PUBLIC LAW 101-525—NOV. 6, 1990
104 STAT. 2305
Public Law 101-525
101st Congress
An Act
To amend the Congressional Award Act to temporarily extend the Congressional
Nov. 6, 1990
Award Board, and to otherwise revise such Act.
[H.R. 5275]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled.
Congressional
Award
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
Amendments of
This Act may be cited as the "Congressional Award Amendments 2 USC 801 note.
SEC. 2. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF CONGRESSIONAL AWARD BOARD.
(a) TERMINATION OF THE BOARD. —Section 9 of the Congressional
Award Act (2 U.S.C. 808) is amended to read as follows:
"TERMINATION
"SEC. 9. The Board shall terminate October 1, 1992.".
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.— During the period of October 1, 1990, 2 USC 808 note,
through the date of the enactment of this section, all actions and
functions of the Congressional Award Board under the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) shall have the same effect as
though no lapse or termination of the Board ever occurred.
SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 3(e) of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.F.C. 802(e)) is
amended in the first sentence by striking "March 1" and inserting "April 1".
SEC. 4. DERIVATION OF APPOINTMENT.
Section 4(a) of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 803(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
"(4) For the purpose of determining the derivation of the appointment of any person appointed to the Board under this section, if
there is a change in the status of majority and minority between the
parties of the House or the Senate, each person appointed under this
section shall be deemed to have been appointed by the leadership
position set out in subsection (a)(1) of the party of the individual who
made the initial appointment of such person..
SEC. 5. TERMS OF APPOINTMENT.
Section 4(b) of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 803(b)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting "(1)" after the subsection designation;
(2) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking "but
(unless" and all that follows and inserting the following: "and
(unless reappointed under paragraph (3)) shall serve for a term
of 4 years."; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
"(2) For the purpose of adjusting the terms of Board members to
allow for staggered appointments, the following distribution of
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