16 U.S.C. § 933 : US Code - Section 933: Advisory Committee

Search 16 U.S.C. § 933 : US Code - Section 933: Advisory Committee

(a) Appointment and number of members; factors in selection
The United States Section shall appoint an advisory committee for
each of the Great Lakes, upon which committee each State bordering
on the lake may be represented by not more than four members. In
making such appointments, the United States Section shall make its
selection for each State from a list proposed by the Governor of
that State; and shall give due consideration to the interests of -
(1) State agencies having jurisdiction over fisheries;
(2) the commercial fishing industry of the lake;
(3) the sports fishing of the lake; and
(4) the public at large.
(b) Membership on other committees
A member of the advisory committee for one lake may also be a
member of the advisory committee for one or more other lakes.
(c) Compensation
The members of the advisory committee shall receive no
compensation from the Government of the United States for their
services as such members. Not more than ten members of all the
committees, designated by the committees and approved by the United
States Section, may be paid by the Government of the United States
for transportation expenses and per diem incident to attendance at
the annual meeting of the Commission or of the United States
Section.
(d) Meetings
The members of the advisory committee for each lake shall be
invited to attend all nonexecutive meetings of the United States
Section relating to that lake and at such meetings shall be granted
opportunity to examine and be heard on all proposed
recommendations, programs, and activities relating to that lake.