16 U.S.C. § 7002 — United States representation on joint management committee

(a) Representatives (1) In general The Secretary , in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall appoint 4 individuals to represent the United States as the United States Section on the joint management committee . In making the appointments, the Secretary shall select representatives from among individuals who are knowledgeable or experienced concerning the offshore whiting resource. Of these— (A) 1 shall be an official of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ; (B) 1 shall be a member of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, appointed with consideration given to any recommendation provided by that Council; (C) 1 shall be appointed from a list submitted by the treaty Indian tribes with treaty fishing rights to the offshore whiting resource ; and (D) 1 shall be appointed from the commercial sector of the whiting fishing industry concerned with the offshore whiting resource . (2) Term of office Each representative appointed under paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term not to exceed 4 years, except that, of the initial appointments, 2 representatives shall be appointed for terms of 2 years. Any individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term of office of that individual’s predecessor shall be appointed for the remainder of that term. A representative may be appointed for a term of less than 4 years if such term is necessary to ensure that the term of office of not more than 2 representatives will expire in any single year. An individual appointed to serve as a representative is eligible for reappointment. (3) Chair Unless otherwise agreed by all of the 4 representatives, the chair shall rotate annually among the 4 members, with the order of rotation determined by lot at the first meeting. (b) Alternate representatives The Secretary , in consultation with the Secretary of State, may designate alternate representatives of the United States to serve on the joint management committee . An alternative representative may exercise, at any meeting of the committee, all the powers and duties of a representative in the absence of a duly designated representative for whatever reason. ( Pub. L. 109–479, title VI, § 603 , Jan. 12, 2007 , 120 Stat. 3645 .) CFR Title Parts 15 904 50 660 , 666

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