Sec. 4. Membership
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The Commission shall be composed of 31 members, of whom— 6 members shall be appointed by the President, of whom— 3 shall be officers of the executive branch of the Federal Government; and 3 shall be private citizens, each of whom, respectively, shall have experience or familiarity with relations between the levels of government; 3 members shall be appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be Members of the Senate; 3 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be Members of the House of Representatives; 4 members shall be appointed by the President from a panel of not less than 8 Governors submitted by the National Governors Association; 4 members shall be appointed by the President from a panel of not less than 8 members of State legislative bodies submitted by the National Conference of State Legislatures; 4 members shall be appointed by the President from a panel of not less than 8 mayors submitted jointly by the National League of Cities and the United States Conference of Mayors; 4 members shall be appointed by the President from a panel of not less than 8 elected county officers submitted by the National Association of Counties; 1 member shall be appointed by the President from a panel of not less than 4 town or township elected governing board members submitted by the National Association of Towns and Townships; and 2 members shall be appointed by the President from a panel of not less than 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 subsection (a)(1) 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 of Congress. 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. Not less than 1 of the appointees under subsection (a)(6) shall be from cities with a population of more than 500,000, and not less than 1 of the appointees under subsection (a)(6) shall be from cities with a population of less than 50,000. Not less than 1 of the appointees under subsection (a)(7) shall be from counties with a population of more than 500,000, and not less than 1 of the appointees under subsection (a)(7) shall be from counties with a population of less than 50,000. The appointee under subsection (a)(8) shall not be a member of the party of the President. One of the appointees under subsection (a)(9) shall be an official of an Indian tribe engaged in class II gaming or class III gaming, as such terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2703 ), respectively, and the other appointee under subsection (a)(9) shall be an official of an Indian 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 enactment of this Act. Each member of the Commission shall— serve a term of 2 years; be eligible for reappointment; and except as provided in paragraph (2), continue to serve until a successor is appointed. If any member of the Commission ceases to serve in the official position to which the member was appointed under subsection (a), the place of the member on the Commission shall be deemed to be vacant. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 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. If the number of vacancies in the membership of the Commission is fewer than the number of members specified in paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and
(8)of subsection (a), each panel of names submitted in accordance with the those paragraphs shall contain not less than 2 names for each vacancy.
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