§952 Commissioners

Summary

The United States must have four Commissioners on the Commission. The President picks them. The Secretary of State, working with the Secretary, can supervise or remove them. The President must choose people who know about highly migratory fish stocks in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. One must be an officer or employee of the Department of Commerce. Not more than two may live in a State that does not have a substantial fishery in the Convention area. The Secretary of State, with the Secretary, can also name Alternate Commissioners for times when needed. An alternate can do everything a regular Commissioner can do at meetings of the Commission, the General Advisory Committee, or the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee when a regular Commissioner is absent. People who are not federal employees do not become federal employees by serving, except for injury compensation and tort claim rules under chapter 81 of title 5 and chapter 171 of title 28. Commissioners and alternates get no pay for serving. The Secretary of State pays necessary travel costs to Inter‑American Tropical Tuna Commission meetings and other needed meetings under the Federal Travel Regulations and sections 5701, 5702, 5704–5708, and 5731 of title 5. The Secretary may repay the Secretary of State for those costs.