16 U.S.C. § 1055 — Members of Advisory Board

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This section sets the Advisory Board’s nine-member composition, appointment sources, terms, party and State limits for congressional members, and vacancy rules.

(a) Appointment and number of members The Board has nine members. The Secretary names the Chair. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife serves as an ex officio member. The other eight are: (1) two Senators appointed by the President of the Senate; (2) two Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House; (3) two people appointed by the Secretary, one involved in or closely associated with sport fishing and one with commercial fishing; and (4) two people appointed by the Secretary from the public. (b) Terms of office Each class of two members serves four years, except that one of each initially appointed pair serves two years. A replacement for a vacancy serves only the remainder of the predecessor’s term. Of each congressional pair under (a)(1) and (2), no more than one may be from the same political party and no more than one may be from the same State. A congressional member who stops being a Member of Congress during the appointment term stops being a Board member. (c) Vacancies The original appointment method must also be used to fill a vacancy.

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(a) Appointment and number of members

The Advisory Board shall be composed of nine members. The Secretary shall designate the Chairman of the Advisory Board. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife shall be a member of such Board ex officio. The remaining eight members of such Board shall be appointed as follows—

(1)

two Members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(2)

two Members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(3)

two individuals appointed by the Secretary, one of whom shall be engaged in or closely associated with, sport fishing, and one of whom shall be engaged in, or closely associated with, commercial fishing; and

(4)

two individuals appointed by the Secretary from the public at large.

(b) Terms of office

Each class of two members of the Advisory Board referred to in subsection (a) shall be appointed for terms of four years, except that, of each such class of two members initially appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of two years. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term. Of each class of two members of such Board referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), not more than one shall be from the same political party, and not more than one shall be from the same State. Any member of such Board referred to in such paragraphs (1) and (2) who shall cease to be a Member of Congress during the term of his appointment under this section shall cease to be a member of such Board.

Any vacancy in the Advisory Board shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original appointment.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 87–758, § 5, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 753.)

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1962Enacted · Pub. L. 87-758 · 76 Stat. 753

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