[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15756]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OFFICE OF 
                               COMPLIANCE

  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the Committee on House Administration be discharged from further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 6415) to provide for the appointment of 
members of the Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to 
replace members whose terms expire during 2017, and for other purposes, 
and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Illinois?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 6415

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

     SECTION 1. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF 
                   OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE.

       (a) Appointment of Members.--
       (1) Members replacing members whose terms expire in march 
     2017.--Notwithstanding the first sentence of section 301(e) 
     of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
     1381(e)), of the members of the Board of Directors of the 
     Office of Compliance who are appointed to replace the 3 
     members whose terms expire in March 2017--
       (A) one shall have a term of office of 3 years; and
       (B) two shall have a term of office of 4 years,

     as designated at the time of appointment by the persons 
     specified in section 301(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1381(b)).
       (2) Members replacing members whose terms expire in may 
     2017.--In accordance with the first sentence of section 
     301(e) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
     U.S.C. 1381(e)), the members of the Board of Directors of the 
     Office of Compliance who are appointed to replace the 2 
     members whose terms expire in May 2017 shall each have a term 
     of office of 5 years.
       (b) Service of Current Members.--Notwithstanding the second 
     sentence of section 301(e) of the Congressional 
     Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(e)) or section 3 of 
     the Office of Compliance Administrative and Technical 
     Corrections Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-6; 2 U.S.C. 1381 
     note)--
       (1) an individual serving as a member of the Board of 
     Directors of the Office of Compliance whose term expires in 
     March 2017 may be reappointed to serve one additional term at 
     the length designated under paragraph (1) of subsection (a), 
     but may not be reappointed to any additional terms after that 
     additional term expires; and
       (2) an individual serving as a member of the Board of 
     Directors of the Office of Compliance whose term expires in 
     May 2017 may be reappointed to serve one additional term at 
     the length referred to in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), 
     but may not be reappointed to any additional terms after that 
     additional term expires.
       (c) Permitting Members To Serve Until Appointment of 
     Successors.--Section 301(e) of the Congressional 
     Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(e)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Permitting service until appointment of successor.--A 
     member of the Board may serve after the expiration of that 
     member's term until a successor has taken office.''.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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