Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 31 — Marine Mammal Protection
§ 1403. Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals
Statutory text
Establishment; membership
The Commission shall establish, within ninety days after its establishment, a Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals (hereafter referred to in this subchapter as the “Committee”). Such Committee shall consist of nine scientists knowledgeable in marine ecology and marine mammal affairs appointed by the Chairman after consultation with the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences.
Compensation; reimbursement for travel expenses
Except for United States Government employees, members of the Committee shall each be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the rate for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, for each day such member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Committee. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in Government service employed intermittently.
Consultation with Commission on studies and recommendations; explanation for nonadoption
The Commission shall consult with the Committee on all studies and recommendations which it may propose to make or has made, on research programs conducted or proposed to be conducted under the authority of this chapter, and on all applications for permits for scientific research. Any recommendations made by the Committee or any of its members which are not adopted by the Commission shall be transmitted by the Commission to the appropriate Federal agency and to the appropriate committees of Congress with a detailed explanation of the Commission’s reasons for not accepting such recommendations.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Pub. L. 92–522 title II § 203 · 86 Stat. 1027
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1403
(Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 203, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1044.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 203, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1044.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 203. committee of scientific advisors on marine mammals (a) The Commission shall establish, within ninety days after its establishment, a Committee of Scientific Advisors on Marine Mammals (hereafter referred to in this title as the “Committee”). Membership. Such Committee shall consist of nine scientists knowledgeable in marine ecology and marine mammal affairs appointed by the Chair-man after consultation with the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and the Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences. (b) Except for United States Government employees, members of Compensation. the Committee shall each be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the rate for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day such member 5 USC 5332 note. is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Committee. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in Government service employed 80 Stat. 499; 83 Stat. 190. intermittently. (c) The Commission shall consult with the Committee on all studies Recommendations. and recommendations which it may propose to make or has made, on research programs conducted or proposed to be conducted under the authority of this Act, and on all applications for permits for scientific research. Any recommendations made by the Committee or any of Transmittal to Federal agency and congressional committees. its members which are not adopted by the Commission shall be transmitted by the Commission to the appropriate Federal agency and to the appropriate committees of Congress with a detailed explanation of the Commission’s reasons for not accepting such recommendations.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective upon the expiration of the sixty-day period following , see section 4 of Pub. L. 92–522, set out as a note under section 1361 of this title.
Termination of Advisory Committees
Advisory committees in existence on , to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period following , unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
References in Other Laws to GS–16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS–16, 17, or 18, or to maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I, § 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101–509, set out in a note under section 5376 of Title 5.