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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4490 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 471

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4490

                          [Report No. 103-854]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To extend the Administrative Conference of the United States, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            October 7, 1994

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

                                                 Union Calendar No. 471
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4490

                          [Report No. 103-854]

 To extend the Administrative Conference of the United States, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 1994

  Mr. Bryant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                            October 7, 1994

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 25, 
                                 1994]

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                                 A BILL

 
 To extend the Administrative Conference of the United States, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION.

    The first sentence of section 596 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: ``There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the purposes of this subchapter not more than 
$2,600,000 for fiscal year 1995, $2,700,000 for fiscal year 1996, 
$2,800,000 for fiscal year 1997, and $2,900,000 for fiscal year 
1998.''.

SEC. 2. CHAIRMAN'S COMPENSATION.

    (a) Executive Schedule Rate.--Section 593(b)(1) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the period and ``The Chairman is 
entitled to pay at the highest rate established by statute for the 
chairman of an independent regulatory board or commission, and'' and 
inserting a comma and ``who shall be paid at the rate specified for 
level III of the Executive Schedule and who''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5314 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United 
        States.''.

SEC. 3. MEMBERS' CAPACITY.

    Section 593 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(6), by striking out the last two 
        sentences, and
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d) and 
        by adding after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c)(1) The Chairman shall select the members of the Conference 
authorized by subsection (b)(6) in a manner which will provide broad 
representation of the views of private citizens and utilize diverse 
experience. Such members shall be members of the practicing bar, 
scholars in the field of administrative law or government, or others 
specially informed by knowledge and experience with respect to Federal 
administrative procedure.
    ``(2) The members of the Conference authorized by subsection (b)(6) 
shall participate in the activities of the Conference solely as private 
individuals without official responsibility on behalf of the Government 
of the United States and, therefore, shall not be considered to hold an 
office of profit or trust for purposes of eighth clause of Section 9 of 
Article I of the Constitution.''.

SEC. 4. QUORUM.

    Section 595(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
after and below paragraph (2) the following: ``A majority of the 
members of the Conference shall constitute a quorum with regard to any 
final action taken under paragraph (1) or (2).''.
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