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kind: "range"
citation: "33 U.S.C. §§ 641–644"
title: "33"
from: "641"
to: "644"
count: 5
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/641..644"
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# §641. Creation of Mississippi River Commission


A commission is created to be called “The Mississippi River Commission”, to consist of seven members.


# §642. Appointment of commissioners; vacancies; chairman; tenure of office


The President of the United States shall appoint seven commissioners, three of whom shall be selected from the Engineer Corps of the Army, one from the National Ocean Survey, and three from civil life, two of whom shall be civil engineers. And any vacancy which may occur in the commission shall in like manner be filled by the President of the United States; and he shall designate one of the commissioners appointed from the Engineer Corps of the Army to be president of the commission. The commissioners appointed under sections [641 to 644](/usc/33/641..644.md), [646](/usc/33/646.md), and [647](/usc/33/647.md) of this title, except those appointed from civil life, shall remain in office subject to removal by the President of the United States. Each commissioner appointed from civil life after November 7, 1966, shall be appointed for a term of nine years.


# §642a. Rank, pay, and allowances of Corps of Engineers officers serving as President of Mississippi River Commission


Any officer of the Corps of Engineers who has served or shall serve four years as President of the Mississippi River Commission and who has been or shall subsequently be retired, shall, from the date of such retirement, receive the rank, pay, and allowances of a retired major general.


# [§643. Omitted — omitted]



# §644. Secretary of commission


The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) of the Army may detail from the Engineer Corps of the Army of the United States an officer to act as [secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) of said commission.