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 124 STAT. 3821 PUBLIC LAW 111–350—JAN. 4, 2011 (2) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND COMPENSATION.—Mem- bers of the Armed Services Board shall be selected and appointed in the same manner as administrative law judges appointed pursuant to section 3105 of title 5, with an additional requirement that members must have had at least 5 years of experience in public contract law. The Secretary of Defense shall designate the chairman and vice chairman of the Armed Services Board from among the appointed members. Compensa- tion for the chairman, vice chairman, and other members shall be determined under section 5372a of title 5. (b) CIVILIAN BOARD.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the General Services Administration the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals. (2) MEMBERSHIP.— (A) ELIGIBILITY.—The Civilian Board consists of members appointed by the Administrator of General Services (in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procure- ment Policy) from a register of applicants maintained by the Administrator of General Services, in accordance with rules issued by the Administrator of General Services (in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procure- ment Policy) for establishing and maintaining a register of eligible applicants and selecting Civilian Board members. The Administrator of General Services shall appoint a member without regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis of the professional qualifications required to perform the duties and responsibilities of a Civilian Board member. (B) APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS AND COMPENSATION.— Members of the Civilian Board shall be selected and appointed to serve in the same manner as administrative law judges appointed pursuant to section 3105 of title 5, with an additional requirement that members must have had at least 5 years experience in public contract law. Compensation for the members shall be determined under section 5372a of title 5. (3) REMOVAL.—Members of the Civilian Board are subject to removal in the same manner as administrative law judges, as provided in section 7521 of title 5. (4) FUNCTIONS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Civilian Board has jurisdiction as provided by subsection (e)(1)(B). (B) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTION.—With the concurrence of the Federal agencies affected, the Civilian Board may assume— (i) jurisdiction over any additional category of laws or disputes over which an agency board of contract appeals established pursuant to section 8 of the Con- tract Disputes Act exercised jurisdiction before January 6, 2007; and (ii) any other function the agency board performed before January 6, 2007, on behalf of those agencies. (c) TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY BOARD.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority may establish a board of contract appeals of the Tennessee Valley Authority of an indeterminate number of members.