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[CITE: 16USC916a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                    CHAPTER 14--REGULATION OF WHALING
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--WHALING CONVENTION ACT
 
Sec. 916a. United States Commissioner


(a) Appointment

    The United States Commissioner shall be appointed by the President, 
on the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Commerce, and shall serve at the pleasure of the President.

(b) Deputy Commissioner

    The President may appoint a Deputy United States Commissioner, on 
the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Commerce. The Deputy United States Commissioner shall serve 
at the pleasure of the President and shall be the principal technical 
adviser to the United States Commissioner, and shall be empowered to 
perform the duties of the Commissioner in case of the death, 
resignation, absence, or illness of the Commissioner.

(c) Compensation

    The United States Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, although 
officers of the United States Government, shall receive no compensation 
for their services.

(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, Sec. 3, 64 Stat. 421; 1970 Reorg. Plan. No. 4, 
eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the 
Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 
916 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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 916 of this title.
