2017 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
Subchapter CXXXIX - Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
Sec. 460bbbb-3 - Establishment of Advisory Commission

(1) three members appointed for terms of three years from recommendations submitted by the governing body of the Martin Luther King, Junior, Center for Social Change;

(2) two members appointed for terms of four years from recommendations submitted by the Governor of the State of Georgia, one of whom shall have professional expertise in historic preservation matters;

(3) two members appointed for terms of five years from recommendations submitted by the mayor of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, one of whom shall represent the economic and cultural interests of the Sweet Auburn Historic District;

(4) one member appointed for a term of five years from recommendations submitted by the governing body of the Ebenezer Baptist Church;

(5) the Chairman of the Atlanta Urban Design Commission and one additional member from the Commission to be chosen by the Commission; and

(6) one member, appointed for a term of five years by the Secretary, who shall chair the Commission. In addition to the foregoing members, Mrs. Coretta Scott King, or such other appropriate family member as may be designated by the immediate family of Martin Luther King, Junior, and the Director of the National Park Service shall be ex officio members of the Commission.

(1) advise the Secretary with respect to the formulation and execution of plans for and the overall administration of the national historic site and the preservation district, including advice with respect to the consummation of cooperative agreements, and interpretation of properties, and the use and appreciation of the national historic site and the preservation district by the public;

(2) prepare a generalized impact area plan for a one-mile radius outside the District which shall examine overall community development goals, plans, and efforts within that area, including historic preservation, transportation, parking, housing, urban revitalization, and parks and recreation functions, in order to maximize beneficial relationships between these goals, plans, and efforts and the district herein established; and

(3) prepare, on the basis of the findings and recommendations of the impact area plan required by the preceding paragraph, a detailed development plan for the neighborhoods and outlying commercial areas immediately outside the district for such development, conservation, preservation, rehabilitation activities and transportation, parking, and land use planning as would complement and enhance the District and the purposes for which the District is established.