---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 916a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "916a"
heading: "United States Commissioner"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/916a"
units:
  - "Chapter 14 — Regulation of Whaling"
  - "Subchapter II — Whaling Convention Act"
---

# §916a. United States Commissioner

- (a) **Appointment—** The United States [Commissioner](/usc/16/3601.md?p=3) shall be appointed by the President, on the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State and the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Commerce, and shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
- (b) **Deputy Commissioner—** The President may appoint a Deputy United States [Commissioner](/usc/16/3601.md?p=3), on the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State and the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of Commerce. The Deputy United States [Commissioner](/usc/16/3601.md?p=3) shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall be the principal technical adviser to the United States [Commissioner](/usc/16/3601.md?p=3), and shall be empowered to perform the duties of the [Commissioner](/usc/16/3601.md?p=3) in case of the death, resignation, absence, or illness of the [Commissioner](/usc/16/3601.md?p=3).
- (c) **Compensation—** The United States [Commissioner](/usc/16/3601.md?p=3) and Deputy [Commissioner](/usc/16/3601.md?p=3), although officers of the United States Government, shall receive no compensation for their services.

## Source credit

(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 3, 64 Stat. 421; 1970 Reorg. Plan. No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Alternate United States Commissioners

Secretary of State authorized to designate Alternate United States Commissioners, see sections 2672a and 2672b of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.