16 U.S.C. § 1104 — Membership of Commission

submitted 62 years ago by Pub. L. 88-363 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 346 words · no verdicts yet

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The Commission has three U.S. members and three Canadian members. It elects a chair and vice chair for two-year terms, with the nationalities alternating as specified, and requires a balanced four-member quorum for decisions.

(a) The Commission has six members: three U.S. members and three Canadian members. The President appoints the three U.S. members, including one chosen from nominations the Governor of Maine may make. Alternates are appointed the same way. The President may remove the U.S. members and alternates at the President's pleasure. Vacancies are filled the same way as the original appointment. When a member is absent, that member's alternate attends meetings and acts and votes in the member's place. (b) The Commission elects a Chair and Vice Chair from its members for two-year terms. The Chair alternates between a Canadian and a U.S. member. If the Chair is a U.S. member, the Vice Chair must be Canadian; if the Chair is Canadian, the Vice Chair must be a U.S. member. A vacancy is filled for the rest of the term by a special election meeting these requirements. The Vice Chair acts as Chair when the Chair is absent. (c) Four members make a quorum. A decision also requires at least two affirmative votes from U.S. members or their alternates and at least two affirmative votes from Canadian members or their alternates.

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(a) Selection

The Commission shall consist of six members, of whom three shall be the United States members and three shall be the Canadian members. The United States members shall be three persons appointed by the President, of whom one shall be selected from nominations which may be made by the Governor of the State of Maine. Alternates to United States members shall be appointed in the same manner as the members themselves. The United States members and their alternates shall hold office at the pleasure of the President. A vacancy among the United States members of the Commission or their alternates shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. An alternate shall, in the absence of the member of the Commission for whom he is alternate, attend meetings of the Commission and act and vote in the place and instead of that member of the Commission.

(b) Chairman and Vice Chairman

The Commission shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman from among its members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of two years. The post of Chairman shall be filled for alternate terms by a Canadian and by a United States member. The post of Vice Chairman shall be filled by a Canadian member if the post of Chairman is held by a United States member, and by a United States member if the post of Chairman is held by a Canadian member. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Chairman or Vice Chairman within the two-year term, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term by special election in accordance with the foregoing requirements. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence of the Chairman.

Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but the affirmative votes of at least two United States members, or their alternates, and at least two Canadian members, or their alternates, shall be required for any decision to be made by the Commission.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 88–363, § 5, July 7, 1964, 78 Stat. 300.)

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1964Enacted · Pub. L. 88-363 · 78 Stat. 300

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