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[CITE: 16USC1403]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                  CHAPTER 31--MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--MARINE MAMMAL COMMISSION
 
Sec. 1403. Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals


(a) Establishment; membership

    The Commission shall establish, within ninety days after its 
establishment, a Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals 
(hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the ``Committee''). Such 
Committee shall consist of nine scientists knowledgeable in marine 
ecology and marine mammal affairs appointed by the Chairman after 
consultation with the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, 
the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the 
National Science Foundation, and the Chairman of the National Academy of 
Sciences.

(b) Compensation; reimbursement for travel expenses

    Except for United States Government employees, members of the 
Committee shall each be compensated at a rate equal to the daily 
equivalent of the rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section 
5332 of title 5, for each day such member is engaged in the actual 
performance of duties vested in the Committee. Each member shall be 
reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in 
Government service employed intermittently.

(c) Consultation with Commission on studies and recommendations; 
        explanation for nonadoption

    The Commission shall consult with the Committee on all studies and 
recommendations which it may propose to make or has made, on research 
programs conducted or proposed to be conducted under the authority of 
this chapter, and on all applications for permits for scientific 
research. Any recommendations made by the Committee or any of its 
members which are not adopted by the Commission shall be transmitted by 
the Commission to the appropriate Federal agency and to the appropriate 
committees of Congress with a detailed explanation of the Commission's 
reasons for not accepting such recommendations.

(Pub. L. 92-522, title II, Sec. 203, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1044.)


                   Termination of Advisory Committees

    Advisory committees 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 committee established by the President or an 
officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by 
appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in 
the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is 
otherwise provided for by law. See section 14 of Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 
1972, 86 Stat. 776, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.


         References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates

    References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to 
maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered 
references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, 
Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, 
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376 
of Title 5.
