Sec. 280005. FULL-TIME VICE CHAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
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## SEC. 280005 FULL-TIME VICE CHAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION ###
(a)Establishment of Positions Section 991
(a)of title 28, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)in the second sentence by striking the period and inserting “and three of whom shall be designated by the President as Vice Chairs.”; ####
(2)in the fourth sentence by striking the period and inserting “, and of the three Vice Chairs, no more than two shall be members of the same political party.”; and ####
(3)in the sixth sentence by striking “Chairman” and inserting “Chair, Vice Chairs,”. ###
(b)Terms and Compensation Section 992(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)by amending the first sentence to read as follows: “The Chair and Vice Chairs of the Commission shall hold full-time positions and shall be compensated during their terms of office at the annual rate at which judges of the United States courts of appeals are compensated.”; ####
(2)in the second sentence by striking ''Chairman'' and inserting “Chair and Vice Chairs”; and ####
(3)in the third sentence by striking “Chairman” and inserting “Chair and Vice Chairs,”. ###
(c)Technical Amendments Chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)by striking “Chairman” each place it appears and inserting “Chair”; ####
(2)in the fifth sentence of section 991(a) by striking “his” and inserting “the Attorney General's”; ####
(3)in the fourth sentence of section 992(c) by striking “his” and inserting “the judge's”; ####
(4)in section 994(i)(2) by striking “he” and inserting “the defendant” and striking “his” and inserting “the defendant's”; and ####
(5)in section 996(a) by striking “him” and inserting “the Staff Director”.