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# PUBLIC LAW 102-526-OCT. 26, 1992 106 STAT. 3451(3) The Senate shall vote on each nominee to confirm or rejectwithin 14 days in which the Senate is in session after reportedby the Committee on Governmental Affairs.(e) VACANCY. A vacancy on the Review Board shall be filledin the same manner as specified for original appointment within30 days of the occurrence of the vacancy.(f) CHAIRPERSON.-The Members of the Review Board shallelect one of its members as chairperson at its initial meeting.(g) REMOVAL OF REVIEW BOARD MEMBER (1) No member ofthe Review Board shall be removed from office, other than-(A) by impeachment and conviction; or(B) by the action of the President for inefficiency, neglectof duty, malfeasance in office, physical disability, mentalIncapacity, or any other condition that substantially impairsthe performance of the member's duties.(2XA) If a member of the Review Board is removed from office,and that removal is by the President, not later than 10 daysafter the removal the President shall submit to the Committeeon Government Operations of the House of Representatives andthe Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate a reportspecifying the facts found and the grounds for the removal.(B) The President shall publish in the Federal Register a report Federalsubmitted under paragraph (2)XA), except that the President may, Register,publication.if necessary to protect the rights of a person named in the report President.or to prevent undue interference with any pending prosecution, Reports.postpone or refrain from publishing any or all of the report untilthe completion of such pending cases or pursuant to privacy protec-tion requirements in law.(3XA) A member of the Review Board removed from officemay obtain judicial review of the removal in a civil action com-menced in the United States District Court for the District ofColumbia.(B) The member may be reinstated or granted other appropriaterelief by order of the court.(h) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS. (1) A member of the ReviewBoard shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalentof the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of theExecutive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United StatesCode, for each day (including travel time) during which the memberis engaged in the performance of the duties of the Review Board.(2) A member of the Review Board shall be allowed reasonabletravel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at ratesfor employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 oftitle 5, United States Code, while away from the member's homeor regular place of business in the performance of services forthe Review Board.(i) DUTIES OF THE REVIEW BOARD. (1) The Review Board shallconsider and render decisions on a determination by a Governmentoffice to seek to postpone the disclosure of assassination records.(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Review Board shallconsider and render decisions-and(A) whether a record constitutes an assassination record;(B) whether an assassination record or particular informa-tion in a record qualifies for postponement of disclosure underthis Act.# PUBLIC LAW 102-526-OCT. 26, 1992 106 STAT. 3452(j) POWERS.-(1) The Review Board shall have the authorityto act in a manner prescribed under this Act including authorityto-(A) direct Government offices to complete identificationaids and organize assassination records;(B) direct Government offices to transmit to the Archivistassassination records as required under this Act, includingsegregable portions of assassination records, and substitutesand summaries of assassination records that can be publiclydisclosed to the fullest extent;(CXi) obtain access to assassination records that have beenidentified and organized by a Government office;(ii) direct a Government office to make available to theReview Board, and if necessary investigate the facts surround-ing, additional information, records, or testimony from individ-uals, which the Review Board has reason to believe is requiredto fulfill its functions and responsibilities under this Act; and(iii) request the Attorney General to subpoena private per-sons to compel testimony, records, and other information rel-evant to its responsibilities under this Act;(D) require any Government office to account in writingfor the destruction of any records relating to the assassinationof President John F. Kennedy,(E) receive information from the public regarding theidentification and public disclosure of assassination records;and(F) hold hearings, administer oaths, and subpoena wit-nesses and documents.(2) A subpoena issued under paragraph (1XCXiii) may beenforced by any appropriate Federal court acting pursuant to alawful request of the Review Board.(k) WITNESS IMMUNITY. - The Review Board shall be consideredto be an agency of the United States for purposes of section 6001of title 18, United States Code.(1) OVERSIGHT.-(1) The Committee on Government Operationsof the House of Representatives and the Committee on Govern-mental Affairs of the Senate shall have continuing oversight juris-diction with respect to the official conduct of the Review Boardand the disposition of postponed records after termination of theReview Board, and shall have access to any records held or createdby the Review Board.(2) The Review Board shall have the duty to cooperate withthe exercise of such oversight jurisdiction.(m) SUPPORT SERVICES. -The Administrator of the GeneralServices Administration shall provide administrative services forthe Review Board on a reimbursable basis.(n) INTERPRETIVE REGULATIONS.-The Review Board may issueinterpretive regulations.(o) TERMINATION AND WINDING UP.-(1) The Review Boardand the terms of its members shall terminate not later than 2years after the date of enactment of this Act, except that theReview Board may, by majority vote, extend its term for an addi-tional 1-year period if it has not completed its work within that2-year period.(2) Upon its termination, the Review Board shall submit reportsto the President and the Congress including a complete and accurateReports.