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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1403. Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals
(a) Establishment; membership
The Commission shall establish, within ninety days after its
establishment, a Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals
(hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the "Committee"). Such
Committee shall consist of nine scientists knowledgeable in marine
ecology and marine mammal affairs appointed by the Chairman after
consultation with the Chairman of the Council on Environmental
Quality, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director
of the National Science Foundation, and the Chairman of the
National Academy of Sciences.
(b) Compensation; reimbursement for travel expenses
Except for United States Government employees, members of the
Committee 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 Committee. 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.
(c) Consultation with Commission on studies and recommendations;
explanation for nonadoption
The Commission shall consult with the Committee on all studies
and recommendations which it may propose to make or has made, on
research programs conducted or proposed to be conducted under the
authority of this chapter, and on all applications for permits for
scientific research. Any recommendations made by the Committee or
any of its members which are not adopted by the Commission shall be
transmitted by the Commission to the appropriate Federal agency and
to the appropriate committees of Congress with a detailed
explanation of the Commission's reasons for not accepting such
recommendations.
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