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[CITE: 22USC1622c]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
             CHAPTER 21--SETTLEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1622c. Membership of Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
        of the United States
        

(a) Composition of Commission; appointment and compensation of Chairman

    The Commission shall be composed of a Chairman and two members. The 
Chairman shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, to serve on a full-time basis for a term of three 
years, and compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5.

(b) Appointment and compensation of members other than Chairman

    The other members of the Commission shall be appointed by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and serve 
on a part-time basis, and be compensated on a per diem basis at a rate 
of compensation equivalent to the daily rate for level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5 for each day that such 
member is employed in the actual performance of official business of the 
Commission as may be directed by the Chairman. Each member shall be 
reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in 
Government service employed intermittently.

(c) Terms of office

    The terms of Office of the Chairman and members of the Commission 
shall be for three years, except the Chairman and members first 
appointed after the enactment of this subsection shall be appointed to 
terms ending respectively September 30, 1982, September 30, 1981, and 
September 30, 1980. The incumbent of any such office may continue to 
serve until a successor takes office.

(d) Continuation in office of existing members

    Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
this section, members of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission who 
are serving on March 14, 1980, shall continue to serve in their same 
capacities until the expiration of the terms to which they were 
appointed.

(Pub. L. 96-209, title I, Sec. 103, Mar. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 96.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of the International Claims 
Settlement Act of 1949 which comprises this chapter.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Mar. 14, 1980, see title VI of Pub. L. 96-209, set 
out as a note under section 1622a of this title.
