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[CITE: 28USC993]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                 PART III--COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
 
             CHAPTER 58--UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION
 
Sec. 993. Powers and duties of Chair

    The Chair shall--
        (a) call and preside at meetings of the Commission, which shall 
    be held for at least two weeks in each quarter after the members of 
    the Commission hold part-time positions; and
        (b) direct--
            (1) the preparation of requests for appropriations for the 
        Commission; and
            (2) the use of funds made available to the Commission.

(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 217(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 
2019; amended Pub. L. 99-22, Sec. 1(2), Apr. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 46; Pub. 
L. 99-646, Sec. 5, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3592; Pub. L. 103-322, title 
XXVIII, Sec. 280005(c)(1), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2097.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``Chair'' for ``Chairman'' in 
section catchline and introductory provisions.
    1986--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 99-646 struck out provision that, 
before appointment of first Chairman, Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts may make requests for appropriations for 
Commission.
    1985--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 99-22 inserted provision authorizing 
the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to make requests 
for appropriations for the Commission before the appointment of the 
first Chairman of the Commission.
