Volume 79
Public Law 89–56
To provide that Commissioners of the Federal Maritime Commission shall hereafter be appointed for a term of five years, and for other purposes.
Approved June 30, 1965
Statutory text
AN ACT
To provide that Commissioners of the Federal Maritime Commission shall hereafter be appointed for a term of five years, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That Commissioners
Federal Maritime Commissioners.
Term of office.
of the Federal Maritime Commission, provided for by section 102 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1961 (75 Stat. 840), shall hereafter be appointed for a term of five years except that one of the two terms which commence July 1, 1965, shall initially be for four years and thereafter shall be for five years: Provided, however, That a person chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of the Commissioner whom he succeeds: Provided, further, That upon the expiration of his term of office a Commissioner shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified.
Approved June 30, 1965.