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Applicability of Executive Order No. 12674 to Personnel of Regional Fishery Management Councils
The appointed members of Regional Fishery Management Councils established under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act and other personnel of those Councils are not executive branch employees for purposes of Executive Order No. 12674 and its implementing regulations, and thus are not subject to that Order. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/20431/download.
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