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16 U.S. Code § 971a - Commissioners | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 16 › Chapter 16A › § 971a 16 U.S. Code § 971a - Commissioners
§ 971a.
(a) Appointment and number; selection of Chairman; rules of procedure; term
(2) Of the Commissioners appointed under paragraph (1) who are not governmental employees—
The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, may designate from time to time and for periods of time deemed appropriate Alternate United States Commissioners to the Commission. Any Alternate United States Commissioner may exercise at any meeting of the Commission, Council, any Panel, or the advisory committee established pursuant to section 971b of this title, all powers and duties of a United States Commissioner in the absence of any Commissioner appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for whatever reason. The number of such Alternate United States Commissioners that may be designated for any such meeting shall be limited to the number of United States Commissioners appointed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section who will not be present at such meeting.
The United States Commissioners or Alternate Commissioners, although officers of the United States while so serving, shall receive no compensation for their services as such Commissioners or Alternate Commissioners.
(e) Sense of Congress regarding fish habitat
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Commissioners should seek to include ecosystem considerations in fisheries management, including the conservation of fish habitat.
(Pub. L. 94–70, § 3, Aug. 5, 1975, 89 Stat. 385; Pub. L. 101–627, title II, §§ 201(a), 203, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4459, 4460; Pub. L. 106–562, title III, § 303, Dec. 23, 2000, 114 Stat. 2806; Pub. L. 109–479, title IV, § 405(c), Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3633.)
2007—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–479 added subsec. (e).
2000—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106–562 inserted before last sentence “Individuals serving as such Commissioners shall not be considered to be Federal employees while performing such service, except for purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability as provided in chapter 81 of title 5 and chapter 171 of title 28.”
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–627, § 201(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added pars. (2) and (3).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–627, § 203, added subsec. (d).
Pub. L. 101–627, title II, § 201(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4460, provided that:
Paragraph (2) of section 3(a) of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971a(a)), as added by this section, shall not apply to reappointment of an individual as a United States Commissioner of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (hereinafter in this title [enacting section 971b–1 of this title, amending this section and sections 971b, 971d, and 971h of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note below] referred to as a ‘Commissioner’) if that individual is serving in that position on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990].
An individual serving a term as a Commissioner on the date of enactment of this Act shall not, by reason of that term of service, be ineligible under paragraph (3)(B) of section 3(a) of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971a(a)), as added by this section, for reappointment as a Commissioner.”
Pub. L. 101–627, title II, § 202, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4460, provided that: “The term as Commissioner of each individual serving in that position on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 28, 1990] shall terminate March 1, 1991. Not later than that date, the President shall complete appointment (or reappointment) of individuals to serve as Commissioners on and after that date.”