Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§3639 Advisory committee
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 56A— - PACIFIC SALMON FISHING › § 3639
Summary
The U.S. Section must create an advisory committee of 12–20 people with experience in the fisheries covered by the Treaty. Half of the members must live in Alaska and one must live in Idaho. Members serve two-year terms, may be reappointed, and are unpaid. They may attend all public meetings and nonexecutive sessions of the Commission and U.S. panels, and may review and speak on nonadministrative matters at those sessions. The U.S. Section chair must call the committee together at least once a year.
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Title 16, §3639
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(a)The United States Section shall appoint an advisory committee of not less than twelve but not more than twenty members who are knowledgeable and experienced with respect to fisheries subject to the Treaty. One-half the membership of the committee shall be residents of the State of Alaska and one member shall be a resident of the State of Idaho. Each member shall serve a term of two years and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(b)Members of the advisory committee may attend all public meetings of the Commission and Panels and all nonexecutive sessions of the United States Section and United States Panel sections. At nonexecutive meetings of the United States Section and United States Panel sections, members of the advisory committee shall be given the opportunity to examine and to be heard on any nonadministrative matter under consideration.
(c)The members of the advisory committee shall receive no compensation for their services as such members.
(d)The Chairman of the United States Section shall call a meeting of the advisory committee at least one time each year.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Advisory CommitteesAdvisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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16 U.S.C. § 3639
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73