted “Marin, San Mateo,” for “Marin”.

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96–344, § 4(3), substituted “twenty” for “ten”.

1978—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–625 increased Commission membership from fifteen to seventeen.