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in any one year. Of such Commissioners, who shall 

 receive no compensation for their services as Com- 

 missioners, one shall be an official of the United 

 States Government, and each of the others shall be a 

 person residing in a State, the residents of which 

 maintain a substantial fishery in the Convention 

 area. 



(b) .\lternate United States Commissioners; appoint- 

 ment ; powers and duties. 



The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 

 Secretary of Commerce, may designate from time 

 to time Alternate United States Commissioners to the 

 Commission. An Alternate United States Commis- 

 sioner may exercise, at any meeting of the Commis- 

 sion or of the United States Section or of the Advis- 

 ory Committee established pursuant to section 1023 

 of this title, all powers and duties of a United States 

 Commissioner in the absence of a duly designated 

 Commissioner for whatever reason. The number of 

 such Alternate United States Commissioners that 

 may be designated for any such meeting shall be 

 limited to the number of authorized United States 

 Commissioners that will not be present. (As amended 

 Oct. 9, 1972, Pub. L. 92-471, title I, § 108(a), 86 

 Stat. 786.) 



Amendments 



1972 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92^71 designated existing 

 provisions as subsec. (a) , and In subsec. (a) , as so redesig- 

 nated, added provision that after January 1, 1973, each 

 United States Commissioner shall be appointed for four 

 years with eligibility for reappointment, and for shorter 

 period under special circumstances. 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-471 added subsec. (b). 



§ 102.S. Advisory Committee; appointment and number 

 of members; terms; sessions; meetings; com- 

 pensation. 



(a) The United States Section shall bppoint an 

 advisory committee composed of not less than 

 five nor more than twenty members and shall fix the 

 terms of office thereof, such members to be selected 

 both from the various groups participating in the 

 fisheries covered by the Convention and from the 

 fishery agencies of the States or Territories, the resi- 

 dents of which maintain a substantial fishery in the 

 Convention area. 



(b) Any or all members of the advisory commit- 

 tee may attend all sessions of the Commission ex- 

 cept executive sessions. 



(c) The advisory committee shall be invited to all 

 nonexecutive meetings of the United States Section 

 and at such meetings shall be granted opportunity 

 to examine and to be heard on all proposed pro- 

 grams of study and investigation, reports, and rec- 

 ommendations of the United States Section. 



(d) The members of the advisory committee shall 

 receive no compensation for their services as such 

 members. On approval by the United States Sec- 

 tion, not more than three members of the commit- 

 tee, designated by the Committee, shall be paid for 

 transportation expenses and per diem incident to 

 attendance at meetings of the Commission or of 

 the United States Section. (As amended Oct. 9, 1972, 



Pub. L. 92-471, title I, § 108(b), 86 Stat. 787.) 

 Amendments 

 1972 — Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 92-471 substituted "shall be 

 paid" for "may be paid." 



§ 1024. Repealed. Pub. L. 92-471, title I, § 108(c), Oct. 9, 

 1972, 86 Stat. 787. 



Section, act Aug. 12, 1954, ch. 669, I 5, 68 Stat. 698. pro- 

 vided that service of Individuals appointed as tJnlted 

 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 Organiza- 

 tion and Employees. 



§1025. Powers of President; acceptance or rejection 

 of Commission's recommendations; selection of 

 special committee. 



The President is authorized to (a) accept or reject, 

 on behalf of the United States, recommendations 

 made by the Commission in accordance with the 

 provisions of article III, section 1, of the Conven- 

 tion, and recommendations made by the Commission 

 in pursuance of the provisions of the Protocol to the 

 Convention; and (b) act for the United States in 

 the selection of persons by the contracting parties 

 to compose the special committee provided by the 

 Protocol to the Convention. (Aug. 12, 1954, ch. 669, 

 § 6, 68 Stat 699 ) 



§ 1025a. Administration of Convention and chapter; 

 cooperation with other signatories to the Con- 

 vention; regulations; area applicable. 



The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and 

 directed to administer and enforce all the provisions 

 of the Convention, this chapter, and regulations is- 

 sued pursuant thereto, except to the extent otherwise 

 provided for in this chapter. In carrying out such 

 functions he is authorized and directed to adopt such 

 regulations as may be necessary to carry out the 

 purposes and objectives of the Convention and this 

 chapter, and, with the concurrence of the Secretary 

 of State, he may cooperate with the duly authorized 

 officials of the government of any party to the Con- 

 vention. He shall adopt such regulations on consul- 

 tation with the United States Section and they shall 

 apply only to stocks of fish in the Convention area 

 north of the parallel of north latitude of 48 degrees 

 and 30 minutes. No such reguations shall apply in the 

 Convention area south of the 49th parallel of north 

 latitude with respect to sockeye salmon (Oncorhyn- 

 chus nerka) or pink salmon ( Oncorhynchus gor- 

 buschai. (Aug. 12, 1954, ch. 699, § 7, as added Oct. 9, 

 1972, Pub. L. 92-471. title I, § 101, 86 Stat. 784.) 



§ 1026. Cooperation with other agencies. 



Any agency of the Federal Government is author- 

 ized, upon request of the Commission, to cooperate 

 in the conduct of scientific and other programs, and 

 to furnish, on a reimbursable basis, facilities and 

 personnel for the purpose of assisting the Commis- 

 sion in carrying out its duties under the Convention. 

 Such agency may accept reimbursement from the 



