Us Code § 50402 - Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee
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§ 50402. Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee
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(A) At least one member shall represent the Environmental Protection Agency.
(B) At least one member shall represent the Department of Commerce.
(C) At least one member shall represent the Corps of Engineers.
(D) At least one member shall represent the Coast Guard.
(E) At least one member shall represent Customs and Border Protection.
(F) At least one member shall represent State and local governmental entities.
(G) Additional members shall represent private sector entities that reflect a cross-section of maritime industries, including port and water stakeholders, academia, and labor.
(H) The Secretary may appoint additional representatives from other Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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(A) comprise more than one-third of the total membership of the Committee or of any subcommittee therein; or
(B) serve as the chair or co-chair of the Committee or of any subcommittee therein.
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(A) the Committee shall be treated as a committee established under chapter 151; and
(B) the Secretary of Transportation shall fulfill all duties and responsibilities and have all authorities of the Secretary of Homeland Security with regard to the Committee.
(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXIII [LXXXIII], §8332(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4703, §55502; renumbered §50402, Pub. L. 117–81, div. C, title XXXV, §3512(a)(3), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2239.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2021—Pub. L. 117–81 renumbered section 55502 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Treatment of Existing Committee
Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXIII [LXXXIII], §8332(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4704, as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, div. C, title XXXV, §3512(b), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2239, provided that: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
"(1) an advisory committee substantially similar to the Committee established by section 50402 of title 46, United States Code, and that was in force or in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 1, 2021], including the charter, membership, and other aspects of such advisory committee, may remain in force or in effect for the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this section; and
"(2) during such 2-year period—
"(A) requirements relating the Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee established by such section shall be treated as satisfied by such substantially similar advisory committee; and
"(B) the enactment of this section shall not be the basis—
"(i) to deem, find, or declare such committee, including the charter, membership, and other aspects thereof, void, not in force, or not in effect;
"(ii) to suspend the activities of such committee; or
"(iii) to bar the members of such committee from a meeting."
CHAPTER 505—OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS
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