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 109 STAT. 24 PUBLIC LAW 104-1-^AN. 23, 1995 required under this section and shall submit the study and recommendations to the Board; and (2) the Board shall transmit such study and recommendations (with the Board's comments) to the head of each entity considered in the study, and to the Congress by delivery to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President pro tempore of the Senate for referral to the appropriate committees of the House of Representatives and of the Senate. TITLE III—OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 2 USC 1381. SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— T here is established, as an independent office within the legislative branch of the Federal Government, the Office of Compliance. (b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. —The Office shall have a Board of Directors. The Board shall consist of 5 individuals appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Appointments of the first 5 members of the Board shall be completed not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) CHAIR. —The Chair shall be appointed from members of the Board jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate. (d) BOARD OF DIRECTORS QUALIFICATIONS. — (1) SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS. —Selection and appointment of members of the Board shall be without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the Office. Members of the Board shall have training or experience in the application of the rights, protections, and remedies under one or more of the laws made applicable under section 102. (2) DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS.— (A) LOBBYING.— No individual who engages in, or is otherwise employed in, lobbying of the Congress and who is required under the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act to register with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate shall be eligible for appointment to, or service on, the Board. (B) INCOMPATIBLE OFFICE.—No member of the Board appointed under subsection (b) may hold or may have held the position of Member of the House of Representatives or Senator, may hold the position of officer or employee of the House of Representatives, Senate, or instrumentality or other entity of the legislative branch, or may have held such a position (other than the position of an officer or employee of the General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board, an officer or employee of the Office of Fair Employment Practices of the House of Representatives, or officer or employee of the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices) within 4 years of the date of appointment. (3) VACANCIES.—^A vacancy on the Board shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made.

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