16 USC § 1102 - Joint United States-Canadian Commission; establishment; functions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s1102"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 1102 - Joint United States-Canadian Commission; establishment; functions"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "1102"
section_name: "Joint United States-Canadian Commission; establishment; functions"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL PARKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 88–363, § 3, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 299.)"
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# § 1102. Joint United States-Canadian Commission; establishment; functions

There shall be established, in accordance with the agreement between the Governments of the United States and Canada, signed January 22, 1964, a joint United States-Canadian Commission, to be called the “Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission,” which shall have as its functions—

**(a)** to accept title from the Hammer family to the former Roosevelt estate comprising the Roosevelt home and other grounds on Campobello Island;

**(b)** to take the necessary measures to restore the Roosevelt home as closely as possible to its condition when it was occupied by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt;

**(c)** to administer as a memorial the Roosevelt Campobello International Park comprising the Roosevelt estate and such other lands as may be acquired.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–363, § 3, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 299.)