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Title 20 — Education

Part F · Chapter 76 — Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and Dissemination

§ 9577. Vacancies

Statutory text

Any member appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A vacancy in an office, board, committee, or center of the Institute shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. This section does not apply to employees appointed under section 9578 of this title.

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.

  1. Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002

    Pub. L. 107–279 title I § 187 · 116 Stat. 1940

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 9577

    (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 187, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1973.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 187, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1973.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 187. VACANCIES. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A vacancy in an office, board, committee, or center of the Institute shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. This section does not apply to employees appointed under section 188.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 187, , 116 Stat. 1973.)

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