Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 6 — Congressional and Committee Procedure; Investigations
§ 199. Member of commission, board, etc., appointed by President pro tempore of Senate; recommendation process; applicability
Statutory text
Any provision of law which provides that any member of a commission, board, committee, advisory group, or similar body is to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate shall be construed to require that the appointment be made—
upon recommendation of the Majority Leader of the Senate, if such provision of law specifies that the appointment is to be made on the basis of the appointee’s affiliation with the majority political party,
upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader of the Senate, if such provision of law specifies that the appointment is to be made on the basis of the appointee’s affiliation with the minority party, and
upon the joint recommendation of the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the Senate, if such provision of law does not specify that the appointment is to be made on the appointee’s affiliation with the majority or minority political party.
The provisions of subsection (a) shall be applicable in the case of appointments made after , pursuant to provisions of law enacted on, before, and after, .
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 96–576 § 3 · 94 Stat. 3355
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 199
(Pub. L. 96–576, § 3, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3355.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–576, § 3, Dec. 22, 1980, 94 Stat. 3355.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. (a) Any provision of law which provides that any member of a commission, board, committee, advisory group, or similar body is to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate shall be 2 USC 199. construed to require that the appointment be made— (1) upon recommendation of the Majority Leader of the Senate, if such provision of law specifies that the appointment is to be made on the basis of the appointee’s affiliation with the majority political party, (2) upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader of the Senate, if such provision of law specifies that the appointment is to be made on the basis of the appointee’s affiliation with the minority party, and (3) upon the joint recommendation of the Majority Leader of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the Senate, if such provision of law does not specify that the appointment is to be made on the appointee’s affiliation with the majority or minority political party. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall be applicable in the case of appointments made after the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to provisions of law enacted on, before, and after, the date of enactment of this Act.
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