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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 77 — Yukon River Salmon

§ 5708. Administrative matters

Statutory text

(a)

Compensation of Panel members

Panel members and alternate Panel members who are not State or Federal employees shall receive compensation at the daily rate of GS–15 of the General Schedule when engaged in the actual performance of duties.

(b)

Travel and other expenses

Travel and other necessary expenses shall be paid for all Panel members, alternate Panel members, United States members of the Joint Technical Committee, and members of the Advisory Committee when engaged in the actual performance of duties.

(c)

Status as Federal employees

Except for officials of the United States Government, individuals described in subsection (b) shall not be considered to be Federal employees while engaged in the actual performance of duties, except for the purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability as provided in chapter 81 of title 5 and chapter 71 1 of title 28.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should be chapter “171”.

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.

  1. Yukon River Salmon Act of 1995

    Pub. L. 104–43 title VII § 709 · 109 Stat. 366

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 5708

    (Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 709, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 395.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 709, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 395.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 709. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. (a) Panel members and alternate Panel members who are not State or Federal employees shall receive compensation at the daily rate of GS–15 of the General Schedule when engaged in the actual performance of duties. (b) Travel and other necessary expenses shall be paid for all Panel members, alternate Panel members. United States members of the Joint Technical Committee, and members of the Advisory Committee when engaged in the actual performance of duties. (c) Except for officials of the United States Government, individuals described in subsection (b) shall not be considered to be Federal employees while engaged in the actual performance of duties, except for the purposes of injury compensation or tort claims liability as provided in chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 71 of title 28, United States Code.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (a), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

(Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 709, , 109 Stat. 395.)

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