---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 6921"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "6921"
heading: "Establishment, composition, and meetings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/6921"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Public Buildings and Works"
  - "Part C — Federal Building Complexes"
  - "Chapter 69 — Union Station Redevelopment"
  - "Subchapter II — National Visitor Facilities Advisory Commission"
---

# §6921. Establishment, composition, and meetings

- (a) **Establishment.—** There is a National Visitor Facilities Advisory [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1).
- (b) **Composition.—**
  - (1) **Membership.—** The [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) is composed of—
    - (A) the Secretary of the Interior;
    - (B) the Administrator of General Services;
    - (C) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution;
    - (D) the Chairman of the [National Capital](/usc/40/8702.md?p=2) Planning [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1);
    - (E) the Chairman of the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) of Fine Arts;
    - (F) six Members of the Senate, three from each party, to be appointed by the President of the Senate;
    - (G) six Members of the House of Representatives, three from each party, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
    - (H) three individuals appointed by the President, at least two of whom shall not be officers of the [Federal Government](/usc/40/3701.md?p=a), and one member of whom shall be a representative of the District of Columbia government.
  - (2) **Chairman.—** The Secretary of the Interior serves as the Chairman of the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1).
  - (3) **Service of non-federal members.—** Non-federal members serve at the pleasure of the President.
- (c) **Meetings.—** The [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) shall meet at the call of the Chairman.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1203.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 6921(a) | 40:821 (related to creation). | Pub. L. 90–264, title II, §§ 201 (related to creation), 202(a), Mar. 12, 1968, 82 Stat. 45. |
| 6921(b)(1) | 40:822(a) (1st sentence). |  |
| 6921(b)(2) | 40:822(a) (3d sentence). |  |
| 6921(b)(3) | 40:822(a) (2d sentence). |  |
| 6921(c) | 40:822(a) (last sentence). |  |

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Advisory Commissions

Advisory commissions established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, 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 by law. See sections 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.