---
kind: "section"
citation: "54 U.S.C. § 312303"
title: "54"
title_heading: "National Park Service and Related Programs"
number: "312303"
heading: "Establishment"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/54/312303"
units:
  - "Subtitle III — National Preservation Programs"
  - "Division B — Organizations and Programs"
  - "Subdivision 3 — Administered by Other Than National Park Service"
  - "Chapter 3123 — Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad"
---

# §312303. Establishment

- (a) **Establishment.—** There is established a commission to be known as the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.
- (b) **Membership.—** The Commission shall consist of 21 members appointed by the President, 7 of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 7 of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the President pro tempore of the Senate.
- (c) **Term.—**
  - (1) **In general.—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#c-2), a member of the Commission shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.
  - (2) **Vacancy.—** A member appointed to fill a vacancy on the Commission shall serve for the remainder of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed.
  - (3) **Member until successor appointed.—** A member may retain membership on the Commission until the member’s successor has been appointed.
- (d) **Chairman.—** The President shall designate the Chairman of the Commission from among its members.
- (e) **Meetings.—** The Commission shall meet at least once every 6 months.
- (f) **Compensation and Expenses.—**
  - (1) **Compensation.—** Members of the Commission shall receive no pay on account of their [service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) on the Commission.
  - (2) **Expenses.—** While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of [services](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) for the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as individuals employed intermittently in the Government [service](/usc/54/100102.md?p=4) are allowed expenses under [section 5703 of title 5](/usc/5/5703.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 113–287, § 3, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3252.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 312303(a) | 16 U.S.C. 469j(b). | Pub. L. 99–83, title XIII, § 1303(b), (d) through (f), Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 280. |
| 312303(b) through (f) | 16 U.S.C. 469j(d) through (f). |  |

In subsection (c), the text of 16 U.S.C. 469j(d)(2)(B) is omitted as obsolete.