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§982 Management of Corporation; appointment of Administrator; terms; vacancy; Advisory Board; establishment; membership; meetings; duties; compensation and expenses

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY › § 982

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The corporation is run by an Administrator who the President must appoint. If someone is picked to fill a vacancy before the previous term ends, that person must serve only the rest of that term. An Advisory Board of five members must be appointed by the President with the Senate’s approval, and no more than three can be from the same political party. The Administrator calls the meetings and must have the board meet at least once every 90 days. The board reviews general policies like building projects, how ships and cargo are measured, and toll rates, and it advises the Administrator. Board members may be paid up to $50 per day when working and get travel costs to and from meetings.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §982

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(a)The management of the corporation shall be vested in an Administrator who shall be appointed by the President. Any Administrator appointed to fill a vacancy in that position prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.
(b)There is established the Advisory Board of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation which shall be composed of five members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, not more than three of whom shall belong to the same political party. The Advisory Board shall meet at the call of the Administrator, who shall require it to meet not less often than once each ninety days; shall review the general policies of the Corporation, including its policies in connection with design and construction of facilities and the establishment of rules of measurement for vessels and cargo and rates of charges or tolls; and shall advise the Administrator with respect thereto. Members of the Advisory Board shall receive for their services as members compensation of not to exceed $50 per diem when actually engaged in the performance of their duties, together with their necessary traveling expenses while going to and coming from meetings.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–260 substituted “Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation” for “Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation”. 2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–166 struck out “, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of seven years” before period at end of first sentence. 1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–615, § 1(a), amended subsec. (a) generally, inserting provisions relating to a term of seven years and the length of the term of any Administrator appointed to fill a vacancy in the position of the Administrator prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed. Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 93–615, § 1(b), redesignated subsec. (c) as (b). Former subsec. (b), relating to the appointment and duties of a Deputy Administrator, was repealed.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2012 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 112–166 effective 60 days after Aug. 10, 2012, and applicable to appointments made on and after that

Effective Date

, including any nomination pending in the Senate on that date, see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 112–166, set out as a note under section 113 of Title 6, Domestic Security.

Effective Date

of 1975 Amendment Pub. L. 93–615, § 2, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1977, provided that: “The

Amendments

made to section 2 of the Act of May 13, 1954, by the first section of this Act [amending this section] shall (1) take effect upon the first appointment of an Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation which is made after the date of enactment of this Act [Jan. 2, 1975], and (2) be applicable to such first appointment and to each subsequent appointment to such position.” 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 by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 982

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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