limitations on appointments of commissioners

limitations on appointments of commissioners Sec. 201. (a) In General.—Section 3(a) of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971a(a)) is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” immediately after “(a)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Of the Commissioners appointed under paragraph (1) who are not governmental employees— “(A) one shall be appointed from among individuals with knowledge and experience regarding commercial fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, or Caribbean Sea; and 104 STAT. 4460 “(B) one shall be appointed from among individuals with knowledge and experience regarding recreational fishing in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, or Caribbean Sea. “(3) (A) The term of a Commissioner shall be three years. “(B) An individual appointed in accordance with paragraph (2) shall not be eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms as a Commissioner.”. (b) Application to Current Commissioners.— (1) Paragraph (2) of section 3(a) of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971a(a)), as added by this section, shall not apply to reappointment of an individual as a United States Commissioner of the Inter-national Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (hereinafter in this title referred to as a “Commissioner”) if that individual is serving in that position on the date of enactment of this Act. (2) An individual serving a term as a Commissioner on the date of enactment of this Act shall not, by reason of that term of service, be ineligible under paragraph (3)(B) of section 3(a) of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971a(a)), as added by this section, for reappointment as a Commissioner.