1995 US Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 9 - NATIONAL OBSERVANCES
Sec. 169j-3 - Membership of Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission

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§169j–3. Membership of Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission (a) Composition

The Commission shall be composed of—

(1) four officers from the executive branch, appointed by the President;

(2) four Members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in consultation with the minority leader of the House of Representatives;

(3) four Senators, appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate in consultation with the majority and minority leaders of the Senate;

(4) Coretta Scott King and two other members of the family surviving Martin Luther King, Jr., appointed by such family;

(5) two individuals representing the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change (a not-for-profit organization incorporated in the State of Georgia), appointed by such organization;

(6) twenty-three individuals other than officers or employees of the United States or Members of Congress, appointed by the members of the Commission under paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection from among individuals representing diverse interest groups, including individuals representing labor, business, civil rights, and religious groups, and entertainers; and

(7) the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, appointed under section 12651c of title 42.

(b) Political party

Not more than half of the members of the Commission appointed under each of paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6) of subsection (a) of this section shall be of the same political party.

(c) Appointments; vacancies

(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), members of the Commission shall be appointed not later than June 1 of each year for terms of 1 year, and any vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers.

(2) Coretta Scott King shall serve as a member for life. In the event of a vacancy, her position on the Commission shall be filled by a member of the family surviving Martin Luther King, Jr., not already a member of the Commission, who shall be appointed by the family and shall serve as a member of the Commission at the discretion of the family.

(3) The 2 members of the Commission appointed as members of the family surviving Martin Luther King, Jr., shall serve as members of the Commission at the discretion of the family.

(d) Compensation

Members of the Commission shall serve without pay, but may, subject to the availability of sufficient funds, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission.

(Pub. L. 98–399, §4, Aug. 27, 1984, 98 Stat. 1473; Pub. L. 99–284, §2, May 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 101–30, §§3(a), 6(b)(1), May 17, 1989, 103 Stat. 60, 61; Pub. L. 103–304, §2(2), Aug. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 1565.)

Amendments

1994—Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 103–304 added par. (7).

1989—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–30, §3(a), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.”

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–30, §6(b)(1), substituted “subject to the availability of sufficient funds” for “subject to section 169j–6 of this title”.

1986—Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 99–284 substituted “twenty-three” for “fourteen”.

Continuation of Terms of Existing Members

Section 3(b) of Pub. L. 101–30 provided that: “The individuals who are members of the Commission on the date of the enactment of this Act [May 17, 1989] shall be considered to have been appointed members for a term ending on the first June 1 that occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act (pursuant to section 4(a) of Public Law 98–399 (98 Stat. 1473) [36 U.S.C. 169j–3(a)] or section 2(c) of this Act [set out as a note under section 169j–8 of this title], as appropriate).”