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 90 STAT. 476 Conflict-ofinterest.

26 USC 9001, 9031. Jurisdiction.

Guidelines, approval.

Post, p. 481.

Presidential appointments. 2 USC 437c note.

PUBLIC LAW 94-283—MAY 11, 1976 the following new sentences: "Members of the Commission shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment. Any individual who is engaging in any other business, vocation, or employment at the time such individual begins to serve as a member of the Commission shall terminate or liquidate such activity no later than 1 year after beginning to serve as such a member.". (2) Section 309(b) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(b)), as redesignated by section 105, is amended to read as follows: "(b)(1) The Commission shall administer, seek to obtain compliance with, and formulate policy with respect to, this Act and chapter 95 and chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The Commission shall have exclusive primary jurisdiction with respect to the civil enforcement of such provisions. "(2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit, restrict, or diminish any investigatory, informational, oversight, supervisory, or disciplinary authority or function of the Congress or any committee of the Congress with respect to elections for Federal office.". (3) The first sentence of section 309(c) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(c)), as redesignated by section 105, is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: ", except that the affirmative vote of 4 members of the Commission shall be required in order for the Commission to establish guidelines for compliance with the provisions of this Act or with chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or for the Commission to take any action in accordance with paragraph (6), (7), (8), or (10) of section 310(a)". (d) The last sentence of section 309(f)(1) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(f)(1)), as redesignated by section 105, is amended by inserting immediately before the period the following: "without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service". (e)(1) The President shall appoint members of the Federal Election Commission under section 309(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(a)), as redesignated by section 105 and as amended by this section, as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) The first appointments made by the President under section 309(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(a)), as redesignated by section 105 and as amended by this section, shall not be considered to be appointments to fill the unexpired terms of members serving on the Federal Election Commission on the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) INIembers serving on the Federal Election Commission on the date of the enactment of this Act may continue to serve as such members until new members are appointed and qualified under section 309(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(a)), as redesignated by section 105 and as amended by this section, except that until appointed and qualified under this Act, members serving on such Commission on such date of enactment may, beginning on March 23, 1976, exercise only such powers and functions as may be consistent with the determinations of the Supreme Court of the United States in Buckley et al. against Valeo, Secretary of the United States Senate, et al. (numbered 75-436, 75-437) January 30, 1976. (f) The provisions of section 309(a)(3) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 437c (a)(3)), as redesignated by section 105, which prohibit any individual from being appointed as a member of the Federal Election Commission who is, at the time of his appointment, an elected or appointed officer or employee of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal Government, shall not apply in the case of any individual

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