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APPBOPBIATIONS 



Sec. 113. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be neces- 

 sary to carry out this title. 



EFFECTIVE DATE 



Sec. 114. This title shall take effect one hundred and eighty days after the 

 date of its enactment. 



Title II — Mabine Mammal Commission 



ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION 



Sec. 201. (a) There is hereby established the Marine Mammal Commission 

 (hereafter referred to in this title as the "Commission"). 



(b) The Commission shall be composed of three members who shall be appointed 

 by, and serve at the pleasure of, the President. The President shall make his 

 selection from a list, submitted to him by the Chairman of the Council on En- 

 vironmental Quality, of individuals knowledgeable in the fields of marine eco- 

 logy and resource management. No member of the Commission may, during his 

 period of service on the Commission, hold any other position as an oflBcer or 

 employee of the United States, except as a retired officer or retired civilian em- 

 ployee of the United States. 



(c) The President shall designate a Chairman of the Commission (hereafter 

 referred to in this title as the "Chairman") from among its members. 



(d) Members of the Commission may each be compensated at the rate of 

 $100 for each day such member is engaged in the actual performance of duties 

 vested in the Commission. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, 

 including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 

 5, United States Code, for persons in Government service employed intermit- 

 tently. 



(e) The Commission shall have an Executive Director, who shall be appointed 

 by the Chairman with the approval of the Commission and shall be paid at a 

 rate not in excess of the maximum rate for GS-18 of the General Schedule under 

 section 5332 of title 5, United States Code. The Executive Director shall have 

 such duties as the Chairman may assign. 



DUTIES OF commission 



Sec. 202. (a) The Commission shall — 



(1) undertake a comprehensive review and study of the activities of the 

 United States pursuant to existing laws and international conventions re- 

 lating to marine mammals, including, but not limited to, the International 

 Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, the International Convention on 

 the Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals, and the Fur Seal Act of 1966 ; 



(2) conduct a continuing review of the condition of the stocks of marine 

 mammals, of methods for their management, and of humane means of taking 

 marine mammals ; 



(3) undertake or cause to be undertaken such studies as it deems necessary 

 or desirable for determining the need for additional measures for the protec- 

 tion and management of marine mammals ; 



(4) recommend to the Secretary and to other Federal officials such steps 

 as it deems necessary or desirable for the protection and management of 

 marine mammals ; 



(5) recommend to the Secretary such revisions of the Endangered Species 

 Last, authorized by the Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969, as may 

 be appropriate with regard to marine mammals ; and 



(6) recommend to the Secretary, other appropriate Federal officials, and 

 Congress such additional measures as it deems necessary or desirable to 

 further the policies of this Act, including provisions for the protection of the 

 Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts whose livelihood may be adversely affected by 

 actions taken pursuant to this Act. 



(b) The Commission shall consult with the Secretary at such intervals as it 

 or he may deem desirable, and shall furnish its reports and recommendations to 

 him, before publication, for his comment. 



(c) The activities of the Commission, and the reports and recommendations 

 Which it makes, as well as all comments and correspondence in regard to such 



