16 U.S.C. § 1103 : US Code - Section 1103: Powers of Commission

Search 16 U.S.C. § 1103 : US Code - Section 1103: Powers of Commission

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
secretary 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
responsibilities 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
shall be set at a level which will make the facilities readily
available to visitors; any revenues derived from admission fees
or concession 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.