<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" id="id1e23c439-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545"><num value="1545">§ 1545.</num><heading> Terms of office</heading><subsection class="indent0" id="id1e23c43a-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545/a"><num value="a">(a)</num><heading> In general</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="blockIndent0">Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the term of office of a member of the Advisory Commission shall be 3 years, except that, as designated at the time of appointment—</chapeau><paragraph class="indent1" id="id1e23c43b-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545/a/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> of the initial members appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s1543/a/1">section 1543(a)(1) of this title</ref>, two shall be appointed for a term of 2 years;</content>
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<paragraph class="indent1" id="id1e23c43c-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545/a/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> of the initial members appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s1543/a/2">section 1543(a)(2) of this title</ref>, two shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and</content>
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<paragraph class="indent1" id="id1e23eb4d-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545/a/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> of the initial members appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t21/s1543/a/3">section 1543(a)(3) of this title</ref>, one shall be appointed for a term of 1 year.</content>
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<subsection class="indent0" id="id1e23eb4e-f63b-11e2-8470-abc29ba29c4d" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545/b"><num value="b">(b)</num><heading> Vacancies</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Any member appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term of a member shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. A member of the Advisory Commission may serve after the expiration of such member’s term until a successor has been appointed and taken office.</p>
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(<ref href="/us/pl/100/690/s1045">Pub. L. 100–690, title I, § 1045</ref>, as added <ref href="/us/pl/105/20/s2/a/2">Pub. L. 105–20, § 2(a)(2)</ref>, <date date="1997-06-27">June 27, 1997</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/111/233">111 Stat. 233</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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