Joint resolution to establish the Saint Augustine Quadricentennial Conunission, and for other purposes
PL 87-586 (S.J.Res.91), enacted 08/14/1962

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PUBLIC LAW 87-586-AUG. 14, 1962 
[76 STAT. 
August 14, 1962 
[S. J. Res. 91] 
Public Law 87-586 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To establish the Saint Augustine Quadricentennial Conunission, and for other 
purposes. 
Saint Augustine 
Quadricentennial 
Commission. 
Establishment. 
Membership. 
Conflict of 
interest. 
62 Stat. 694, 
697, 698,703,793. 
Functions. 
63 Stat. 954. 
5 u s e 1071 note. 
Donations. 
Assistance. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress asse7nhled^ That (a) there is hereby 
established a commission to be known as the "Saint Augustine Quad-
ricentennial Commission" (hereinafter referred to as the "Commis-
sion"), which shall be composed of eleven members to be appointed as 
follows: 
(1) Two members who shall be Members of the Senate, to be 
appointed by the President of the Senate; 
(2) Two members who shall be Members of the House of Kepre-
sentatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives ; 
(3) One member from the Department of the Interior who shall 
be the Director of the National Park Service, or his representative, 
and who shall serve as executive officer of the Commission; and 
(4) Six members to be appointed by the President of the United 
States. 
(b) The President of the United States shall, at the time of ap-
pointment, designate one of the members appointed by him to serve 
as Chairman, 
The members of the Commission shall serve without 
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and 
other expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the per-
formance of duties vested in the Commission. 
(c) A vacancy occurring in the Commission shall not affect its 
powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original 
appointment was made. 
(d) Service of an individual as a member of the Commission shall 
not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual 
within the provisions of sections 216, 281, 283, 284, 434, or 1914 of title 
18 of the United States Code, or section 190 of the Revised Statutes 
(5U.S.C. 99). 
SEC. 2. The functions of the Commission shall be to develop and 
to execute suitable plans for the celebration, in 1965, of the four 
hundredth anniversary of the founding of Saint Augustine, Florida, 
the oldest permanent and continuous settlement in the United States. 
In carrying out these functions, the Commission is authorized to 
cooperate with and to assist the Quadricentennial Anniversary Com-
mission of Florida. 
SEC. 3.'The Commission may employ, without regard to the civil 
service laws or the Classification Act of 1949, such employees as may 
be necessary in carrying out its functions under this resolution: Pro-
vided^ however^ That no employee whose position would be subject 
to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, if said Act w^ere appli-
cable to such position, shall be paid a salary at a rate in excess of the 
rate payable under said Act for positions of equivalent difficulty or 
responsibility. 
Such rates of compensation may be adopted by the 
Commission as may be authorized by the Classification Act of 1949, 
as amended, as of the same date such rates are authorized for positions 
subject to said Act. 
The Commission shall make adequate provision 
for administrative review of any determination to dismiss any 
employee. 
SEC. 4. (a) The Commission is authorized to accept donations of 
money, property, or personal services; to cooperate with patriotic and 
historical societies and with institutions of learning; and to call upon 
other Federal departments or agencies for their advic« and assistance 
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PUBLIC LAW 87-587-AUG. 15, 1962 
387 
in carrying out the purposes of this resolution. 
The Commission, 
to such extent as it finds to be necessary, may procure supplies, services, 
and property and make contracts, and may exercise those powers 
which it determines are necessary to enable it to carr^ out efficiently 
and in the public interest the purposes of this resolution. 
(b) Expenditures of the Commission shall be paid by the executive 
officer of the Commission, who shall keep complete records of such 
expenditures and who shall account also for all funds received by 
the Commission. 
A report of the activities of the Commission, in-
cluding an accounting of funds received and expended, shall be fur-
nished by the Commission to the Congress within one year following 
the celebration as prescribed by this resolution. 
The Commission 
shall terminate upon submission of its report to the Congress. 
(c) Any property acquired by the Commission remaniing upon 
termination of the celebration may be used by the Secretary of the 
Interior for purposes of the national park system or may be disposed 
of as surplus property. 
The net revenues, after paj^ment of Com-
mission expenses, derived from Commission activities, shall be 
deposited in the Treasury of the United States. 
Approved August 14, 1962. 
Report to 
Congress. 
Terminatilotu 
Surplus property 
and revenues, die-
position. 
Public Law 87-587 
AN ACT 
To authorize the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States 
to investigate the claims of citizens of the United States who suffered property 
damage in 1951 and 1952 as the result of the artificial raising of the water 
level of Lake Ontario. 
August 15, 1962 
[S. 2978] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the Foreign Claims Settlement Com-
mission of the United States (hereinafter referred to as the "Com-
mission") is authorized and directed to accept claims of citizens of 
the United States for damages caused during 1951 and 1952 by the 
construction and maintenance of Gut Dam m the Saint Lawrence 
River by the Canadian Government, and the Commission is further 
authorized and directed with respect to each such claim to determine 
the validity thereof and the amount of damages caused by Gut Dam. 
SEC. 2. Within sixty days after the enactment of this Act the 
Commission shall give public notice by publication in the Federal 
Register of the time when, and the limit of time within which, claims 
may be filed, which limit shall not be more than twelve months after 
such publication. 
SEC. 3. The Commission shall, as soon as practicable after all claims 
are determined by it, submit to the President a report and a list of 
claims determined to be valid, and the amount of each such claim and 
a list of claims determined to be invalid, for such action by the Presi-
dent as he may deem appropriate. 
SEC. 4. (a) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
(b) The Commission is authorized and directed to utilize its exist-
ing personnel and facilities to the maximum extent practicable to 
carry out the provisions of this Act. 
(c) Nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing the Commis-
sion to pay or certify for payment any claim filed hereunder. 
Foreign Claims 
Settlement Com-
mission. 
Damage claims, 
investigation. 
Lake Ontario, 
Canada. 
Publication 
in F. R. 
Report to 
President. 
Restriction.