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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5045 

To establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as a unit of the 

National Park System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2023 

Mr. SARBANES (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. 

BEYER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. IVEY, Ms. 

MCCLELLAN, Mr. MFUME, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. 

TRONE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To establish the Chesapeake National Recreation Area as 

a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chesapeake National 

5 Recreation Area Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ADVISORY COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Advi9 sory Commission’’ means the Chesapeake National 


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1 Recreation Area Advisory Commission established 

2 under section 11(a). 

3 (2) BAY.—The term ‘‘Bay’’ means— 

4 (A) the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and 

5 (B) any tidal segment of a tributary of the 

6 Chesapeake Bay in any State. 

7 (3) BAY PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Bay Program’’ 

8 means the Chesapeake Bay Program authorized 

9 under section 117 of the Federal Water Pollution 

10 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1267). 

11 (4) CHESAPEAKE GATEWAYS.—The term 

12 ‘‘Chesapeake Gateways’’ means the Chesapeake Bay 

13 Gateways and Watertrails Network authorized under 

14 section 502 of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 

15 1998 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public Law 105– 

16 312). 

17 (5) MAP.—The term ‘‘Map’’ means the map en18 titled ‘‘Chesapeake National Recreation Area Pro19 posed Boundary’’, numbered P99/189631, and dated 

20 June 2023. 

21 (6) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SITE.—The term 

22 ‘‘National Park Service site’’ means a unit of the 

23 National Park System that is— 

24 (A) directly associated with the Bay; and 


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1 (B) located in 1 or more of the States in 

2 the Bay watershed. 

3 (7) PARTNER SITE.—The term ‘‘partner site’’ 

4 means land that is subject to a partner site agree5 ment under section 8(b). 

6 (8) RECREATION AREA.—The term ‘‘Recreation 

7 Area’’ means the Chesapeake National Recreation 

8 Area established by section 4(a). 

9 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

10 the Secretary of the Interior. 

11 (10) YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE.—The term 

12 ‘‘youth representative’’ means a member of the Advi13 sory Commission who— 

14 (A) has not attained the age of 22 as of 

15 the date on which the member is appointed or 

16 reappointed; and 

17 (B) is tasked with representing the inter18 ests of children and young adults in the State 

19 from which the member is appointed. 

20 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

21 The purposes of this Act are— 

22 (1) to recognize the ecological, cultural, and his23 toric diversity of the region in which the Bay is lo24 cated by promoting the national significance of the 

25 Bay and surrounding areas; 


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1 (2) to conserve and protect the significant nat2 ural, recreational, historical, and cultural resources 

3 relating to the Bay; 

4 (3) to facilitate public access to the Bay for— 

5 (A) recreation; 

6 (B) public enjoyment; and 

7 (C) the enhancement of sustainable tour8 ism that respects the health of the Bay; 

9 (4) to encourage engagement and cooperation 

10 with communities that neighbor the Bay and com11 munities that include historically underserved and 

12 underrepresented populations that have traditionally 

13 lacked access to the Bay; 

14 (5) to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion 

15 with respect to the Bay by emphasizing the vital eco16 nomic, cultural, and ecological contributions of his17 toric and current populations, including, at a min18 imum, by providing educational and interpretive 

19 services to increase public understanding of, and ap20 preciation for— 

21 (A) the natural, historical, and cultural re22 sources of the Bay; and 

23 (B) traditional practices of the individuals 

24 whose livelihoods have been dependent on the 


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1 land and water resources of the Bay and the 

2 surrounding area; 

3 (6) to facilitate the cooperative management 

4 and stewardship of the resources of the Bay; and 

5 (7) to advance the conservation goals of Chesa6 peake Gateways and the Bay Program. 

7 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT AND BOUNDARIES OF CHESA8 PEAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To preserve, protect, inter10 pret, and provide for the public enjoyment of the resources 

11 relating to the Bay and surrounding areas, there is estab12 lished as a unit of the National Park System the Chesa13 peake National Recreation Area. 

14 (b) BOUNDARY.—The boundary of the Recreation 

15 Area shall be the boundary as depicted on the Map. 

16 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE, INTERPRETIVE, AND VISITOR

17 SERVICE SITES.—As soon as practicable after the date of 

18 the establishment of the Recreation Area, the Secretary 

19 shall— 

20 (1) seek to enter into a cooperative agreement 

21 for administrative, interpretive, and visitor service 

22 uses for the Recreation Area under section 8(a) or 

23 a partner site agreement under section 8(b) with the 

24 City of Annapolis, Maryland, for the use of the 

25 Burtis House; 


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1 (2) acquire, lease, or enter into a cooperative 

2 management agreement with respect to real property 

3 for an additional administrative, interpretive, and 

4 visitor services center for the Recreation Area, which 

5 shall be located within or in the environs of the his6 toric downtown area of the City of Annapolis, Mary7 land; and 

8 (3) acquire, lease, or enter into a cooperative 

9 management agreement with respect to real property 

10 for an additional interpretive and visitor services 

11 center for the Recreation Area, which shall be lo12 cated within or in the environs of Fort Monroe. 

13 (d) AVAILABILITY OF MAP.—The Map shall be on file 

14 and available for public inspection in the appropriate of15 fices of the National Park Service. 

16 (e) REVISION OF FORT MONROE NATIONAL MONU17 MENT BOUNDARY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The boundary of Fort Mon19 roe National Monument, established by Proclama20 tion 8750, dated November 1, 2011 (54 U.S.C. 

21 320301 note; 76 Fed. Reg. 68625), is revised to ex22 clude all land and interests in land within the North 

23 Beach area of the Monument (as in existence on the 

24 day before the date of enactment of this Act) that 


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1 are identified on the Map as part of the Recreation 

2 Area. 

3 (2) ADMINISTRATION.—Any reference in any 

4 law, regulation, document, record, map, or other 

5 paper of the United States to the land or interests 

6 in land described in paragraph (1) shall be consid7 ered to be a reference to the Recreation Area. 

8 (3) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDIC9 TION.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara11 graph (B) and until the date on which adminis12 trative jurisdiction over the land and interests 

13 in land are transferred to the Secretary, the 

14 Secretary of the Army shall continue to admin15 ister the land and interests in land described in 

16 paragraph (1) that were under the jurisdiction 

17 of the Secretary of the Army as of the day be18 fore the date of enactment of this Act in ac19 cordance with— 

20 (i) the memorandum of agreement be21 tween the Secretary of the Army and the 

22 Secretary dated December 9, 2016; and 

23 (ii) this Act. 


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1 (B) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out sub2 paragraph (A), the Secretary of the Army 

3 shall— 

4 (i) consult with the Secretary; and 

5 (ii) administer the land and interests 

6 in land described in paragraph (1) in a 

7 manner consistent with this Act. 

8 SEC. 5. ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR THE CHESAPEAKE NA9 TIONAL RECREATION AREA. 

10 (a) WITHIN BOUNDARY.—Subject to subsection (c), 

11 the Secretary may acquire land or interests in land within 

12 the boundary of the Recreation Area only by— 

13 (1) donation; 

14 (2) purchase from a willing seller with donated 

15 or appropriated funds; 

16 (3) exchange; or 

17 (4) transfer from another Federal agency. 

18 (b) OUTSIDE BOUNDARY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), 

20 the Secretary may acquire, using the methods de21 scribed in subsection (a), land or interests in land lo22 cated outside the boundary of the Recreation Area, 

23 in consultation with the Advisory Commission as de24 scribed in section 11(b)(2)(B). 


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1 (2) INCLUSION IN RECREATION AREA.—On ac2 quisition of land or an interest in land under para3 graph (1), the boundary of the Recreation Area shall 

4 be modified to reflect the acquisition. 

5 (c) LIMITATION.—Any land or interest in land owned 

6 by a State or a political subdivision of a State that is with7 in the boundary of the Recreation Area or described in 

8 subsection (b)(1) may be acquired only by donation. 

9 (d) CONDEMNATION.—No land or interest in land 

10 may be acquired for the Recreation Area by condemnation 

11 unless the owner of the applicable land or interest in land 

12 consents to the condemnation. 

13 (e) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS.—Prior 

14 to the acquisition of land or an interest in land under this 

15 section, the Secretary shall ensure that the land or interest 

16 in land meets all applicable environmental quality stand17 ards. 

18 (f) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—As the Secretary de19 termines to be necessary, the Secretary may make minor 

20 revisions of the boundary of the Recreation Area by pub21 lishing a revised map or other boundary description in the 

22 Federal Register. 


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1 SEC. 6. ACQUISITION OF LAND-BASED RESOURCES FOR 

2 THE CHESAPEAKE NATIONAL RECREATION 

3 AREA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec5 retary may acquire land-based resources, including associ6 ated docks, piers, and structures extending into adjacent 

7 waters, within the boundary of the Recreation Area only 

8 by— 

9 (1) donation; 

10 (2) purchase from a willing seller with donated 

11 or appropriated funds; 

12 (3) exchange; or 

13 (4) transfer from another Federal agency. 

14 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS.—Prior 

15 to the acquisition of a land-based resource under this sec16 tion, the Secretary shall ensure that the land-based re17 source meets all applicable environmental quality stand18 ards. 

19 SEC. 7. ADMINISTRATION. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall administer 

21 the Recreation Area in accordance with— 

22 (1) this section; and 

23 (2) the laws generally applicable to units of the 

24 National Park System, including title 54, United 

25 States Code. 


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1 (b) HEADQUARTERS.—To facilitate coordination of 

2 the Recreation Area with Chesapeake Gateways and the 

3 Bay Program, the headquarters of the Recreation Area 

4 shall be located at the Chesapeake Bay Office of the Na5 tional Park Service of the Department of the Interior. 

6 (c) COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHING.— 

7 Nothing in this Act impacts or otherwise affects statutory 

8 or regulatory authority with respect to navigation or regu9 lation of commercial or recreational fishing activities or 

10 shellfish aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay or tributaries 

11 of the Chesapeake Bay. 

12 (d) STATE JURISDICTION.—Nothing in this Act en13 larges or diminishes the jurisdiction of a State, including 

14 the jurisdiction or authority of a State with respect to fish 

15 and wildlife management. 

16 (e) COORDINATION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the purposes 

18 of the Recreation Area, the Secretary shall seek to 

19 coordinate the programming and management of ac20 tivities of the Recreation Area with the goals of 

21 Chesapeake Gateways and the Chesapeake Bay 

22 Agreement (as defined in section 117(a) of the Fed23 eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

24 1267(a))). 


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1 (2) COORDINATION WITH NATIONAL PARK

2 SERVICE SITES AND PARTNER SITES.—As a compo3 nent of the management plan required under section 

4 10, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent prac5 ticable, coordinate the development of an implemen6 tation plan for onsite interpretation of resources and 

7 other means of enhancing public understanding of 

8 the Bay at participating National Park Service sites 

9 and partner sites to tell the story of the outstanding, 

10 remarkable, and nationally significant resources of 

11 the Bay. 

12 SEC. 8. AGREEMENTS AND MATCHING FUNDS. 

13 (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—To accomplish the purposes 

15 of the Recreation Area, the Secretary may enter into 

16 cooperative agreements with a State, a political sub17 division of a State, an educational institution, a 

18 Tribal government, a nonprofit organization, or 

19 other interested party that contributes to— 

20 (A) the development of the Recreation 

21 Area; or 

22 (B) the implementation of the management 

23 plan for the Recreation Area prepared under 

24 section 10(a). 

25 (2) MATCHING FUNDS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re2 quire that any Federal funds made available 

3 under an agreement entered into under para4 graph (1) shall be matched on a 1-to-1 basis by 

5 non-Federal funds. 

6 (B) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION.—With the 

7 approval of the Secretary, the non-Federal 

8 share required under subparagraph (A) may be 

9 in the form of property, goods, or services from 

10 a non-Federal source, fairly valued. 

11 (3) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection af12 fects any existing cooperative agreement authority 

13 applicable to Chesapeake Gateways. 

14 (b) PARTNER SITE AGREEMENTS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, under such 

16 terms and conditions as the Secretary considers to 

17 be appropriate, may enter into a partner site agree18 ment with an eligible entity described in paragraph 

19 (2) that owns or manages an eligible site described 

20 in paragraph (3), which shall provide for the inclu21 sion of the partner site in the Recreation Area. 

22 (2) DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—An el23 igible entity referred to in paragraph (1) is— 

24 (A) a Federal entity; 

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1 (C) a Tribal government; 

2 (D) a private nonprofit organization; or 

3 (E) a private landowner. 

4 (3) DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBLE SITE.—An eligi5 ble site referred to in paragraph (1) is land that the 

6 Secretary has determined— 

7 (A) contains a nationally significant nat8 ural, recreational, historical, or cultural re9 source; 

10 (B) ensures public access to the applicable 

11 resource; and 

12 (C) meaningfully contributes to the pur13 poses of the Recreation Area. 

14 (4) CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION IN THE RECRE15 ATION AREA.—On the establishment of the Advisory 

16 Commission, the Secretary shall, establish any addi17 tional criteria for inclusion of partner sites in the 

18 Recreation Area, taking into consideration the rec19 ommendations of the Advisory Commission under 

20 section 11(b)(2). 

21 (5) COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF PARTNER

22 SITES.—Under a partner site agreement entered into 

23 paragraph (1), the Secretary may acquire from, and 

24 provide to, the owner or manager of the partner site 


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1 goods and services to be used in the cooperative 

2 management of the applicable partner site. 

3 (6) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not 

4 transfer administrative responsibilities for the Recre5 ation Area to the owner or operator of a partner 

6 site. 

7 (c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AGREEMENTS.—Any 

8 agreement entered into under subsection (a) or (b) may 

9 include any terms and conditions that are determined to 

10 be necessary by the Secretary to ensure that— 

11 (1) in the case of an agreement relating to a 

12 partner site, the partner site complies with the terms 

13 and conditions of the applicable agreement; 

14 (2) the Secretary has the right of access at all 

15 reasonable times, and as specified in the applicable 

16 agreement, to all public portions of the properties 

17 covered by the agreement or grant for the purposes 

18 of— 

19 (A) conducting visitors through the prop20 erties or providing public recreational access; 

21 (B) interpreting the properties for the pub22 lic; and 

23 (C) research, inventory, monitoring, and 

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1 (3) no changes or alterations may be made to 

2 any properties covered by an agreement entered into 

3 under subsection (a) or (b) unless the Secretary and 

4 the other party to the agreement agree to the 

5 changes or alterations; and 

6 (4) any conversion, use, or disposal of a project 

7 for purposes contrary to the purposes of this Act, as 

8 determined by the Secretary, shall entitle the United 

9 States to reimbursement in an amount equal to the 

10 greater of— 

11 (A) the amounts made available to the 

12 project by the United States; and 

13 (B) the portion of the increased value of 

14 the project attributable to the amounts made 

15 available under this subsection, as determined 

16 at the time of the conversion or disposal. 

17 SEC. 9. CHESAPEAKE GATEWAYS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary (acting through the 

19 Superintendent of the Chesapeake Bay Office of the Na20 tional Park Service) shall administer Chesapeake Gate21 ways in coordination with the Recreation Area. 

22 (b) PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION.—Section 502(c) 

23 of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 (54 U.S.C. 

24 320101 note; Public Law 105–312) is amended by strik25 ing ‘‘to carry out this section $3,000,000’’ and all that 


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1 follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘to 

2 carry out activities authorized under this section 

3 $6,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 

4 (c) EFFECT.—Nothing in this section or an amend5 ment made by this section modifies the eligibility criteria 

6 developed under section 502(b)(2) of the Chesapeake Bay 

7 Initiative Act of 1998 (54 U.S.C. 320101 note; Public 

8 Law 105–312). 

9 SEC. 10. MANAGEMENT PLAN. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

11 date on which funds are first made available for the prepa12 ration of a management plan for the Recreation Area, the 

13 Secretary, in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive 

14 Council (as defined in section 117(a) of the Federal Water 

15 Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1267(a))) and the Advi16 sory Commission, shall prepare a management plan for 

17 the Recreation Area, in accordance with— 

18 (1) section 7(e)(2); and 

19 (2) section 100502 of title 54, United States 

20 Code. 

21 (b) TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.— 

22 (1) INITIAL SITES.—As soon as practicable 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary, in coordination with the Secretary of Trans25 portation and State transportation agencies, shall 


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1 conduct transportation planning in accordance with 

2 section 100502(3) of title 54, United States Code, 

3 with respect to the initial sites depicted on the Map, 

4 to minimize traffic burden on the surrounding com5 munity by— 

6 (A) providing an evaluation of the trans7 portation systems needs; 

8 (B) using strategies to effectively manage 

9 the transportation system; 

10 (C) subject to section 7(c), prioritizing 

11 water and trail access to Recreation Area sites; 

12 and 

13 (D) collecting community feedback on traf14 fic. 

15 (2) FUTURE SITES.—The Secretary may, in ac16 cordance with paragraph (1), conduct additional 

17 transportation planning, as determined to be nec18 essary by the Secretary, for any future sites included 

19 in the Recreation Area. 

20 (c) COST SHARE.—The management plan prepared 

21 under subsection (a) shall address costs to be shared by 

22 the Secretary and partner sites for necessary capital im23 provements to, and maintenance and operations of, the 

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1 (d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—On completion of 

2 the management plan under subsection (a), the Secretary 

3 shall submit the management plan to— 

4 (1) the Committee on Energy and Natural Re5 sources of the Senate; and 

6 (2) the Committee on Natural Resources of the 

7 House of Representatives. 

8 SEC. 11. CHESAPEAKE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA ADVI9 SORY COMMISSION. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

11 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es12 tablish an advisory commission, to be known as the 

13 ‘‘Chesapeake National Recreation Area Advisory Commis14 sion’’. 

15 (b) DUTIES.—The Advisory Commission shall— 

16 (1) advise the Secretary on the development 

17 and implementation of the management plan re18 quired under section 10; and 

19 (2) after consultation with the States and other 

20 interested parties, recommend to the Secretary cri21 teria and specific recommendations on the Bay for— 

22 (A) partner sites; and 

23 (B) properties to be added to the boundary 

24 of the Recreation Area to be managed by the 

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1 of the existing boundaries of the Recreation 

2 Area. 

3 (c) APPLICABLE LAW.—Except as otherwise provided 

4 in this section, the Advisory Commission shall be subject 

5 to— 

6 (1) the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

7 U.S.C. App.) (except section 14(b) of that Act); and 

8 (2) all other applicable laws (including regula9 tions). 

10 (d) MEMBERSHIP.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Commission 

12 shall be composed of 19 members, appointed by the 

13 Secretary, of whom— 

14 (A) 9 shall be appointed to represent the 

15 State of Maryland, of whom— 

16 (i) 4 shall have knowledge of environ17 mental, recreational, cultural or historic re18 sources, environmental justice, grassroots 

19 organizing, education, or interpretation; 

20 (ii) 1 shall represent commercial fish21 ing interests on the Bay; 

22 (iii) 1 shall represent agricultural in23 terests in the watershed of the Bay; 

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1 (v) 1 shall be selected from among in2 dividuals recommended by the Governor of 

3 the State of Maryland; and 

4 (vi) 1 shall be a representative of a 

5 federally recognized Indian Tribe or State6 recognized Indian Tribe that is tradition7 ally associated with the Bay; 

8 (B) 9 shall be appointed to represent the 

9 Commonwealth of Virginia, of whom— 

10 (i) 4 shall have knowledge of environ11 mental, recreational, cultural or historic re12 sources, environmental justice, grassroots 

13 organizing, education, or interpretation; 

14 (ii) 1 shall represent commercial fish15 ing interests on the Bay; 

16 (iii) 1 shall represent agricultural in17 terests in the watershed of the Bay; 

18 (iv) 1 shall be a youth representative; 

19 (v) 1 shall be selected from among in20 dividuals recommended by the Governor of 

21 the Commonwealth of Virginia; and 

22 (vi) 1 shall be a representative of a 

23 federally recognized Indian Tribe or State24 recognized Indian Tribe that is tradition25 ally associated with the Bay; and 


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1 (C) 1 shall be the Executive Director of 

2 the Chesapeake Bay Commission. 

3 (2) REQUIREMENT.—In appointing the mem4 bers described in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i) of 

5 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek to ensure the 

6 broadest practicable representation of the areas of 

7 knowledge described in those subparagraphs. 

8 (e) TERMS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Advisory 

10 Commission shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. 

11 (2) SUCCESSION AND REAPPOINTMENT.—On 

12 expiration of the term of a member of the Advisory 

13 Commission, the member— 

14 (A) shall continue to serve until a suc15 cessor is appointed; and 

16 (B) may be reappointed to serve an addi17 tional 3-year term. 

18 (f) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Advisory Commis19 sion shall be filled in the same manner as the original ap20 pointment. 

21 (g) ELECTED POSITIONS.— 

22 (1) CHAIRPERSON.—The Advisory Commission 

23 shall have a Chairperson who shall— 

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1 (B) serve for a term of 1 year, unless re2 elected pursuant to procedures established by 

3 the Advisory Commission under subsection 

4 (h)(1). 

5 (2) VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The Advisory Com6 mission shall have a Vice Chairperson who shall— 

7 (A) be elected by the Advisory Commis8 sion; 

9 (B) serve for a term of 1 year, unless re10 elected pursuant to procedures established by 

11 the Advisory Commission under subsection 

12 (h)(1); and 

13 (C) serve as Chairperson in the absence of 

14 the Chairperson. 

15 (3) OTHER POSITIONS.—The Advisory Commis16 sion may establish other positions and elect members 

17 to serve in those positions as the Advisory Commis18 sion determines to be appropriate, subject to sub19 section (h). 

20 (h) PROCEDURES.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 

22 through (6) and any applicable laws (including regu23 lations), the Advisory Commission may establish 

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1 of the Advisory Commission as the Advisory Com2 mission determines to be necessary. 

3 (2) MEETINGS.—The Advisory Commission 

4 shall meet at the call of— 

5 (A) the Chairperson; or 

6 (B) a majority of the appointed members. 

7 (3) QUORUM.—A quorum shall consist of not 

8 less than 11 of the members of the Advisory Com9 mission. 

10 (4) ACTIONS OF THE ADVISORY COMMISSION.— 

11 Any action of the Advisory Commission shall require 

12 a majority vote of the members present at any meet13 ing. 

14 (5) VIRTUAL MEETINGS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Meetings of the Advi16 sory Commission may be conducted virtually, in 

17 whole or in part. 

18 (B) REQUEST.—Any member of the Advi19 sory Commission may request permission from 

20 the Chairperson of the Advisory Commission to 

21 participate virtually in— 

22 (i) a meeting; and 

23 (ii) all activities for that meeting. 

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1 virtually or in-person, for elections carried out under 

2 subsection (g). 

3 (i) ADVISORY COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

4 (1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Advi6 sory Commission shall serve without compensa7 tion. 

8 (B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the 

9 Advisory Commission shall be allowed travel ex10 penses, including per diem in lieu of subsist11 ence, at rates authorized for an employee of an 

12 agency under subchapter 1 of chapter 57 of 

13 title 5, United States Code, while away from 

14 the home or regular place of business of the 

15 member in the performance of services for, or 

16 the duties of, the Commission. 

17 (2) STAFF.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

19 provide the Advisory Commission with any staff 

20 or technical assistance that the Secretary, after 

21 consultation with the Advisory Commission, de22 termines to be appropriate to enable the Advi23 sory Commission to carry out the duties of the 

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1 (B) DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES.—The Sec2 retary may accept the services of personnel de3 tailed from a State or any political subdivision 

4 of a State. 

5 (j) TERMINATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Unless extended under para7 graph (2), the Advisory Commission shall terminate 

8 on the date that is 10 years after the date of enact9 ment of this Act. 

10 (2) EXTENSION.— 

11 (A) RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 8 

12 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 

13 the Advisory Commission shall make a rec14 ommendation to the Secretary as to whether 

15 the Advisory Commission is still necessary to 

16 advise on the development of the Recreation 

17 Area. 

18 (B) DETERMINATION.— 

19 (i) IN GENERAL.—If, based on a rec20 ommendation under subparagraph (A), the 

21 Secretary determines that the Advisory 

22 Commission is still necessary, the Sec23 retary may extend the existence of the Ad24 visory Commission for a period of not more 


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1 than 10 years beyond the date described in 

2 paragraph (1). 

3 (ii) TIMING.—The Secretary shall 

4 make a determination to extend the exist5 ence of the Advisory Commission under 

6 clause (i) not later than 180 days before 

7 the date described in paragraph (1). 

8 SEC. 12. SAVINGS PROVISION. 

9 Except as provided in section 4(e), nothing in this 

10 Act enlarges or diminishes the authority of any official at, 

11 or transfers the administration or management of, any 

12 National Park Service site or any partner site to the 

13 Recreation Area. 

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