[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1990 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1990

 To reauthorize appropriations for the Civil Rights Commission Act of 
                     1983, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 25, 1996

   Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize appropriations for the Civil Rights Commission Act of 
                     1983, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Civil Rights Commission 
Reauthorization Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. BIPARTISANSHIP.

    Section 2(b)(1) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 
U.S.C. 1975(b)(1)) is amended by inserting before the period the 
following: ``, and of the members appointed not more than two shall be 
appointed from the same political party''.

SEC. 3. APPROVAL OF SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.

    Section 3(c) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 
1975a(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Approval.--The Commission may submit a report under 
        this subsection only with the approval of a majority of the 
        members of the Commission that are present at a meeting when a 
        quorum is present.''.

SEC. 4. APPROVAL OF ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS.

    Section 3(e)(2) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 
U.S.C. 1975a(e)(2)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence 
the following: ``The Commission may issue a subpoena under this 
paragraph only with the approval of a majority of the members of the 
Commission that are present at a meeting when a quorum is present.''.

SEC. 5. REVIEW OF STAFF DIRECTOR.

    Section 4(a) of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 
1975b(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``There shall'' and inserting the 
        following:
                    ``(A) In general.--There shall'';
            (2) by striking ``(A)'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(i)'';
            (3) by striking ``(B)'' and inserting the following:
                            ``(ii)''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Review and retention.--The Commission shall annually 
        review the performance of the staff director and conduct a vote 
        with respect to retention of the staff director. The Commission 
        shall be considered to have removed the staff director if less 
        than a majority of the members of the Commission votes for 
        retention of the staff director.
            ``(3) Noncareer appointee.--The staff director shall be 
        considered to be a noncareer appointee, as defined in section 
        3132(a) of title 5, United States Code.''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 5 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 
1975c) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``for fiscal year 
        1995'' and inserting ``for each of fiscal years 1997 and 
        1998''; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``fiscal year 
        1995'' and inserting ``fiscal year 1997 or 1998''.

SEC. 7. TERMINATION.

    Section 6 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 
1975d) is amended by striking ``1996'' and inserting ``1998''.
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