[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3049 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3049


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 1996

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
                               Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend section 1505 of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 to 
provide for the continuity of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of 
    American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONTINUITY OF BOARD.

    Section 1505(i) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986 (20 
U.S.C. 4412(i)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the 
        end of the first sentence the following: ``or to recommend 
        another individual if the member does not consent to be 
        reappointed''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) If the President has not transmitted to the Senate a 
        nomination to fill the position of a member covered by such a 
        recommendation within 60 days from the date that the member's 
        term expires--
                    ``(A) if the member consents to reappointment, the 
                member shall be deemed to have been reappointed for 
                another full term to the Board, with all the 
                appropriate rights and responsibilities; or
                    ``(B) if the member does not consent to 
                reappointment, an individual recommended by the Board 
                under paragraph (1) shall be deemed to have been 
                appointed for a full term to the Board with all the 
                appropriate rights and responsibilities.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 23, 1996.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.