§ 711.
(d)
Board of Directors
(1)
The Board of Directors of the Association shall consist of five individuals, as follows:
(A)
The Chairman, who shall be the individual serving as Chairman on August 13, 1981, until the expiration of his term of office or his resignation, or his replacement, who shall be selected by the outgoing Chairman and the other members of the Board.
(B)
The Secretary of Transportation.
(C)
The Comptroller General of the United States.
(D)
The Chairman of the Commission.
(E)
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(2)
The Chairman may not have any employment or other direct financial relationship with any freight railroad. The Chairman shall receive $300 per diem when engaged in the actual performance of his duties plus reimbursement for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of such duties.
(i)
Miscellaneous
1
See Codification note below.
(1)
The Association shall have a seal which shall be judicially recognized.
(2)
The Administrator of General Services shall furnish the Association with such offices, equipment, supplies, and services as he is authorized to furnish to any other agency or instrumentality of the United States.
(3)
The Secretary is authorized to transfer to the Association or the Corporation rights in intellectual property which are directly related to the conduct of the functions of the Association or the Corporation, to the extent that the Federal Government has such rights and to the extent that transfer is necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(4)
Any reference in this chapter to the Chairman of the Commission is to the Chairman of the Commission or the person who is at the time performing the duties of the Chairman of the Commission in accordance with law.
([Pub. L. 93–236, title II, § 201], Jan. 2, 1974, [87 Stat. 988]; [Pub. L. 94–210, title VI], §§ 603(a), (b), 607(a), 612(j)(2), Feb. 5, 1976, [90 Stat. 88], 96, 109; [Pub. L. 94–555, title II, § 211(b)]–(e), Oct. 19, 1976, [90 Stat. 2624]; [Pub. L. 95–611, § 2], Nov. 8, 1978, [92 Stat. 3089]; [Pub. L. 96–448, title V, § 508(c)], Oct. 14, 1980, [94 Stat. 1957]