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[CITE: 16USC1157]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 24--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--FUR SEAL MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 1157. North Pacific Fur Seal Commission; appointment of 
        United States Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and Advisors; 
        duties, compensation, and travel expenses
        
    The President shall appoint to the Commission a United States 
Commissioner who shall serve at the pleasure of the President. The 
President may appoint one Native from each of the two inhabited Pribilof 
Islands to serve as Advisors to the Commissioner and as liaisons between 
the Commissioner and the Natives of the Pribilof Islands. The President 
may also appoint other interested parties as Advisors to the 
Commissioner. Such Advisors shall serve at the pleasure of the 
President. The President may also appoint a Deputy United States 
Commissioner who shall serve at the pleasure of the President. The 
Deputy Commissioner shall be the principal adviser of the Commissioner, 
and shall perform the duties of the Commissioner in the case of his 
death, resignation, absence, or illness. The Commissioner, the Deputy 
Commissioner, and the Advisors shall receive no compensation for their 
services. The Commissioners may be paid traval \1\ expenses and per diem 
in lieu of subsistence at the rates authorized by section 5703 of title 
5 when engaged in the performance of their duties.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``travel''.
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(Pub. L. 89-702, title I, Sec. 107, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1093; Pub. L. 
98-129, Sec. 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 838.)

                          Codification

    ``Section 5703 of title 5'' substituted in text for ``section 5 of 
the Administrative Expense Act of 1946'' on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, 
Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which 
enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 98-129 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions establishing the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission, which 
were previously contained in section 1156 of this title, for provisions 
empowering the Secretaries of State and Commerce to accept or reject 
recommendations made by the Commission. See section 1158 of this title.


                  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.
