(a) Subject to approval by the Congress of the United States, the Interstate Environmental Commission is authorized and empowered to make a study of smoke and air pollution within the boundaries of New Jersey and New York, such study to include a survey of the sources and extent of such pollution, property damage caused thereby, its effect upon public health and comfort and relevant meteorological, climatological and topographical factors. For the accomplishment of the study, the commission shall have power to appoint and remove, and prescribe the duties of, such employees and staff as may be necessary, and to fix their compensation within the appropriations made available therefor by the states of New Jersey and New York.

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(b) The state of Connecticut shall not be liable for any portion of the expenditures necessary for the undertaking or completion of such study and shall not be called upon to appropriate any funds for such purpose.