An Act to establish the Roosevelt Campobello International Park, and for other purposes
PL 88-363 (H.R.9740), enacted 07/07/1964

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PUBLIC LAW 88-363-JULY 7, 1964 
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Public Law 88-363 
AN ACT 
To establish the Roosevelt Campobello International Park, and for other 
purposes. 
July 7, 1964 
[H. R. 9740] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Roosevelt Campobello International Park Act". 
SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act: 
(a) The term "Commission" means the Roosevelt Campobello 
International Park Commission. 
(b) The term "United States members" means members of the 
Commission appointed by the President. The term "Canadian mem-
bers" means members of the Commission appointed by the appropriate 
authorities in Canada. 
SEC. 3. There shall be established, in accordance with the agree-
ment between the Governments of the United States and Canada 
signed January 22, 1964, a joint United States-Canadian Commission, 
to be called the "Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commis-
sion," which shall have as its functions— 
(a) to accept title from the Hammer family to the former 
Roosevelt estate comprising the Roosevelt home and other 
grounds on Campobello Island; 
(b) to take the necessary measures to restore the Roosevelt 
home as closely as possible to its condition when it was occupied 
by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; 
(c) to administer as a memorial the Roosevelt Campobello 
International Park comprising the Roosevelt estate and such 
other lands as may be acquired. 
SEC. 4. The Commission shall have juridical personality and all 
powers and capacity necessary or appropriate for the purpose of 
performing its functions pursuant to the agreement between the 
Governments of the United States and Canada signed January 22, 
1964, which shall include but not be limited to the power and 
capacity— 
(a) to acquire property, both real and personal, or interests 
therein, by gift, including conditional gifts whether conditioned 
on the expenditure of funds to be met therefrom or not, by 
purchase, by lease or otherwise, and to hold or dispose of the 
same under such terms and conditions as it sees fit, excepting the 
power to dispose of the Roosevelt home and the tract of land on 
which it is located; 
(b) to enter into contracts; 
(c) to sue or be sued, complain and defend, implead and be 
impleaded, in any United States district court. 
In such suits, 
the Attorney General shall supervise and control the litigation; 
(d) to appoint its own employees, including an executive secre-
tary who shall act as secretary at meetings of the Commission, 
and to fix the terms and conditions of their employment and 
compensation; 
(e) to delegate to the executive secretary or other officials and 
to authorize the redelegation of such authority respecting the 
employment and direction of its employees and the other respon-
sibilities of 
the 
Commission 
as 
it 
deems 
desirable 
and 
appropriate; 
(f) to adopt such rules of procedure as it deems desirable to 
enable it to perform the functions set forth in this agreement; 
(g) to charge admission fees for entrance to the park should 
the Commission consider such fees desirable; however, such fees 
Roosevelt 
Campobello Inter-
national Park Act. 
Definitions. 
Joint United 
States-Canadian 
Commission. 
Functions. 
Powers. 
Property acqui-
sition. 
Employee ap« 
pointment. 
Delegation of 
authority. 
Rules. 
Fees and 
revenues. 
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Commission 
membership. 
Chairman and 
Vice Chairman. 
Quorum. 
Compensation. 
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shall be set at a levd which will make the facilities readily avail-
able to visitors; any revenues derived from admission fees or con-
cession operations of the Commission shall be transmitted in 
equal shares to the two Governments within sixty days of the end 
of the Commission's fiscal year, the United States share to be 
turned over to the appropriate Federal agency for deposit 
into the United States Treasury in accordance with the laws 
governing entrance fees received by the National Park Service; 
(h) to grant concessions, if deemed desirable; 
(i) to adopt and use a seal; 
(j) to obtain without reimbursement, for use either in the 
United States or in Canada, legal, engineering, architectural, 
accounting, financial, maintenance, and other services, whether by 
assignment, detail, or otherwise, from competent agencies in the 
United States or in Canada, by arrangements with such agencies. 
SEC. 5. (a) The Commission shall consist of six members, of whom 
three shall be the United States members and three shall be the 
Canadian members. The United States members shall be three 
persons appointed by the President, of whom one shall be selected 
from nominations which may be made by the Governor of the State 
of Maine. Alternates to United States members shall be appointed 
in the same manner as the members themselves. The United States 
members and their alternates shall hold office at the pleasure of the 
President. 
A vacancy among the United States members of the Com-
mission or their alternates shall be filled in the same manner in 
which the original appointment was made. An alternate shall, in the 
absence of the member of the Commission for whom he is alternate, 
attend meetings of the Commission and act and vote in the place and 
instead of that member of the Commission. 
(b) The Commission shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman 
from among its members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of 
two years. The post of Chairman shall be filled for alternate terms 
by a Canadian and by a United States member. 
The post of Vice 
Chairman shall be filled by a Canadian member if the post of Chair-
man is held by a United States member, and by a United States 
member if the post of Chairman is held by a Canadian member. 
In 
the event of a vacancy in the office of Chairman or Vice Chairman 
within the two-year term, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder 
of the term by special election in accordance with the foregoing 
requirements. 
The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the 
absence of the Chairman. 
(c) Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for 
the transaction of business, but the affirmative votes of at least two 
Ignited States members, or their alternates, and at least two Canadian 
members, or their alternates, shall be required for any decision to be 
made by the Commission. 
SEC. 6. No compensation will be attached to the position of United 
States members of the Commission. 
United States members or their 
alternates shall be reimbursed by the Commission for travel expenses 
in accordance with section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 
1946, as amended, and the Standardized Government Travel Kegula-
tions. 
SEC. 7. The Commission may employ both United States and 
Canadian citizens. 
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SEC. 8. The Commission shall hold at least one meeting every cal- ^^l^^'^^^ ^"'^ 
endar year and shall submit an annual report to the United States and 
Canadian Governments on or before March 31 of each year, including 
a general statement of the operation for the previous year and the 
results of an independent audit of the financial operations of the Com-
mission. The Commission shall permit inspection of its records by 
the accounting agencies of both the United States and Canadiar 
Governments. 
SEC. 9. The Commission shall maintain insurance in reasonable 
insurance. 
amounts, including, but not limited to, liability and property insur-
ance. Such insurance may not cover the Commissioners or employees 
of the Commission except when sued by name for acts done in the 
scope of their employment. 
SEC. 10. In an action against the Commission instituted in a district 
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court of the United States, service of the summons and of the com-
plaint upon the Commission shall be made by delivering a copy 
thereof to the United States attorney for the district in which the 
action is brought, or to an assistant IJnited States attorney, or to a 
clerical employee designated by the United States attorney to accept 
service in a writing filed with the clerk of the court, and by sending a 
copy of the summons and of the complaint to the Commission by 
registered or certified mail. 
SEC. 11. (a) The United States Government shall not be liable for ^^'^''""y °^ 
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any act or omission or the Commission or oi any person employed 
by, or assigned or detailed to, the Commission. 
(b) Any liability of the Commission shall be met from funds of 
the Commission to the extent that it is not covered by insurance, or 
otherwise. Property belonging to the Commission shall be exempt 
from attachment, execution, or other process for satisfaction of 
claims, debts, or judgments. 
(c) No liability of the Commission shall be imputed to any mem-
ber of the Commission solely on the basis that he occupies the position 
of member of the Commission. 
SEC. 12. The Commission shall not be subject to Federal, State, or ^J^^^^'°''' '*'" 
municipal taxation in the United States on any real or personal ""^ 
property held by it or on any gift, bequest, or devise to it of any 
personal or real property, or on its income, whether from govern-
mental appropriations, admission fees, concessions, or donations. 
SEC. 13. For the purpose of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, 
any gift, devise, or bequest to or for the use of the Commission, and 
accepted by the Commission under authority of this Act, shall be 
deemed to be a gift, devise, or be(juest to or for the use of the United 
States, as the case may be, if it is not deducted as a gift, devise, or 
bequest to or for the use of the Government of Canada under the 
income, estate, or gift tax laws of the Government of Canada. 
SEC. 14. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Appropriation. 
Department of the Interior without fiscal year limitation such sums as 
may be necessary for the purposes of this Act and the agreement with 
the Government of Canada signed January 22, 1964, article 11 of 
which provides that the Governments of the United States and 
Canada shall share equally the costs of developing and the annual 
cost of operating and maintaining the Roosevelt Campobello Inter-
national Park. 
Approved July 7, 1964.