[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2955 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2955

To amend the Whaling Convention Act of 1949 to require that the United 
 States Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission must be a 
                           Federal employee.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2009

  Mr. Rahall introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Whaling Convention Act of 1949 to require that the United 
 States Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission must be a 
                           Federal employee.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER 
              TO THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION.

    (a) Requirement.--Section 3(a) of the Whaling Convention Act of 
1949 (16 U.S.C. 916a(a)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) The United States Commissioner shall be appointed by the 
President, on the concurrent recommendations of the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Commerce, shall be an employee of the Federal 
Government, and shall serve at the pleasure of the President.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to any individual who is appointed, or reappointed, as 
United States Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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