§ 1104. — Membership of Commission.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1104]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 22--INTERNATIONAL PARKS
Sec. 1104. Membership of Commission
(a) Selection
The Commission shall consist of six members, of whom three shall be
the United States members and three shall be the Canadian members. The
United States members shall be three persons appointed by the President,
of whom one shall be selected from nominations which may be made by the
Governor of the State of Maine. Alternates to United States members
shall be appointed in the same manner as the members themselves. The
United States members and their alternates shall hold office at the
pleasure of the President. A vacancy among the United States members of
the Commission or their alternates shall be filled in the same manner in
which the original appointment was made. An alternate shall, in the
absence of the member of the Commission for whom he is alternate, attend
meetings of the Commission and act and vote in the place and instead of
that member of the Commission.
(b) Chairman and Vice Chairman
The Commission shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among
its members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of two years. The
post of Chairman shall be filled for alternate terms by a Canadian and
by a United States member. The post of Vice Chairman shall be filled by
a Canadian member if the post of Chairman is held by a United States
member, and by a United States member if the post of Chairman is held by
a Canadian member. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Chairman
or Vice Chairman within the two-year term, the vacancy shall be filled
for the remainder of the term by special election in accordance with the
foregoing requirements. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the
absence of the Chairman.
(c) Quorum
Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, but the affirmative votes of at least two
United States members, or their alternates, and at least two Canadian
members, or their alternates, shall be required for any decision to be
made by the Commission.
(Pub. L. 88-363, Sec. 5, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 300.)
