---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 7005"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "7005"
heading: "United States representation on advisory panel"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/7005"
units:
  - "Chapter 89 — Pacific Whiting"
---

# §7005. United States representation on advisory panel

- (a) **In general—**
  - (1) **Appointment—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/7001.md?p=8), in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall appoint at least 6 but not more than 12 individuals to serve as members of the [advisory panel](/usc/16/7001.md?p=1), selected from among individuals who are—
    - (A) knowledgeable or experienced in the harvesting, processing, marketing, management, conservation, or research of the [offshore whiting resource](/usc/16/7001.md?p=6); and
    - (B) not employees of the United States.
  - (2) **Term of office—** An individual appointed under [paragraph (1)](#a-1) shall be appointed for a term of not to exceed 4 years, but shall be eligible for reappointment. An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term of office of that individual’s predecessor shall be appointed for the remainder of that term.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–479, title VI, § 606, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3646.)