---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 460cc–3"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "460cc–3"
heading: "Gateway National Recreation Area Advisory Commission"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/460cc-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter LXXXVII — Gateway National Recreation Area"
---

# §460cc–3. Gateway National Recreation Area Advisory Commission

- (a) **Establishment; termination date—** There is hereby established a Gateway 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)”). Said [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall terminate twenty years after the date of the establishment of the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).
- (b) **Membership; appointment; terms of office; representation of interests—** The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall be composed of fifteen members each appointed for a term of two years by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) as follows:
  - (1) two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the Governor of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of New York;
  - (2) two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the Governor of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of New Jersey;
  - (3) two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the mayor of New York City;
  - (4) two members to be appointed from recommendations made by the mayor of Newark, New Jersey; and
  - (5) seven members to be appointed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) to represent the general public.
- (c) **Chairman; vacancies—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) shall designate one member to be Chairman. 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—** A member of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) shall serve without compensation as such. The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) is authorized to pay the expenses reasonably incurred by the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) in carrying out its responsibility under this subchapter upon vouchers signed by the Chairman.
- (e) **Voting—** The [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) established by this section shall act and advise by affirmative vote of a majority of the members thereof.
- (f) **Consultations of Secretary with members—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) or his designee shall, from time to time, consult with the members of the [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c) with respect to matters relating to the development of the recreation [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–592, § 4, Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1310; Pub. L. 96–344, § 11(2), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1136; Pub. L. 97–232, § 2, Aug. 9, 1982, 96 Stat. 259.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1982—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–232 substituted “twenty” for “ten”.

1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–344 substituted in provision preceding par. (1) “fifteen” for “eleven” and in par. (5) “seven” for “three”.