is not a salaried employee of a State or of the Federal Government; and

(c) at least one shall be an officer of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

SEC. 4. The United States Commissioners shall (a) appoint an advisory committee which shall be composed of not less than five nor more than fifteen persons who shall be selected from the various groups participating in the fisheries included under the conventions, and (b) shall fix the terms of office of the members of such committee, who shall receive no compensation for their services as such members. The advisory committee shall be invited to attend all nonexecutive meetings of the United States sections and shall be given full opportunity to examine and to be heard on all proposed programs of investigation, reports, recommendations, and regulations of the commissions. The advisory committee may attend all meetings of the international commissions to which they are invited by such commissions.

SEC. 5. Service of an individual as a member of the commissions representing the United States appointed pursuant to section 3, or as a member of the advisory committee appointed pursuant to section 4, shall not be considered as service or employment bringing such individual within the provisions of sections 281, 283, and 284 of title 18 of the United States Code, of section 190 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 99), or of any other Federal law imposing restrictions, requirements, or penalties in relation to the employment of persons, the performance of services, or the payment or receipt of compensation in connection with any claim, proceeding, or matter involving the United States, other than claims, proceedings or matters in connection with the conventions or this Act.

SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary of State is authorized to approve or disapprove, on behalf of the United States Government, bylaws and rules, or amendments thereof, adopted by each commission and submitted for approval of the United States Government in accordance with the provisions of the conventions, and, with the concurrence of the head of the enforcement agency, to approve or disapprove the general annual programs of the commissions. The Secretary of State is further authorized to receive, on behalf of the United States Government, reports, requests, recommendations, and other communications of the commissions, and to take appropriate action thereon either directly or by reference to the appropriate authority.

(b) Regulations recommended by each commission pursuant to the convention requiring the submission to the commission of records of operations by boat captains or other persons who participate in the fisheries covered by the convention, upon the concurrent approval of the Secretary of State and the head of the enforcement agency, shall be promulgated by the latter and upon publication in the Federal Register, shall be applicable to all vessels and persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

SEC. 7. Any person who fails to make, keep, furnish, or refuses to permit inspection of any catch return, statistical record, or any report that may be required by the convention, or by regulations adopted pursuant to the convention or this Act, or any person who furnishes or issues a false return, record, or report, upon conviction,

shall be subject to such fine as may be imposed by the court, not to exceed $1.000, and in addition by appropriate proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction such person may be enjoined from fishing for or possessing the kinds of fsh covered by the convention, taken in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, from the date of such conviction until such time as any delinquent return, record, or report shall have been submitted, or any false return, record, or report shall have been replaced by a duly certified correct and true return, record, or report to the satisfaction of the court.

SEC. 8. The head of the enforcement agency is authorized and directed to enforce all of the provisions of this Act and of the regu lations issued pursuant thereto, and all of the provisions of the conventions, except to the extent otherwise provided for in this Act, or in the conventions.

SEC. 9. (a) In order to provide coordination between the general annual programs of the commissions and programs of other agencies, relating to the exploration, development, and conservation of fishery resources, the Secretary of State may recommend to the United States Commissioners that they consider the relationship of the commissions' programs to those of such agencies and when necessary arrange, with the concurrence of such agencies, for mutual cooperation between the commissions and such agencies for carrying out their respective programs.

(b) All agencies of the Federal Government are authorized on request of the commissions to cooperate in the conduct of scientific and other programs, or to furnish facilities and personnel for the purpose of assisting the commissions in the performance of their duties.

(c) The commissions are authorized and empowered to supply facilities and personnel to existing non-Federal agencies to expedite research work which in the judgment of the commissions is contributing or will contribute directly to the purposes of the conventions.

SEC. 10. (a) Any person authorized by the head of the enforcement agency to enforce the provisions of the conventions or of this Act or the regulations issued pursuant thereto shall have power, without warrant or other process, to arrest any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States committing in his presence or view a violation of any of the provisions of the conventions, or of this Act, or of the regulations issued pursuant thereto, and to take such person immediately for examination before a justice or judge or any other official designated in section 3041, title 18, United States Code. Any person duly authorized on behalf of the United States to enforce the provisions of the conventions, or of this Act, or of the regulations issued pursuant thereto, shall have power to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the conventions, or of this Act, or of the regulations issued pursuant thereto.

(b) Any person authorized by the commissions shall have power, without warrant or other process, to inspect, at any reasonable hour. such catch returns, statistical records, or other reports as are required by the regulations to be made, kept, or furnished.

(c) The head of the enforcement agency may authorize officers and employees of any coastal State of the United States and employees of the commissions to enforce the provisions of the conventions or of this

Act or the regulations issued pursuant thereto. When so authorized such officers and employees may function as Federal law-enforcement officers for the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 11. None of the prohibitions contained in this Act or in the laws and regulations of the States shall prevent the commissions from conducting or authorizing the conduct of fishing operations and biological experiments at any time for the purpose of scientific investigations as authorized by the conventions, or shall prevent the commissions from discharging any of its or their functions or duties prescribed by the conventions.

SEC. 12. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of each convention and of this Act, including

(a) contributions to each commission for the United States share of any joint expenses of the commission and the expenses of the United States Commissioners and their staff, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

(b) travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, the Travel Expense Act of 1949, or section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 73b);

(c) printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (U. S. C., title 44, sec. 111), or section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5);

(d) stenographic and other services by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C., title 41, sec. 5); and

(e) purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft, motor vehicles (including passenger-carrying vehicles), boats and research vessels.

SEC. 13. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any circumstances or persons shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other circumstances or persons shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 14. This Act shall take effect with respect to each of the conventions upon the entry into force of that convention, unless such entry into force shall be prior to the date of approval of this Act in which case this Act shall take effect immediately.

Approved September 7, 1950.

[CHAPTER 940-2D SESSION]

[H. R. 7302]

AN ACT

To amend the Act of July 14, 1943, relating to the establishment of the George Washington Carver National Monument, 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 permit the acquisition of the necessary land for establishment of the George Washington Carver National Monument, section 4 of the Act of July 14, 1943 (57 Stat. 563), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums not to exceed $150,000 as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act."

Approved September 9, 1950.

(374)

[CHAPTER 950-2D SESSION]

[S. 3409]

AN ACT

To establish a new Grand Teton National Park in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, for the purpose of including in one national park, for public benefit and enjoyment, the lands within the present Grand Teton National Park and a portion of the lands within the Jackson Hole National Monument, there is hereby established a new "Grand Teton National Park". The park shall comprise, subject to valid existing rights, all of the present Grand Teton National Park and all lands of the Jackson Hole National Monument that are not otherwise expressly provided for in this Act, and an order setting forth the boundaries of the park shall be prepared by the Secretary of the Interior and published in the Federal Register. The national park so established shall, so far as consistent with the provisions of this Act, be administered in accordance with the general statutes governing national parks, and shall supersede the present Grand Teton National Park and the Jackson Hole National Monument. The Act of February 26, 1929 (45 Stat. 1314), and any other provisions of law heretofore specifically applicable to such present park or monument, are hereby repealed: Provided, That no further extension or establishment of national parks or monuments in Wyoming may be undertaken except by express authorization of the Congress.

SEC. 2. The following-described lands of the Jackson Hole National Monument are hereby made a part of the National Elk Refuge and shall be administered hereafter in accordance with the laws applicable to said refuge:

SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN

Township 42 north, range 116 west: Those portions of sections 24, 25, 26, and 35 lying east of the east right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 187, and lying south and east of the north and west bank of the Gros Ventre River.

Township 42 north, range 115 west: Those portions of sections 8, 9, 10, 17, 18, and 19 lying south and east of the north and west bank of the Gros Ventre River; section 20; section 29, northwest quarter; section 30, north half.

Township 41 north, range 116 west: Entire portion now in Jackson Hole National Monument except that portion in section 2 lying west of the east right-of-way line of United States Highway Numbered 187.

Containing in all six thousand three hundred and seventy-six acres, more or less.

SEC. 3. The following-described lands of the Jackson Hole National Monument are hereby made a part of the Teton National