42 U.S.C. § 1975 : US Code - Section 1975: Establishment of Commission

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1975 : US Code - Section 1975: Establishment of Commission

(a) Generally
There is established the United States Commission on Civil Rights
(hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "Commission").
(b) Membership
The Commission shall be composed of 8 members. Not more than 4 of
the members shall at any one time be of the same political party.
The initial membership of the Commission shall be the members of
the United States Commission on Civil Rights on September 30, 1994.
Thereafter vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall
continue to be appointed as follows:
(1) 4 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
President.
(2) 2 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
President pro tempore of the Senate, upon the recommendations of
the majority leader and the minority leader, and of the members
appointed not more than one shall be appointed from the same
political party.
(3) 2 members of the Commission shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives upon the recommendations
of the majority leader and the minority leader, and of the
members appointed not more than one shall be appointed from the
same political party.
(c) Terms
The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be 6
years. The term of each member of the Commission in the initial
membership of the Commission shall expire on the date such term
would have expired as of September 30, 1994.
(d) Chairperson
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the individuals
serving as Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the United States
Commission on Civil Rights on September 30, 1994 shall initially
fill those roles on the Commission.
(2) Thereafter the President may, with the concurrence of a
majority of the Commission's members, designate a Chairperson or
Vice Chairperson, as the case may be, from among the Commission's
members.
(3) The President shall, with the concurrence of a majority of
the Commission's members, fill a vacancy by designating a
Chairperson or Vice Chairperson, as the case may be, from among the
Commission's members.
(4) The Vice Chairperson shall act in place of the Chairperson in
the absence of the Chairperson.
(e) Removal of members
The President may remove a member of the Commission only for
neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
(f) Quorum
5 members of the Commission constitute a quorum of the
Commission.