16 U.S.C. § 470i : US Code - Section 470I: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Search 16 U.S.C. § 470i : US Code - Section 470I: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

(a) Establishment; membership; Chairman
There is established as an independent agency of the United
States Government an Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
which shall be composed of the following members:
(1) a Chairman appointed by the President selected from the
general public;
(2) the Secretary of the Interior;
(3) the Architect of the Capitol;
(4) the Secretary of Agriculture and the heads of four other
agencies of the United States (other than the Department of the
Interior) the activities of which affect historic preservation,
designated by the President;
(5) one Governor appointed by the President;
(6) one mayor appointed by the President;
(7) the President of the National Conference of State Historic
Preservation Officers;
(8) the Chairman of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation;
(9) four experts in the field of historic preservation
appointed by the President from the disciplines of architecture,
history, archeology, and other appropriate disciplines;
(10) three at-large members from the general public, appointed
by the President; and
(11) one member of an Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization who represents the interests of the tribe or
organization of which he or she is a member, appointed by the
President.
(b) Designation of substitutes
Each member of the Council specified in paragraphs (2) through
(8) other than (5) and (6) of subsection (a) of this section may
designate another officer of his department, agency, or
organization to serve on the Council in his stead, except that, in
the case of paragraphs (2) and (4), no such officer other than an
Assistant Secretary or an officer having major department-wide or
agency-wide responsibilities may be so designated.
(c) Term of office
Each member of the Council appointed under paragraph (1), and
under paragraphs (9) through (11) of subsection (a) of this section
shall serve for a term of four years from the expiration of his
predecessor's term; except that the members first appointed under
that paragraph shall serve for terms of one to four years, as
designated by the President at the time of appointment, in such
manner as to insure that the terms of not more than two of them
will expire in any one year. The members appointed under paragraphs
(5) and (6) shall serve for the term of their elected office but
not in excess of four years. An appointed member may not serve more
than two terms. An appointed member whose term has expired shall
serve until that member's successor has been appointed.
(d) Vacancies; term of office of members already appointed
A vacancy in the Council shall not affect its powers, but shall
be filled, not later than sixty days after such vacancy commences,
in the same manner as the original appointment (and for the balance
of any unexpired terms). The members of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation appointed by the President under this
subchapter as in effect on the day before December 12, 1980, shall
remain in office until all members of the Council, as specified in
this section, have been appointed. The members first appointed
under this section shall be appointed not later than one hundred
and eighty days after December 12, 1980.
(e) Designation of Vice Chairman
The President shall designate a Vice Chairman, from the members
appointed under paragraph (5), (6), (9), or (10). The Vice Chairman
may act in place of the Chairman during the absence or disability
of the Chairman or when the office is vacant.
(f) Quorum
Nine members of the Council shall constitute a quorum.