Reading Room Document

Administration of the John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission

To avoid the separation of powers concerns posed by inclusion of six members of Congress on the eleven-member John F. Kennedy Centennial Commission, the Commission should create an executive committee, composed of its five presidentially appointed members, which would be legally responsible for discharging the purely executive functions of the Commission. The six congressional members could participate in nearly all of the Commission's remaining activities, including in ceremonial functions. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/olc/file/1078081/download.

January 10, 2017