22 USC 6431 - Establishment and composition

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§ 6431.

Establishment and composition

(a)

In general

(b)

Membership

(1)

Appointment

The Commission shall be composed of—

(A)

the Ambassador at Large, who shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member of the Commission; and

(B)

Nine 1

 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.

other members, who shall be United States citizens who are not being paid as officers or employees of the United States, and who shall be appointed as follows:

(i)

Three members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President.

(ii)

Three members of the Commission shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, of which two of the members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the leader in the Senate of the political party that is not the political party of the President, and of which one of the members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the leader in the Senate of the other political party.

(iii)

Three members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, of which two of the members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the leader in the House of the political party that is not the political party of the President, and of which one of the members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the leader in the House of the other political party.

(2)

Selection

(3)

Time of appointment

(c)

Terms

(1)

In general

(2)

Establishment of staggered terms

(A)

In general

(B)

Presidential appointments

(C)

Appointments by the President pro tempore of the Senate

(D)

Appointments by the Speaker of the House of Representatives

(E)

Appointments to 1-year terms

(F)

Appointments to 2-year terms

(3)

Ineligibility for reappointment

(d)

Election of Chair and Vice Chair

(e)

Quorum

(f)

Meetings

(g)

Vacancies

(h)

Administrative support

(i)

Funding

(j)

Removal

(Pub. L. 105–292, title II, § 201, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2797; Pub. L. 106–55, §§ 1(a), 2(b), Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 401, 406; Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title VI, § 681(b)–(d), Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1408, 1409; Pub. L. 112–75, § 2, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 1272; Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title VIII, §§ 803, 806(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3076, 3078.)

cite as: 22 USC 6431