§1055 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Creates a nine-member Advisory Board. The Secretary must pick the chair. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife is an automatic member. The other eight are in four pairs: two Senators chosen by the President of the Senate; two Representatives chosen by the Speaker of the House; two people the Secretary picks (one tied to sport fishing and one to commercial fishing); and two people from the public chosen by the Secretary. Each pair normally serves four-year terms, but at the start one person in each pair serves two years. If someone fills a vacancy, they only serve the rest of that term. For the Senator and Representative pairs, no more than one in each pair may be from the same political party or the same State. If a board member who is a Member of Congress stops being a Member of Congress, they stop being on the Board.

Title 16, §1055

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(a)The Advisory Board shall be composed of nine members. The Secretary shall designate the Chairman of the Advisory Board. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife shall be a member of such Board ex officio. The remaining eight members of such Board shall be appointed as follows—

(1)two Members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(2)two Members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(3)two individuals appointed by the Secretary, one of whom shall be engaged in or closely associated with, sport fishing, and one of whom shall be engaged in, or closely associated with, commercial fishing; and

(4)two individuals appointed by the Secretary from the public at large.

(b)Each class of two members of the Advisory Board referred to in subsection (a) shall be appointed for terms of four years, except that, of each such class of two members initially appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of two years. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. Of each class of two members of such Board referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), not more than one shall be from the same political party, and not more than one shall be from the same State. Any member of such Board referred to in such paragraphs (1) and (2) who shall cease to be a Member of Congress during the term of his appointment under this section shall cease to be a member of such Board.

(c)Any vacancy in the Advisory Board shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original appointment.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Advisory BoardsAdvisory boards in existence on Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following Jan. 5, 1973, unless, in the case of a board established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such board is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a board established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Officers and Employees.

§1055 Members of Advisory Board

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Title 16, §1055

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