[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8564]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 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

  Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform be discharged 
from further consideration of the 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, and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gaetz). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Georgia?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is 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).''.


              Amendment Offered by Jody B. Hice of Georgia

  Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the 
desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       In section 1214(b)(1)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States 
     Code, as proposed to be added by section 1(2) of the bill, 
     strike ``shall'' and insert ``may''.

  The amendment was agreed to.
  The bill was ordered to be 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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