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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1401. Establishment
(a) Designation
There is hereby established the Marine Mammal Commission
(hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the "Commission").
(b) Membership and term of office
(1) Effective September 1, 1982, the Commission shall be composed
of three members who shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall make
his selection from a list of individuals knowledgeable in the
fields of marine ecology and resource management, and who are not
in a position to profit from the taking of marine mammals. Such
list shall be submitted to him by the Chairman of the Council on
Environmental Quality and unanimously agreed to by that Chairman,
the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the
National Science Foundation and the Chairman of the National
Academy of Sciences. No member of the Commission may, during his
period of service on the Commission, hold any other position as an
officer or employee of the United States except as a retired
officer or retired civilian employee of the United States.
(2) The term of office for each member shall be three years;
except that of the members initially appointed to the Commission,
the term of one member shall be for one year, the term of one
member shall be for two years, and the term of one member shall be
for three years. No member is eligible for reappointment; except
that any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the
expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed (A)
shall be appointed for the remainder of such term, and (B) is
eligible for reappointment for one full term. A member may serve
after the expiration of his term until his successor has taken
office.
(c) Chairman
The President shall designate a Chairman of the Commission
(hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the "Chairman") from
among its members.
(d) Compensation; reimbursement for travel expenses
Members of the Commission 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
Commission. 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.
(e) Executive Director
The Commission shall have an Executive Director, who shall be
appointed (without regard to the provisions of title 5 governing
appointments in the competitive service) by the Chairman with the
approval of the Commission and shall be paid at a rate not in
excess of the rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under section
5332 of title 5. The Executive Director shall have such duties as
the Chairman may assign.
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