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100 STAT. 782

PUBLIC LAW 99-371—AUG. 4, 1986

use, or for investment purposes, but if invested only the income from the investment may be used for current expenses of the corporation. 20 USC 4303.

SEC. 103. BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

(a) COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD.—(1) Gallaudet University shall be under the direction and control of a Board of Trustees, composed of twenty-one members selected as follows: (A) three public members of whom (i) one shall be a United States Senator appointed by the President of the Senate, and (ii) two shall be Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and (B) eighteen other members, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of Trustees, who on the effective date of this Act shall include those individuals serving as nonpublic members of the Board of Trustees of Gallaudet College immediately prior to such date, and of whom one shall be elected pursuant to regulations of the Board of Trustees, on nomination by the Gallaudet University Alumni Association for a term of three years. The members appointed from the Senate and House of Representatives shall be appointed for a term of two years at the beginning of each Congress, shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall serve until their successors are appointed. (2) The Board of Trustees shall have the power to fill any vacancy in the membership of the Board except for public members. Nine trustees shall constitute a quorum to transact business. The Board of Trustees, by vote of a majority of its membership, is authorized to remove any member of their body (except the public members) who may refuse or neglect to discharge the duties of a trustee, or whose removal would, in the judgment of said majority, be to the interest and welfare of said corporation. (b) POWERS OF THE BOARD.—The Board of Trustees is authorized to— (1) make such rules, policies, regulations, and bylaws, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, as may be necessary for the good government of Gallaudet University, for the management of the property and funds of such corporation and for the admission, instruction, care, and discharge of students; (2) provide for the adoption of a corporate seal and for its use; (3) fix the date of holding their annual and other meetings; (4) appoint a president, professors, instructors, and other necessary employees for Gallaudet University, delegate to them such duties as it may deem advisable, fix their compensation, and remove them when, in their judgment, the interest of Gallaudet University shall require it; (5) elect a chairperson and other officers and prescribe their duties and terms of office, and appoint an executive committee to consist of five members, and vest the committee with such of its powers during periods between meetings of the Board as the Board deems necessary; (6) establish such departments and other units, including a department of higher learning for the deaf, a department of elementary education for the instruction of deaf children, a graduate department, and a research department, as the Board deems necessary to carry out the purpose of Gallaudet University;

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