[Howlin]

This is HUGE. HUGE. Bush better NOT back down on this one!

[VRWC_minion]

She has a point

Sec. 1975. Establishment of Commission

• (a) Generally
  There is established the United States Commission on Civil Rights (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ''Commission'').

• (b) Membership
  The Commission shall be composed of 8 members. Not more than 4 of the members shall at any one time be of the same political party. The initial membership of the Commission shall be the members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights on September 30, 1994. Thereafter vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall continue to be appointed as follows:
  • (1) 4 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
    President.
  • (2) 2 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
    President pro tempore of the Senate, upon the recommendations of
    the majority leader and the minority leader, and of the members
    appointed not more than one shall be appointed from the same
    political party.
  • (3) 2 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
    Speaker of the House of Representatives upon the recommendations
    of the majority leader and the minority leader, and of the
    members appointed not more than one shall be appointed from the
    same political party.

• (c) Terms
  The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be 6 years. The term of each member of the Commission in the initial membership of the Commission shall expire on the date such term would have expired as of September 30, 1994.

• (d) Chairperson
  • (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the individuals serving as Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the United States Commission on Civil Rights on September 30, 1994 shall initially fill those roles on the Commission.
  • (2) Thereafter the President may, with the concurrence of a majority of the Commission's members, designate a Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, as the case may be, from among the Commission's members.
  • (3) The President shall, with the concurrence of a majority of the Commission's members, fill a vacancy by designating a Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, as the case may be, from among the Commission's members.
  • (4) The Vice Chairperson shall act in place of the Chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson.

• (e) Removal of members
  The President may remove a member of the Commission only for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.

• (f) Quorum
  5 members of the Commission constitute a quorum of the Commission

[Newbomb Turk]

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