1997 U.S. Code
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 16 - TUNA CONVENTIONS
Sec. 952 - Commissioners; number, appointment, and qualification

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§952. Commissioners; number, appointment, and qualification

The United States shall be represented on the two commissions by a total of not more than four United States Commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, serve as such during his pleasure, and receive no compensation for their services as such Commissioners. Of such Commissioners—

(a) not more than one shall be a person residing elsewhere than in a State whose vessels maintain a substantial fishery in the areas of the conventions;

(b) at least one of the Commissioners who are such legal residents shall be a person chosen from the public at large, and who is not a salaried employee of a State or of the Federal Government;

(c) at least one shall be an officer of the Department of Commerce; and

(d) at least one shall be chosen from a nongovernmental conservation organization.

(Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, §3, 64 Stat. 777; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Oct. 26, 1992, Pub. L. 102–523, §3(a)(1), 106 Stat. 3433; Aug. 15, 1997, Pub. L. 105–42, §7(a), 111 Stat. 1137.)

Amendment of Subsection (c)

Pub. L. 105–42, §§7(a), 8, Aug. 15, 1997, 111 Stat. 1137, 1139, provided that, effective as provided by section 8 of Pub. L. 105–42, see Effective Date of 1997 Amendment note below, subsection (c) is amended to read as follows:

“(c) at least one shall be either the Administrator, or an appropriate officer, of the National Marine Fisheries Service; and”.

Amendments

1992—Par. (d). Pub. L. 102–523 added par. (d).

Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 105–42, effective upon certification by Secretary of Commerce that sufficient funding is available to complete first year of study required by section 1414a(a) of this title and that study has commenced, and certification by Secretary of State to Congress that binding resolution of Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission or other legally binding instrument establishing International Dolphin Conservation Program has been adopted and is in force, see section 8 of Pub. L. 105–42, set out as a note under section 1362 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

“Department of Commerce” substituted in text for “United States Fish and Wildlife Service” in view of: creation of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Department of Commerce and Office of Administrator of such Administration; abolition of Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in Department of the Interior and Office of Director of such Bureau; transfers of functions, including functions formerly vested by law in Secretary of the Interior or Department of the Interior which were administered through Bureau of Commercial Fisheries or were primarily related to such Bureau, exclusive of certain enumerated functions with respect to Great Lakes fishery research, Missouri River Reservoir research, Gulf Breeze Biological Laboratory, and Trans-Alaska pipeline investigations; and transfer of marine sport fish program of Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Alternate United States Commissioners

Secretary of State authorized to designate Alternate United States Commissioners, see sections 2672a and 2672b of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 951, 1413 of this title.