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by the President, to serve as such during his pleasure, 

 and to receive no compensation for their services as 

 such Commissioners. Of such Commissioners — 



(a) one shall be an official of the United States 

 Government; and 



(b) two shall be persons residing in Great Lakes 

 States, duly qualified by reason of knowledge of the 

 fisheries of the Great Lakes, of whom one shall be 

 an official of a Great Lakes State: Provided, however. 

 That the Commissioners appointed under this sub- 

 section shall not be residents of the same State. 

 (June 4, 1956, ch. 358, § 3. 70 Stat. 242.) 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section Is referred to In section 934 of this title. 



Alternate United States Commissioners 

 Secretary of State authorized to designate Alternate 

 United States Commissioners, see sections 2672a and 

 2672b of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. 



§933. Advisory Committee; appointment and number 

 of members; factors in selection of members; 

 membership on other committees; compensation; 

 meetings. 



(a) The United States Section shall appoint an 

 advisory committee for each of the Great Lakes, 

 upon which committee each State bordering on the 

 lake may be represented by not more than four 

 members. In making such appointments, the 

 United States Section shall make its selection for 

 each State from a list proposed by the Governor of 

 that State; and shall give due consideration to the 

 Interests of — 



(1 ) State agencies having jurisdiction over fish- 

 eries; 



(2) the commercial fishing industry of the lake; 



(3 ) the sports fishing of the lake ; and 

 (4> the public at large. 



(b) A member of the advisory committee for one 

 lake may also be a member of the advisory com- 

 mittee for one or more other lakes. 



§ 934. Repealed. Pub. L. 92-471. title II, § 203(a), Oct. 9, 

 1972. 86 Slat. 7S7. 



Section, act June 4. 1956, ch. 358, § 5, 70 Stat 243, 

 provided that service of Individuals appointed as United 

 States Commissioners shall not be treated as service for 

 the purposes of certain sections of Title 18, Crimes and 

 Criminal Procedure, and Title 5, Government Organi- 

 zation and Employees. 



§935. Acquisition of real property; construction and 

 operation of lamprey control works; entry into 

 agreements for construction and operation of 

 works. 



In order to carry out the obligations of the United 

 States under the Convention, the United States Sec- 

 tion is authorized — 



(a) to acquire any real property, or any interest 

 therein, by purchase, exchange, gift, dedication, 

 condemnation, or otherwise; 



(b) to construct, operate, and maintain any proj- 

 ect or works designed to facilitate compliance with 

 the provisions of the Convention relating to the sea 

 lamprey control program; and 



(c) to enter into contract or agreement with any 

 State or other public agency or private agency or 

 individual for the construction, operation, or main- 

 tenance of any such project or works. (June 4, 1956, 

 ch. 358, § 6, 70 Stat. 243.) 



§936. Secretary of Inferior; authority to transfer 

 lamprey control projects and act on behalf of 

 I'nited States Section. 



The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, upon 

 the request of the United States Section— 



(a) to transfer to the United States Section any 

 lamprey control project or works under his juris- 

 diction now existing or now under construction; and 



(b) to act for or on behalf of the United States 

 Section in the exercise of the powers granted by 

 this chapter, (June 4, 1956, ch. 358, § 7, 70 Stat. 243.) 



(c) The members of the advisory committee shall 

 receive no compensation from the Government of 

 the United States for their services as such members. 

 Not more than five members of all the committees, 

 designated by the committees and approved by the 

 United States Section, may be paid by the Govern- 

 ment of the United States for transportation ex- 

 penses and per diem incident to attendance at each 

 meeting of the Commission or of the United States 

 Section, 



(d) The members of the advisory committee for 

 each lake shall be invited to attend all nonexecutive 

 meetings of the United States Section relating to 

 that lake and at such meetings shall be granted 

 opportunity to examine and be heard on all pro- 

 posed recommendations, programs, and activities 

 relating to that lake. (June 4, 1956, ch. 358, § 4, 70 

 Stat, 243.) 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section Is referred to In section 934 of this title. 



§937. United States Section as agency of United 

 States. 



The United States Section shall, for the purposes 

 of these ' provisions of Title 28, relating to claims 

 against the United States and tort claims procedure, 

 be deemed to be an agency of the United States, 

 (June 4, 1956, ch. 358, § 8, 70 Stat. 243.) 



References in Text 

 Provisions of Title 28, relating to claims against the 

 United States, referred to in the text. Include sections 

 1346 (b), 2501 et seq.. and 2671 et seq., of Title 28, Judl- 

 cLiry and Judicial Procedure. 



§ 938. Notice of proposals. 



At least thirty days before approving a proposal 

 to utilize a lamprey control measure or install a 

 device in any stream, the United States Section 

 shall cause notice of such proposal to be sent to the 



■ So In original. Probably should read "thOBe" 



