[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7747]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 PROVIDING FOR STAYS DURING A PERIOD THAT THE MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 
                          BOARD LACKS A QUORUM

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be discharged 
from further consideration of S. 1083 and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1083) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be considered read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider 
be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 1083) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 1083

       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, shall, upon request by 
     the Special Counsel, extend the period of any stay granted 
     under subparagraph (A).''.

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