§ 932. — Commissioners; appointment, number, and compensation; term of office; vacancy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC932]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 15A--GREAT LAKES FISHERIES
Sec. 932. Commissioners; appointment, number, and compensation;
term of office; vacancy
(a)(1) The United States shall be represented on the Commission by 4
Commissioners who shall be appointed by the President and who may not
receive compensation for service as Commissioners. Of the
Commissioners--
(A) 1 shall be an official of the United States Government; and
(B) 3 shall be individuals who reside in different Great Lakes
States and who are knowledgeable regarding the fisheries of the
Great Lakes, except that 1 of them must also be an official of \1\
Great Lakes State.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be followed by ``a''.
(2) The President shall appoint an alternate Commissioner who shall
perform the duties of a Commissioner--
(A) until a vacancy referred to in subsection (b)(3) of this
section is filled; and
(B) in the event of the absence of a Commissioner from any
meeting of the United States Section or the Commission.
(3) Individuals serving as such Commissioners 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.
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the term of office of
Commissioners appointed under subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section is 6
years.
(2) Of the Commissioners first appointed under subsection (a)(1)(B)
of this section after November 14, 1986, 1 shall be appointed for a term
of 2 years, 1 shall be appointed for a term of 4 years, and 1 shall be
appointed for a term of 6 years.
(3) Whenever a vacancy occurs among Commissioners appointed under
subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section, the President shall appoint an
individual to fill that vacancy for the remainder of the applicable
term.
(June 4, 1956, ch. 358, Sec. 3, 70 Stat. 242; Pub. L. 99-659, title IV,
Sec. 405(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3737; Pub. L. 106-562, title III,
Sec. 301, Dec. 23, 2000, 114 Stat. 2806.)
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106-562 added par. (3).
1986--Pub. L. 99-659 amended section generally. Prior to amendment,
section read as follows: ``The United States shall be represented on the
Commission by three Commissioners to be appointed by the President, to
serve as such during his pleasure, and to receive no compensation for
their services as such Commissioners. Of such Commissioners--
``(a) one shall be an official of the United States Government;
and
``(b) two shall be persons residing in Great Lakes States, duly
qualified by reason of knowledge of the fisheries of the Great
Lakes, of whom one shall be an official of a Great Lakes State:
Provided, however, That the Commissioners appointed under this
subsection shall not be residents of the same State.''
Termination and Transitional Service of Incumbent Commissioners
Section 405(b) of Pub. L. 99-659 provided that: ``The term of office
of each United States Commissioner on the Great Lakes Fishery Commission
who is serving on the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 14, 1986] is
terminated (except the United States Government official appointed under
section 3(a) of the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 932(a),
as in effect before the date of enactment). However, the individuals
appointed to those terms shall continue to serve as Commissioners until
the President makes appointments under section 3(b)(2) of the Act of
1956 (as added by subsection (a)), which appointments shall be made
within 60 days after the date of enactment.''
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.
