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PUBLIC LAW 884-AUG. 1, 1956
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arrange for meetings with such officials and with such commissions or similar bodies of the Dominion of Canada or of the Province of British Columbia. SEC. 4. (a) The Commission may, in carrying out its duties under lowers, this Act, hold such hearings, take such testimony, sit and act at such places and times, and incur such expenditures as the Commission deems necessary. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission. The Commission may, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, employ and fix the compensation of such f uicfVo? inote. ex{)erts, consultants, and other employees, as it deems necessary to assist it in carrying out its duties under this Act. (b) The Commission is authorized to utilize the facilities, information, and personnel of the departments, agencies, and establishments of the executive branch of the Government which it deems necessary to carry out its duties under this Act; and each such department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized to furnish such facilities, information, and personnel to the Commission upon request made by the chairman or vice chairman. The Commission shall reimburse each such department, agency, and instrumentality for the services of any personnel utilized. The furnishing of information by any such department, agency, or instrumentality shall be subject to such restrictions as the head of the department, agency, or instrumentality deems necessary for the security of the United States. (c) I n performing its duties under this Act the Commission shall utilize all information available by reason of any surveys and plans made under authority of the Act entitled "An Act providing for a location survey for a railroad connecting the existing railroad system serving the United States and Canada and terminating at Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, with the railroad system serving Alaska and terminating at Fairbanks, Alaska", approved October 26, ® ^**** ^°^ ^ 1949. SEC. 5. The Commission may delegate to any member of the Com- powersf **^**" °' mission or to any committee composed of members of the Commission any of the duties and powers conferred upon it by this Act, other than the duty of submitting reports and recommendations to the Congress pursuant to section 7. SEC. 6. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensa- fof expend""**"*
- tion but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
SEC. 7. The Commission shall report the results of its studies and Reports to consubmit its recommendations to the Congress from time to time, and shall make a final report and submit its final recommendations to the Congress not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act. The final report shall include estimates of the cost of construction of rail and highway facilities along the routes determined most feasible and beneficial by the Commission, together with estimates of the economic benefits to the United States, Canada, and Alaska. The Termination. Commission shall cease to exist, and all authority conferred by this Act shall terminate, thirty days after the date of submission of the final report. SEC. 8. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums, Appropriation, not in excess of $75,000, as may be necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties under this Act, Until such time as funds may be appropriated pursuant to this authorization, the President is authorized to make available to the Commission, from any emergency fund available to him, such sums as may be necessary. Approved August 1, 1956.
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