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16 U.S.C. § 916a — United States Commissioner
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**(a) Appointment** The United States Commissioner shall be appointed by the President, on the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, and shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
**(b) Deputy Commissioner** The President may appoint a Deputy United States Commissioner, on the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce. The Deputy United States Commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall be the principal technical adviser to the United States Commissioner, and shall be empowered to perform the duties of the Commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or illness of the Commissioner.
**(c) Compensation** The United States Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, although officers of the United States Government, shall receive no compensation for their services.
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**(a) Appointment** The United States Commissioner shall be appointed by the President, on the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, and shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
**(b) Deputy Commissioner** The President may appoint a Deputy United States Commissioner, on the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce. The Deputy United States Commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall be the principal technical adviser to the United States Commissioner, and shall be empowered to perform the duties of the Commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or illness of the Commissioner.
**(c) Compensation** The United States Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, although officers of the United States Government, shall receive no compensation for their services.
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When used in this subchapter—
**(a)** Convention: The word “convention” means the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling signed at Washington under date of December 2, 1946, by the United States of America and certain other governments.
**(b)** Commission: The word “Commission” means the International Whaling Commission established by article III of the convention.
**(c)** United States Commissioner: The words “United States Commissioner” mean the member of the International Whaling Commission representing the United States of America appointed pursuant to article III of the convention and [section 916a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section916a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d)** Person: The word “person” denotes every individual, partnership, corporation, and association subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
**(e)** Vessel: The word “vessel” denotes every kind, type, or description of water craft or contrivance subject to the jurisdiction of the United States used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation.
**(f)** Factory ship: The words “factory ship” mean a vessel in which or on which whales are treated or processed, whether wholly or in part.
**(g)** Land station: The words “land station” mean a factory on the land at which whales are treated or processed, whether wholly or in part.
**(h)** Whale catcher: The words “whale catcher” mean a vessel used for the purpose of hunting, killing, taking, towing, holding onto, or scouting for whales.
**(i)** Whale products: The words “whale products” mean any unprocessed part of a whale and blubber, meat, bones, whale oil, sperm oil, spermaceti, meal, and baleen.
**(j)** Whaling: The word “whaling” means the scouting for, huntin
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 916a
(i) Whale products: The words ‘‘whale prod-
ucts’’ mean any unprocessed part of a whale and
blubber, meat, bones, whale oil, sperm oil, sper-
maceti, meal, and baleen.
(j) Whaling: The word ‘‘whaling’’ means the
scouting for, hunting, killing, taking, towing,
holding onto, and flensing of whales, and the
possession, treatment, or processing of whales
or of whale products.
(k) Regulations of the Commission: The words
‘‘regulations of the Commission’’ mean the
whaling regulations in the schedule annexed to
and constituting a part of the convention in
their original form or as modified, revised, or
amended by the Commission from time to time,
in pursuance of article V of the convention.
(l) Regulations of the Secretary of Commerce:
The words ‘‘regulations of the Secretary of Com-
merce’’ mean such regulations as may be issued
by the Secretary of Commerce, from time to
time, in accordance with sections 916i and 916j of
this title.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 2, 64 Stat. 421; 1970 Reorg.
Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat.
2090.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Act Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 1, 64 Stat. 421, provided:
‘‘That this Act [enacting this subchapter] may be cited
as the ‘Whaling Convention Act of 1949’.’’
SEPARABILITY
Act Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 15, 64 Stat. 425, provided
that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [this subchapter] or
the application of such provisions to any circumstances
or persons shall be held invalid, the validity of the re-
mainder of the Act and the applicability of such provi-
sion to other circumstances or persons shall not be af-
fected thereby.’’
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY FOR HUMPBACK WHALES IN WEST
INDIES
Pub. L. 99–630, Nov. 7, 1986, 100 Stat
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