112 STAT. 1882 PUBLIC LAW 105-251—OCT. 9, 1998 System for noncriminal justice purposes, not to conflict with FBI administration of the III System for criminal justice purposes. (2) ORGANIZATION. — The Council shall— (A) continue in existence as long as this Compact remains in effect; (B) be located, for administrative purposes, within the FBI; and (C) be organized and hold its first meeting as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Compact. (b) MEMBERSHIP. —The Council shall be composed of 15 members, each of whom shall be appointed by the Attorney General, as follows: (1) Nine members, each of whom shall serve a 2-year term, who shall be selected from among the Compact officers of Party States based on the recommendation of the Compact officers of all Party States, except that, in the absence of the requisite number of Compact officers available to serve, the chief administrators of the criminal history record repositories of Nonparty States shall be eligible to serve on an interim basis. (2) Two at-large members, nominated by the Director of the FBI, each of whom shall serve a 3-year term, of whom— (A) 1 shall be a representative of the criminal justice agencies of the Federal Government and may not be an employee of the FBI; and (B) 1 shall be a representative of the noncriminal justice agencies of the Federal Government. (3) Two at-large members, nominated by the Chairman of the Council, once the Chairman is elected pursuant to Article VI(c), each of whom shall serve a 3-year term, of whom— (A) 1 shall be a representative of State or local criminal justice agencies; and (B) 1 shall be a representative of State or local noncriminal justice agencies. (4) One member, who shall serve a 3-year term, and who shall simultaneously be a member of the FBI's advisory policy board on criminal justice information services, nominated by the membership of that policy board. (5) One member, nominated by the Director of the FBI, who shall serve a 3-year term, and who shall be an employee of the FBI. (c) CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN. — (1) IN GENERAL.— From its membership, the Council shall elect a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Council, respectively. Both the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Council^ (A) shall be a Compact officer, unless there is no Compact officer on the Council who is willing to serve, in which case the Chairman may be an at-large member; and (B) shall serve a 2-year term and may be reelected to only 1 additional 2-year term. (2) DUTIES OF VICE CHAIRMAN. —The Vice Chairman of the Council shall serve as the Chairman of the Council in the absence of the Chairman. (d) MEETINGS. —
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