§ 3318. — Membership.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 44USC3318]
TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS
CHAPTER 33--DISPOSAL OF RECORDS
Sec. 3318. Membership
(a)(1) The Commission shall be composed of seventeen members as
follows:
(A) one Member of the House of Representatives appointed by the
Speaker of the House upon recommendation made by the majority leader
of the House;
(B) one Member of the House of Representatives appointed by the
Speaker of the House upon recommendation made by the minority leader
of the House;
(C) one Member of the Senate appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate upon recommendation made by the majority
leader of the Senate;
(D) one Member of the Senate appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate upon recommendation made by the minority
leader of the Senate;
(E) one member of the Federal judiciary appointed by the Chief
Justice of the United States;
(F) one person employed by the Executive Office of the President
or the White House Office, appointed by the President;
(G) three appointed by the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, from persons who are not officers or
employees of any government and who are specially qualified to serve
on the Commission by virtue of their education, training, or
experience;
(H) one representative of the Department of State, appointed by
the Secretary of State;
(I) one representative of the Department of Defense, appointed
by the Secretary of Defense;
(J) one representative of the Department of Justice, appointed
by the Attorney General;
(K) the Administrator of General Services (or his delegate);
(L) the Librarian of Congress;
(M) one member of the American Historical Association, appointed
by the counsel of such Association;
(N) one member of the Society of American Archivists, appointed
by such Society; and
(O) one member of the Organization of American Historians,
appointed by such Organization.
(2) No more than two members appointed under paragraph (1)(G) may be
of the same political party.
(b) A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in
which the original appointment was made.
(c) If any member of the Commission who was appointed to the
Commission as a Member of the Congress leave such office, or if any
member of the Commission who was appointed from persons who are not
officers or employees of any government becomes an officer or employee
of a government, he may continue as a member of the Commission for no
longer than the sixty-day period beginning on the date he leaves such
office or becomes such an officer or employee, as the case may be.
(d) Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission.
(e)(1) Members of the Commission shall serve without pay.
(2) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the
performance of services for the Commission, members of the Commission
shall be allowed travel expenses in the same manner as persons employed
intermittently in the service of the Federal Government are allowed
expenses under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, except that
per diem in lieu of subsistence shall be paid only to those members of
the Commission who are not full-time officers or employees of the United
States or Members of the Congress.
(f) The Chairman of the Commission shall be designated by the
President from among members appointed under subsection (a)(1)(G).
(g) The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman or a
majority of its members.
(Added Pub. L. 93-526, title II, Sec. 202, Dec. 19, 1974, 88 Stat. 1699;
amended Pub. L. 94-261, Sec. 1(a), Apr. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 326.)
Amendments
1976--Subsec. (a)(1)(E). Pub. L. 94-261, Sec. 1(a)(1), substituted
``one member of the Federal judiciary appointed by the Chief Justice of
the United States;'' for ``one Justice of the Supreme Court, appointed
by the Chief Justice of the United States;''.
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 94-261, Sec. 1(a)(2), substituted ``section
5703 of title 5, United States Code'' for ``section 5703(b) of title 5,
United States Code''.
Termination of Commission
For provision that Commission is to cease to exist sixty days after
transmitting its report, see section 3323 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3315, 3317, 3319, 3320, 3324
of this title.
