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[CITE: 5USC1203]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
          PART II--CIVIL SERVICE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 
 CHAPTER 12--MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD, OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL, 
                      AND EMPLOYEE RIGHT OF ACTION
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD
 
Sec. 1203. Chairman; Vice Chairman

    (a) The President shall from time to time appoint, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, one of the members of the Merit 
Systems Protection Board as the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman is 
the chief executive and administrative officer of the Board.
    (b) The President shall from time to time designate one of the 
members of the Board as Vice Chairman of the Board. During the absence 
or disability of the Chairman, or when the office of Chairman is vacant, 
the Vice Chairman shall perform the functions vested in the Chairman.
    (c) During the absence or disability of both the Chairman and the 
Vice Chairman, or when the offices of Chairman and Vice Chairman are 
vacant, the remaining Board member shall perform the functions vested in 
the Chairman.

(Added Pub. L. 95-454, title II, Sec. 202(a), Oct. 13, 1978, 92 Stat. 
1122; amended Pub. L. 101-12, Sec. 3(a)(4), (5), Apr. 10, 1989, 103 
Stat. 17.)


                               Amendments

    1989--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-12, Sec. 3(a)(4), struck out the 
comma after ``time'' in first sentence.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101-12, Sec. 3(a)(5), substituted ``the 
Chairman and the Vice Chairman'' for ``the Chairman and Vice Chairman'' 
after ``both''.


                    Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 101-12 effective 90 days following Apr. 10, 
1989, see section 11 of Pub. L. 101-12, set out as a note under section 
1201 of this title.
