§ 305. — Indian Arts and Crafts Board; creation and composition; per diem payments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC305]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 7A--PROMOTION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE
Sec. 305. Indian Arts and Crafts Board; creation and
composition; per diem payments
A board is created in the Department of the Interior to be known as
``Indian Arts and Crafts Board'', and hereinafter referred to as the
Board. The Board shall be composed of five commissioners, who shall be
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior as soon as possible after
August 27, 1935 and shall continue in office, two for a term of two
years, one for a term of three years, and two for a term of four years
from the date of their appointment, the term of each to be designated by
the Secretary of the Interior, but their successors shall be appointed
for a term of four years except that any person chosen to fill a vacancy
shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the commissioner whom he
succeeds. Both public officers and private citizens shall be eligible
for membership on the Board. The Board shall elect one of the
commissioners as chairman. One or two vacancies on the Board shall not
impair the right of the remaining commissioners to exercise all the
powers of the Board.
The commissioner shall serve without compensation: Provided, That
each Commissioner shall be paid per diem in lieu of subsistence and
other expenses at a rate that does not exceed the rate authorized by
section 5703 of title 5 to be paid to persons serving without
compensation.
(Aug. 27, 1935, ch. 748, Sec. 1, 49 Stat. 891; Pub. L. 87-23, Sec. 1,
Apr. 24, 1961, 75 Stat. 45.)
Codification
``Section 5703 of title 5'' substituted in text for ``the Act of
August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 808) as heretofore or hereafter amended (5
U.S.C. 73b-2)'' on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6,
1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
1961--Pub. L. 87-23 substituted authorization for payment of per
diem to Board members at the rate authorized for other persons serving
without compensation for former provision reimbursing actual expenses,
including travel expenses, subsistence and office overhead, incurred
incidental to performance of duties.
Short Title of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106-497, Sec. 1, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2219, provided
that: ``This Act [amending section 305e of this title] may be cited as
the `Indian Arts and Crafts Enforcement Act of 2000'.''
Short Title of 1990 Amendment
Pub. L. 101-644, title I, Sec. 101, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4662,
provided that: ``This title [enacting sections 305d and 305e of this
title, amending section 305a of this title and sections 1158 and 1159 of
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and enacting provisions set out
as a note under section 305e of this title] may be cited as the `Indian
Arts and Crafts Act of 1990'.''
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
