Sec. 4. Membership
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The Commission shall be composed of 31 members, as follows: Six members appointed by the President of the United States, 3 of whom shall be officers of the executive branch of the government, and 3 of whom shall be private citizens, each of whom, respectively, shall have experience or familiarity with relations between the levels of government. Three members appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be Members of the Senate. Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be Members of the House.
Four members appointed by the President of the United States from a panel of at least 8 Governors submitted by the National Governors Association. Four members appointed by the President of the United States from a panel of at least 8 members of State legislative bodies submitted by the National Conference of State Legislatures. Four members appointed by the President of the United States from a panel of at least 8 mayors submitted jointly by the National League of Cities and the United States Conference of Mayors.
Four members appointed by the President of the United States from a panel of at least 8 elected county officers submitted by the National Association of Counties. One member appointed by the President of the United States from a panel of at least 4 town or township elected governing board members submitted by the National Association of Towns and Townships. Two members appointed by the President of the United States from a panel of at least 4 Tribal officials submitted by the National Congress of American Indians.
The political and geographic composition of the Commission shall be as follows: The private-citizen members under paragraph
(1)of subsection
(a)shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation. Two of the appointees under paragraphs
(2)and
(3)of subsection (a), respectively, shall be from the majority party of the applicable house. Not more than 2 of the appointees under paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and
(7)of subsection (a), respectively, shall be from any 1 political party. Not more than 1 of the appointees under paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and
(9)of subsection (a), respectively, shall be from any 1 State. At least 1 of the appointees under paragraph
(6)of subsection
(a)shall be from cities with a population of more than 500,000 and at least 1 of the appointees shall be from cities with a population of less than 50,000. At least 1 of the appointees under paragraph
(7)of subsection
(a)shall be from counties with a population of more than 500,000 and at least 1 of the appointees shall be from counties with a population of less than 50,000. The appointee under paragraph
(8)of subsection
(a)shall not be a member of the party of the President. One of the appointees under paragraph
(9)of subsection
(a)shall be a tribe engaged in class II gaming or class III gaming, as such terms are defined by section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2703 ), respectively, and 1 shall be a tribe that is not engaged in such gaming. Each initial appointment under subsection
(a)shall be made not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be two years; members shall be eligible for reappointment; and, except as provided under paragraph (2), members shall serve until their successors are appointed. Where any member ceases to serve in the official position from which originally appointed under section 3(a), the place of the member on the Commission shall be deemed to be vacant. Any vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall be filled for the remainder of the vacant term in the same manner in which the original appointment was made; except that where the number of vacancies is fewer than the number of members specified in paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and
(8)of section 3(a), each panel of names submitted in accordance with the aforementioned paragraphs shall contain at least 2 names for each vacancy.
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