Sec. 202. Membership
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The Commission shall be composed of 5 members appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. An individual is eligible to serve as a Member of the Commission if the individual is a retired judge of the United States. A member of the Commission may not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. Any individual who is engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment at the time of the individual’s appointment to the Commission shall terminate or liquidate such activity no later than 90 days after such appointment.
A vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, and shall have no effect on the authority of the remaining members of the Commission to carry out their duties under this Act. Except as provided in paragraphs
(2)and (3), a member of the Commission shall serve for a term of 10 years, and may not be reappointed to an additional term, except that an individual may serve after the expiration of that individual’s term until a successor has begun serving as a member of the Commission. Of the members first appointed to the Commission— one (as designated at the time of appointment) shall serve for a term of 2 years; one (as designated at the time of appointment) shall serve for a term of 4 years; one (as designated at the time of appointment) shall serve for a term of 6 years; and one (as designated at the time of appointment) shall serve for a term of 8 years. An individual who is one of the members first appointed to the Commission to serve for an initial term of 2 years under subparagraph
(A)of paragraph
(2)or to serve for an initial term of 4 years under subparagraph
(B)of paragraph
(2)may be appointed subsequently to serve a term of 10 years under paragraph (1). An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring in the membership of the Commission before the expiration of the term for which the individual’s predecessor was appointed shall serve only for the remainder of that term. Each member of the Commission shall receive compensation at a rate equivalent to the most recent rate of compensation applicable to the individual as a judge of the United States. If a vote by the members of the Commission on any matter results in a tie, the vote of the longest-serving member (or, in the case of members first appointed to serve for initial terms under paragraph
(2)of subsection (b), the vote of the member appointed for the longest term) shall prevail. Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Member, Democracy Fund Commission. .