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[S. 1083 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1083

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
  To amend section 1214 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for 
 stays during a period that the Merit Systems Protection Board lacks a 
                                 quorum.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STAYS BY MSPB DURING PERIODS WITH NO QUORUM.
    Section 1214(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``The Board may''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(ii) If the Board lacks the number of members appointed under 
section 1201 required to constitute a quorum, any remaining member of 
the Board who was appointed, by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate, may, upon request by the Special Counsel, extend the period of 
any stay granted under subparagraph (A).''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.