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[CITE: 42USC14192]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
SUBCHAPTER XII--PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON VIOLENCE AND NATIONAL COMMISSION 
                     ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 
Sec. 14192. Establishment; committees and task forces; 
        representation
        

(a) Establishment and appointment of members

    There is established a commission to be known as the ``National 
Commission on Crime Control and Prevention''. The Commission shall be 
composed of 28 members appointed as follows:
        (1) 10 persons by the President, not more than 6 of whom shall 
    be of the same major political party.
        (2) 9 persons by the President pro tempore of the Senate, 5 of 
    whom shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Majority Leader 
    of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of 
    the Senate, and 4 of whom shall be appointed on the recommendation 
    of the Minority Leader of the Senate and the ranking minority member 
    of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
        (3) 9 persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
    Representatives, in consultation with the chairman of the Committee 
    on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and 4 of whom 
    shall be appointed on the recommendation of the Minority Leader of 
    the House of Representatives, in consultation with the ranking 
    member of the Committee on the Judiciary.

(b) Committees and task forces

    The Commission shall establish committees or task forces from among 
its members for the examination of specific subject areas and the 
carrying out of other functions or responsibilities of the Commission, 
including committees or task forces for the examination of the subject 
areas of crime and violence generally, the causes of the demand for 
drugs, violence in schools, and violence against women, as described in 
subsections (b) through (e) of section 14194 of this title.

(c) Representation

    (1) At least 1 member of the Commission appointed by the President, 
at least 2 members of the Commission appointed by the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and at least 2 members of the Commission 
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be 
persons well-qualified to participate in the Commission's examination of 
the subject area of crime and violence generally, with education, 
training, expertise, or experience in such areas as law enforcement, 
law, sociology, psychology, social work, and ethnography and urban 
poverty (including health care, housing, education, and employment).
    (2) At least 1 member of the Commission appointed by the President, 
at least 2 members of the Commission appointed by the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and at least 2 members of the Commission 
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be 
persons well-qualified to participate in the Commission's examination of 
the subject area of the causes of the demand for drugs, with education, 
training, expertise, or experience in such areas as addiction, 
biomedicine, sociology, psychology, law, and ethnography and urban 
poverty (including health care, housing, education, and employment).
    (3) At least 1 member of the Commission appointed by the President, 
at least 2 members of the Commission appointed by the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and at least 2 members of the Commission 
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be 
persons well-qualified to participate in the Commission's examination of 
the subject area of violence in schools, with education, training, 
expertise, or experience in such areas as law enforcement, education, 
school governance policy and teaching, law, sociology, psychology, and 
ethnography and urban poverty (including health care, housing, 
education, and employment).
    (4) At least 1 member of the Commission appointed by the President, 
at least 2 members of the Commission appointed by the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, and at least 2 members of the Commission 
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be 
persons well-qualified to participate in the Commission's examination of 
the subject area of violence against women, as survivors of violence, or 
as persons with education, training, expertise, or experience in such 
areas as law enforcement, law, judicial administration, prosecution, 
defense, victim services or advocacy in sexual assault or domestic 
violence cases (including medical services and counseling), and 
protection of victims' rights.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title XXVII, Sec. 270002, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
2089.)
