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[CITE: 16USC1055]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
           CHAPTER 20--NATIONAL FISHERIES CENTER AND AQUARIUM
 
Sec. 1055. Members of Advisory Board


(a) Appointment and number of members

    The Advisory Board shall be composed of nine members. The Secretary 
shall designate the Chairman of the Advisory Board. The Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife shall be a member of 
such Board ex officio. The remaining eight members of such Board shall 
be appointed as follows--
        (1) two Members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the 
    Senate;
        (2) two Members of the House of Representatives, appointed by 
    the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
        (3) two individuals appointed by the Secretary, one of whom 
    shall be engaged in or closely associated with, sport fishing, and 
    one of whom shall be engaged in, or closely associated with, 
    commercial fishing; and
        (4) two individuals appointed by the Secretary from the public 
    at large.

(b) Terms of office

    Each class of two members of the Advisory Board referred to in 
subsection (a) of this section shall be appointed for terms of four 
years, except that, of each such class of two members initially 
appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of two years. Any person 
appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the 
term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for 
the remainder of such term. Of each class of two members of such Board 
referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section, 
not more than one shall be from the same political party, and not more 
than one shall be from the same State. Any member of such Board referred 
to in such paragraphs (1) and (2) who shall cease to be a Member of 
Congress during the term of his appointment under this section shall 
cease to be a member of such Board.

(c) Vacancies

    Any vacancy in the Advisory Board shall be filled in the same manner 
as in the case of the original appointment.

(Pub. L. 87-758, Sec. 5, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 753.)


                     Termination of Advisory Boards

    Advisory boards in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later 
than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, 
in the case of a board established by the President or an officer of the 
Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to 
the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board 
established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by 
law. See sections 3(2) and 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 
770, 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Officers and 
Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1056 of this title.
