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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 21 — Settlement of International Claims

§ 1622c. Membership of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States

Statutory text

(a)

Composition of Commission; appointment and compensation of Chairman

The Commission shall be composed of a Chairman and two members. The Chairman shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve on a full-time basis for a term of three years, and compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5.

(b)

Appointment and compensation of members other than Chairman

The other members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and serve on a part-time basis, and be compensated on a per diem basis at a rate of compensation equivalent to the daily rate for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5 for each day that such member is employed in the actual performance of official business of the Commission as may be directed by the Chairman. 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.

(c)

Terms of office

The terms of Office of the Chairman and members of the Commission shall be for three years, except the Chairman and members first appointed after the enactment of this subsection shall be appointed to terms ending respectively , , and . The incumbent of any such office may continue to serve until a successor takes office.

(d)

Continuation in office of existing members

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, members of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission who are serving on , shall continue to serve in their same capacities until the expiration of the terms to which they were appointed.

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. Pub. L. 96–209 title I § 103 · 94 Stat. 96

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1622c

    (Pub. L. 96–209, title I, § 103, Mar. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 96.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 96–209, title I, § 103, Mar. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 96.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 103. (a) The Commission shall be composed of a Chairman and two members. The Chairman shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve on a full-time basis for a term of three years, and compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. (b) The other members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and serve on a part-time basis, and be compensated on a per diem basis at a rate of compensation equivalent to the daily rate for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, for each day that such member is employed in the actual performance of official business of the Commission as may be directed by the Chairman. 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. (c) The terms of Office of the Chairman and members of the Commission shall be for three years, except the Chairman and members first appointed after the enactment of this subsection shall be appointed to terms ending respectively September 30, 1982, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1980. The incumbent of any such office may continue to serve until a successor takes office. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of this section, members of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission who are serving on the effective date of this Act, shall continue to serve in their same capacities until the expiration of the terms to which they were appointed.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was not enacted as part of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective , see title VI of Pub. L. 96–209, set out as a note under section 1622a of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 96–209, title I, § 103, , 94 Stat. 96.)

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