[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3423 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3423

  To provide that an individual may not serve more than 2 terms as a 
 member of any independent regulatory commission, and to authorize an 
     individual to continue to serve as a member of an independent 
regulatory commission for not more than 1 year following the expiration 
                     of the term of the individual.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 9, 1996

Mr. Campbell (for himself, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Clinger, Mr. Packard, Mr. 
 Bono, Mr. Upton, Mr. Horn, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. Largent, Mr. Castle, 
 and Mr. Zeliff) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
            the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that an individual may not serve more than 2 terms as a 
 member of any independent regulatory commission, and to authorize an 
     individual to continue to serve as a member of an independent 
regulatory commission for not more than 1 year following the expiration 
                     of the term of the individual.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regulator Term Limit Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT REGULATORY COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP REFORMS.

    (a) Term Limitation.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, an individual may not serve more than 2 terms as a member 
        of any particular independent regulatory commission.
            (2) Excluded service.--For purposes of paragraph (1), there 
        shall not be considered service--
                    (A) in a term of membership that began before the 
                effective date of this subsection; or
                    (B) for less than half of any term of membership 
                having a duration specified by statute.
    (b) Continued Service After Completion of Term.--
            (1) Continued service authorized.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, and subject to paragraph (2), an 
        individual may continue to serve as a member of an independent 
        regulatory commission following the expiration of the term of 
        the individual.
            (2) Limitation on continued service.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, continued service of an individual as a 
        member of an independent regulatory commission following the 
        expiration of the term of the individual shall terminate upon 
        the earlier of--
                    (A) the appointment of a successor to the 
                individual; or
                    (B) the end of the one-year period beginning on the 
                date of that expiration.
    (c) Independent Regulatory Commission Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``independent regulatory commission''--
            (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), means any 
        independent regulatory agency (as that term is defined in 
        section 3502 of title 44, United States Code) that is 
        designated by statute as a commission; and
            (2) does not include the Board of Governors of the Federal 
        Reserve System.
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