---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 U.S.C. § 1681a"
title: "48"
title_heading: "Territories and Insular Possessions"
number: "1681a"
heading: "Appointment of High Commissioner"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/48/1681a"
units:
  - "Chapter 14 — Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands"
---

# §1681a. Appointment of High Commissioner


Any appointment made on or after May 10, 1967, to the office of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall be made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–16, § 2, May 10, 1967, 81 Stat. 15.)