85th Congress, S. 846 AN ACT For the establishment of a National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission to study the outdoor recreation resources of the public lands and other land and water areas of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in order to Outdoor Reorepreserve, develop, and assure accessibility to all American people of ation Resources present and future generations such quality and quantity of outdoor Review Aot. recreation resources as will be necessary and desirable for individual enjoyment, and to assure the spiritual, cultural, and physical benefits that such outdoor recreation provides; in order to inventory and evaluate the outdoor recreation resources and opportunities of the Nation, to determine the types and location of such resources and opportunities which will be required by present and future generations; and in order to make comprehensive information and recommendations leading to these goals available to the President, the Congress, and the individual States and Territories, there is hereby authorized and created a bipartisan Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission. SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act (1) "Commission" shall mean the Outdoor Recreation Resources Definitions. Review Commission; (2) "Outdoor recreation resources" shall mean the land and water areas and associated resources of such areas in the United States, its Territories, and possessions which provide or may in the future provide opportunities for outdoor recreation, irrespective of ownership. (3) Outdoor recreation resources" shall not mean nor include recreation facilities, programs, and opportunities usually associated with urban development such as playgrounds, stadia, golf courses, city 72 Stat. 239. parks, and zoos. 72 Stat. 238. SEC. 3. (a) The Commission hereby authorized and created shall Membership. consist of fifteen members appointed as follows: (1) Two majority and two minority members of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to be appointed by the President of the Senate; (2) Two majority and two minority members of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; and (3) Seven citizens, known to be informed about and concerned with the preservation and development of outdoor recreation resources and opportunities, and experienced in resource conservation planning for multiple resources uses, who shall be appointed by the President, and one of whom shall be designated as chairman by the President. Vacancies occurring on the Commission shall not affect the authority of the remaining members of the Commission to carry out the functions of the Commission, and shall be filled in the same manner as the original positions. (b) The Commission members shall serve without compensation, except that each member shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual travel and subsistence expense incurred in the services of the Commission and each member appointed by the President shall be entitled to a per diem allowance not to exceed $50 per day when actually engaged in Commission business. (c) The Commission shall convene as soon as practicable following appointment of its members, to implement the purposes and objectives of this Act. Personnel, etc. Liaison officers. Advisory Council. 72 Stat. 239. 72 Stat. 240. Duties. SEC. 4. (a) The Commission is authorized, without regard to the civil-service laws and regulations, to appoint and fix the compensation of an executive secretary and such additional personnel as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions, except that any Federal employees subject to the civil service laws and regulations who may be assigned to the Commission shall retain civil service status without interruption or loss of status of privilege. (b) The Commission shall establish headquarters in the District of Columbia and shall make such other arrangements as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (c) The Commission shall request the Secretary of each Federal Department or head of any independent agency which, includes an agency or agencies with a direct interest and responsibility in any phase of outdoor recreation to appoint, and he shall appoint for each such agency a liaison officer who shall work closely with the Commission and its staff. SEC. 5. (a) There is hereby established an advisory council which shall consist of the liaison officers appointed under section 4 (c), together with twenty-five additional members appointed by the Commission who shall be representative of the various major geographical areas and citizen interest groups including the following: State game and fish departments, State park departments, State forestry departments, private organizations working in the field of outdoor recreation resources and opportunities, landowners, State water pollution control agencies, State water development agencies, private forestry interests, livestock interests, mining interests, State travel commissions, petroleum production interests, commercial fishing interests, commercial outdoor recreation interests, industry, education, labor, public utilities, and municipal governments. (b) The functions of the advisory council shall be to advise and counsel the Commission in the development of ways, means, and procedures whereby maximum cooperation may be obtained from all agencies and groups whose assistance in accomplishing the purposes of this Act will be required in arriving at sound methods and criteria for evaluating outdoor recreation resources data assembled and otherwise to advise and assist the Commission in carrying out the purposes of the Act. (c) Members of the advisory council, except those employed by the Federal Government and assigned to the Commission as liaison officers, shall serve without compensation except that each shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual travel and subsistence expenses incurred in attending meetings of the advisory council called by the Chairman of the Commission, or incurred in carrying out duties assigned by the Chairman of the Commission. (d) The Chairman of the Commission shall call an initial organization meeting of the advisory council, a meeting of such council each six months thereafter, and a final meeting of such council prior to transmitting the final report to the President and the Congress. SEC. 6. (a) The Commission shall proceed as soon as practicable to set in motion a nationwide inventory and evaluation of outdoor recreation resources and opportunities, directly and through the Federal agencies, the States, and private organizations and groups, utilizing to the fullest extent possible such studies, data, and reports previously prepared or concurrently in process by Federal agencies, States, private organizations, groups, and others. (b) The Commission shall compile such data and in the light of the data so compiled and of information available concerning trends in population, leisure, transportation, and other factors shall determine the amount, kind, quality, and location of such outdoor recrea tion resources and opportunities as will be required by the year 1976 and the year 2000, and shall recommend what policies should best be adopted and what programs be initiated, at each level of government and by private organizations and other citizen groups and interests, to meet such future requirements. (c) The Commission shall present not later than September 1, 1961, Reports; a report of its review, a compilation of its data, and its recommenda- termination. tions on a State by State, region by region, and national basis to the President and to the Congress, and shall cease to exist not later than one year thereafter. Such report, compilation, and recommendations shall be presented in such form as to make them of maximum value to the States and shall include recommendations as to means whereby the review may effectively be kept current in the future. The Commission, on its own initiative or on request of the President or the Congress, shall prepare interim or progress reports on particular phases of its review. (d) The Commission is authorized to conduct public hearings and otherwise to secure data and expressions of opinion. (e) The Commission is authorized to make direct grants to the States, and to transfer necessary funds to Federal agencies, from sums appropriated pursuant to section 8, to carry out such aspects of the review as the Commission may determine can best be carried out by the States, or Federal agencies, under such arrangements and agreements as are determined by the Commission; and may enter into contracts or agreements for studies and surveys with public or private agencies and organizations. The Commission is also authorized to 72 Stat. 240. reimburse Federal agencies for the expenses of liaison officers 72 Stat. 241. appointed under section 4 (c) and other cooperation. SEC. 7. The Commission, in its inquiries, findings, and recommenda- Resource tions, shall recognize that present and future solutions to problems planning. of outdoor recreation resources and opportunities are responsibilities at all levels of government, from local to Federal, and of individuals and private organizations as well. The Commission shall recognize that lands, waters, forest, rangelands, wetlands, wildlife and such other natural resources that serve economic purposes also serve to varying degrees and for varying uses outdoor recreation purposes, and that sound planning of resource utilization for the full future welfare of the Nation must include coordination and integration of all such multiple uses. SEC. 8. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not more Appropriation. than $2,500,000 to carry out the purposes of this Act, and such moneys as may be appropriated shall be available to the Commission until expended. SEC. 9. This Act may be cited as "the Outdoor Recreation Resources Short title. Review Act". Approved June 28, 1958. 85th Congress, S. 2447 AN ACT 72 Stat. 479. To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to undertake continuing studies of the effects of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and other pesticides, upon fish and wildlife for the purpose of preventing losses of those invaluable natural resources following application of these materials and to provide basic data on the various chemical controls so that forests, croplands, wetlands, rangelands and other lands can be sprayed with minimum losses of fish and wildlife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in ('ongress assembled, That the Secretary Fish and of the Interior is authorized and directed to undertake comprehensive wildlife. continuing studies on the effects of insecticides, herbicides, fungicides Insecticides, and pesticides, upon the fish and wildlife resources of the United etc., studies. States, for the purpose of determining the amounts, percentages, and formulations of such chemicals that are lethal to or injurious to fish and wildlife and the amounts, percentages, mixtures, or formulations that can be used safely, and thereby prevent losses of fish and wildlife from such spraying, dusting, or other treatment. SEC. 2. The sum of $280,000 per annum is hereby authorized to be Appropriation. appropriated to carry out the objectives of this Act. Approved August 1, 1958. 71-490 O-66-32 (479) 85th Congress, S. 2617 AN ACT To amend the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of Migratory bird the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of March 16, 1934, as hunting stamp. amended (48 Stat. 451; 16 U. S. C. 718b), is amended by striking out "$2" and inserting in lieu thereof "$3". SEC. 2. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 4 of such Act (16 U. S. C. Advance allot718d) are amended to read as follows: "(a) So much as may be necessary shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior to make advance allotments to the Post Office Department at such times and in such amounts as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the Postmaster General for direct expenditure by the Post Office Department for engrav ing, printing, issuing, selling, and accounting for migratory bird hunting stamps and moneys received from the sale thereof, in addition to expenses for personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and such other expenses as may be necessary in executing the duties and functions required of the postal service. ments to Post Office. 72 Stat. 486. 72 Stat. 487. "(b) Except as authorized in subsection (c) of this section, the re- Acquisition of mainder shall be available for the location, ascertainment, and bird refuges. acquisition of suitable areas for migratory bird refuges under the 45 Stat. 1222. provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act and for the 16 USC 715. administrative costs incurred in the acquisition of such areas: Provided, That not to exceed 40 per centum at any one time of any area which heretofore has been or which hereafter may be acquired, reserved, or set apart for the use of the Department of the interior as an inviolate sanctuary for migratory birds under any law, proclamation, or Executive order may be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, as a wildlife management area within which the taking of migratory game birds or resident species may be permitted under such regulations as he may prescribe: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the fact that such lands constitute public property, the Secretary of the Interior shall comply with the requireinents of section 4 of the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 238) 5 USC 1003. in issuing regulations pursuant to the preceding proviso." SEC. 3. Section 4 of such Act is further amended by adding at the "Waterfowl Proend thereof a new subsection as follows: "(c) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to utilize funds made available under subsection (b) of this section for the purposes of such subsection, and such other funds as may be appropriated for the purposes of such subsection, or of this subsection, to acquire, or defray the expense incident to the acquisition by gift, devise, lease, purchase, or exchange of, small wetland and pothole areas, interests therein, and rights-of-way to provide access thereto. Such small areas, to be designated as 'Waterfowl Production Areas', may be acquired without regard to the limitations and requirements of the Migratory duction Areas". Bird Conservation Act, but all of the provisions of such Act which 45 Stat. 1222. govern the administration and protection of lands acquired there- 16 USC 715. under, except the inviolate sanctuary provisions of such Act, shall be applicable to areas acquired pursuant to this subsection." SEC. 4. The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall Effective dates. become effective on July 1, 1959. The amendment made by section 2 of this Act making available the net proceeds of all moneys received in the migratory bird conservation fund for the location, ascertain |