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 104 STAT. 3336 PUBLIC LAW 101-619—NOV. 16, 1990 Federal Roister, publication. (B) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, pursuant to paragraph (2), appoint the Director of the Office of Environmental Education established pursuant to section 3 of this Act as an ex-officio member of the Board. Ex officio membership shall also be offered to other Federal agencies or departments with an interest and/or experience in environmental education and training. (C) Appointment to the Board shall not constitute employ- ment by, or the holding of an office of, the United States for the purposes of any Federal law. (2) APPOINTMENT AND TERMS.— (A) Members of the Board shall be appointed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (B) Within 90 days of the date of the enactment of this Act, and as appropriate thereafter, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register an announcement of appointments of Directors of the Board. At the same time, the Administrator shall transmit a copy of such announcement to the Education and Labor Committee and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate. Such appointments shall become final and effective 90 days after publication in the Federal Register. (C) The directors shall be appointed for terms of 4 years, except that the Administrator, in making the initial appointments to the Board, shall appoint 5 directors to a term of 2 years, 4 directors to a term of 3 years, and 4 directors to a term of 4 years. The Administrator shall appoint an individual to serve as a director in the event of a vacancy on the Board within 60 days of said vacancy in the manner in which the original appointment was made. No individual may serve more than 2 consecutive terms as a director. (3) CHAIR. —The Chair shall be elected by the Board from its members for a 2-year term. (4) QUORUM.—A majority of the current membership of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (5) MEETINGS. —The Board shall meet at the call of the Chair at least twice a year. If a Director misses three consecutive regularly scheduled meetings, that individual may be removed from the Board and that vacancy filled in accordance with this subsection. (6) REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. —Members of the Board shall serve without pay, but may be reimbursed for the actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred by them in the performance of the duties of the Foundation. (7) GENERAL POWERS. —(A) The Board may complete the organization of the Foundation by— (i) appointing officers and employees; (ii) adopting a constitution and bylaws consistent with the purposes of the Foundation and the provisions of this section; and (iii) undertaking such other acts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. (B) The following limitations apply with respect to the appointment of officers and employees of the Foundation: (i) Officers and employees may not be appointed until the Foundation has sufficient funds to pay for their service.

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