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[CITE: 22USC3003]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
      CHAPTER 45--COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
 
Sec. 3003. Commission membership


(a) Selection and appointment of members

    The Commission shall be composed of twenty-one members as follows:
        (1) Nine Members of the House of Representatives appointed by 
    the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Five Members shall be 
    selected from the majority party and four Members shall be selected, 
    after consultation with the minority leader of the House, from the 
    minority party.
        (2) Nine Members of the Senate appointed by the President of the 
    Senate. Five Members shall be selected from the majority party of 
    the Senate, after consultation with the majority leader, and four 
    Members shall be selected, after consultation with the minority 
    leader of the Senate, from the minority party.
        (3) One member of the Department of State appointed by the 
    President of the United States.
        (4) One member of the Department of Defense appointed by the 
    President of the United States.
        (5) One member of the Department of Commerce appointed by the 
    President of the United States.

(b) Commission Chairman and Cochairman

    There shall be a Chairman and a Cochairman of the Commission.

(c) Designation of Chairman

    At the beginning of each odd-numbered Congress, the President of the 
Senate, on the recommendation of the majority leader, shall designate 
one of the Senate Members as Chairman of the Commission. At the 
beginning of each even-numbered Congress, the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives shall designate one of the House Members as Chairman of 
the Commission.

(d) Designation of Cochairman

    At the beginning of each odd-numbered Congress, the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives shall designate one of the House Members as 
Cochairman of the Commission. At the beginning of each even-numbered 
Congress, the President of the Senate, on the recommendation of the 
majority leader, shall designate one of the Senate Members as Cochairman 
of the Commission.

(Pub. L. 94-304, Sec. 3, June 3, 1976, 90 Stat. 661; Pub. L. 99-7, 
Sec. 1(a), (b), Mar. 27, 1985, 99 Stat. 18.)


                               Amendments

    1985--Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 99-7, Sec. 1(a), in amending 
section generally, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and 
added subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, section read as follows: ``The 
Commission shall be composed of fifteen members as follows:
        ``(1) Six Members of the House of Representatives appointed by 
    the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Four members shall be 
    selected from the majority party and two shall be selected, after 
    consultation with the minority leader of the House, from the 
    minority party. The Speaker shall designate one of the House Members 
    as chairman.
        ``(2) Six Members of the Senate appointed by the President of 
    the Senate. Four members shall be selected from the majority party 
    and two shall be selected after consultation with the minority 
    leader of the Senate, from the minority party.
        ``(3) One member of the Department of State appointed by the 
    President of the United States.
        ``(4) One member of the Defense Department appointed by the 
    President of the United States.
        ``(5) One member of the Commerce Department appointed by the 
    President of the United States.''
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 99-7, Sec. 1(b), added subsecs. (c) and 
(d).


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Amendment by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 99-7 effective Apr. 15, 1985, 
see section 6(a) of Pub. L. 99-7, set out as a note under section 3002 
of this title.
    Amendment by section 1(b) of Pub. L. 99-7 effective on first day of 
100th Congress (which convenes in January 1987), see section 6(b)(1) of 
Pub. L. 99-7, set out as a note under section 3002 of this title.


  Designation of Chairman and Cochairman for Duration of 99th Congress

    Section 1(c) of Pub. L. 99-7 provided that: ``On the effective date 
of this subsection [Apr. 15, 1985], the President of the Senate, on the 
recommendation of the majority leader, shall designate one of the Senate 
Members to serve as Chairman of the Commission for the duration of the 
Ninety-ninth Congress, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
shall designate one of the House Members to serve as Cochairman of the 
Commission for the duration of the Ninety-ninth Congress.''
