16 U.S.C. § 5608 — Administrative matters

Page 2554 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 5608 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘transshipping’’. (1) all public meetings of the Commission; (2) any other meetings to which they are in- vited by the Commission; and (3) all nonexecutive meetings of the United States Commissioners. (d) Relationship to other law Chapter 10 of title 5 shall not apply to the con- sultative committee established under this sec- tion. (Pub. L. 104–43, title II, § 208, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 380; Pub. L. 114–327, title V, § 507, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1996; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(125), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4319.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2022—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted ‘‘Chapter 10 of title 5’’ for ‘‘The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)’’. 2016—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 114–327, § 507(1), sub- stituted ‘‘2’’ for ‘‘two’’. Subsec. (c)(1), (2). Pub. L. 114–327, § 507(2), struck out ‘‘General Council or the Fisheries’’ before ‘‘Commis- sion;’’. § 5608. Administrative matters (a) Prohibition on compensation A person shall not receive any compensation from the Government by reason of any service of the person as— (1) a Commissioner, Alternate Commis- sioner, Representative, or Alternative Rep- resentative; (2) an expert or adviser authorized under sec- tion 5601(e) of this title; or (3) a member of the consultative committee established by section 5607 of this title. (b) Travel and expenses The Secretary of State shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, pay all necessary travel and other expenses of persons described in subsection (a)(1) and of not more than six ex- perts and advisers authorized under section 5601(e) of this title with respect to their actual performance of their official duties pursuant to this chapter, in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations and sections 5701, 5702, 5704 through 5708, and 5731 of title 5. (c) Status as Federal employees A person shall not be considered to be a Fed- eral employee by reason of any service of the person in a capacity described in subsection (a), except for purposes of injury compensation and tort claims liability under chapter 81 of title 5 and chapter 171 of title 28, respectively. (Pub. L. 104–43, title II, § 209, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 105–384, title II, § 201(b)(2), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3451.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–384 substituted ‘‘171’’ for ‘‘17’’. § 5609. Definitions In this chapter: (1) 1982 Convention The term ‘‘1982 Convention’’ means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982. (2) Authorized enforcement officer The term ‘‘authorized enforcement officer’’ means a person authorized to enforce this chapter, any regulation issued under this chapter, or any measure that is legally bind- ing on the United States under the Conven- tion. (3) Commission The term ‘‘Commission’’ means the body provided for by Articles V, VI, XIII, XIV, and XV of the Convention. (4) Commissioner The term ‘‘Commissioner’’ means a United States Commissioner to the Northwest Atlan- tic Fisheries Organization appointed under section 5601 of this title. (5) Convention The term ‘‘Convention’’ means the Conven- tion on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, done at Ot- tawa on October 24, 1978, and as amended on September 28, 2007. (6) Convention Area The term ‘‘Convention Area’’ means the wa- ters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean north of 35°00′ N and west of a line extending due north from 35°00′ N and 42°00′ W to 59°00′ N, thence due west to 44°00′ W, and thence due north to the coast of Greenland, and the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Davis Strait and Baffin Bay south of 78°10′ N. (7) Council The term ‘‘Council’’ means the New England Fishery Management Council or the Mid-At- lantic Fishery Management Council. (8) Fishery resources (A) In general The term ‘‘fishery resources’’ means all fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, including any products thereof, within the Convention Area. (B) Exclusions The term ‘‘fishery resources’’ does not in- clude— (i) sedentary species over which coastal States may exercise sovereign rights con- sistent with Article 77 of the 1982 Conven- tion; or (ii) insofar as they are managed under other international treaties, anadromous and catadromous stocks and highly migra- tory species listed in Annex I of the 1982 Convention. (9) Fishing activities (A) In general The term ‘‘fishing activities’’ means har- vesting or processing fishery resources, or transhipping 1 of fishery resources or prod-