§ 364a. — Board on Geographic Names; establishment and membership; appointment and term of office.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC364a]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 11A--BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
Sec. 364a. Board on Geographic Names; establishment and
membership; appointment and term of office
There is established a Board on Geographic Names, hereinafter called
the Board. The membership of the Board shall include one representative
from each of the Departments of State, Defense, Interior, Agriculture,
and Commerce, and from the Government Printing Office, the United States
Postal Service, and the Library of Congress. The Board may also include
representatives from such Federal agencies as the Secretary, upon
recommendation of the Board, shall from time to time find desirable,
even though these agencies are in the departments otherwise represented
on the Board. The members of the Board shall be appointed by the
respective heads of the departments or independent agencies that they
represent. Each member shall be appointed for a two-year term but may be
reappointed to successive terms. The members of the Board shall serve
without additional compensation. The Board shall nominate a Chairman to
be appointed by the Secretary, and shall establish such working
committees as are found desirable.
(July 25, 1947, ch. 330, Sec. 2, 61 Stat. 456; Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412,
Sec. 4, 63 Stat. 579; Pub. L. 91-375, Secs. 4(a), 6(o), Aug. 12, 1970,
84 Stat. 773, 783.)
Amendments
1949--Act Aug. 10, 1949, established Department of Defense as an
Executive Department and reduced Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air
Force to status of military departments in Department of Defense.
Change of Name
``United States Postal Service'' substituted in text for ``Post
Office Department'' pursuant to Pub. L. 91-375, Secs. 4(a), 6(o), Aug.
12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773, 783, which are set out as notes preceding
section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service, and under section 201 of Title
39, respectively, which abolished Post Office Department, transferred
its functions to United States Postal Service, and provided that
references in other laws to Post Office Department be considered a
reference to United States Postal Service.
