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[CITE: 16USC3602]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                CHAPTER 56--NORTH ATLANTIC SALMON FISHING
 
Sec. 3602. United States representation on Council and 
        Commissions
        

(a) Appointment and qualifications of Commissioners

    The United States shall be represented on the Council and 
Commissions by three United States Commissioners to be appointed by the 
President to serve at his pleasure. Of such Commissioners, one shall be 
an official of the United States Government, and two shall be 
individuals (not officials of the United States Government) who are 
knowledgeable or experienced concerning the conservation and management 
of salmon of United States origin.

(b) Alternate Commissioners

    The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior, may designate alternate 
United States Commissioners. In the absence of a Commissioner appointed 
under subsection (a) of this section, an alternate Commissioner may 
exercise at any meeting of the Organization, the Council, or any 
Commission all functions of such Commissioner.

(c) Limited Federal employee status

    Individuals who serve as Commissioners and alternate Commissioners 
shall not receive any compensation for such service. Such individuals 
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.

(d) Consultation with other parties

    In carrying out their functions under the Convention, the 
Commissioners may consult with the appropriate Regional Fishery 
Management Councils established by section 302 of the Act of 1976 (16 
U.S.C. 1852), and may consult with such other interested parties as they 
consider appropriate. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 
et seq.) shall not apply to consultations described in this subsection.

(Pub. L. 97-389, title III, Sec. 303, Dec. 29, 1982, 96 Stat. 1952; Pub. 
L. 98-44, title I, Sec. 102(1), July 12, 1983, 97 Stat. 216.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. et seq.), referred 
to in subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as 
amended, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    1983--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-44 substituted ``shall not be 
considered'' for ``shall be considered''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3601 of this title.
