<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/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="idaec6de40-ec38-11e5-9fc5-818d616f3d7f" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545"><num value="1545">§ 1545.</num><heading> Terms of office</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idaec6de41-ec38-11e5-9fc5-818d616f3d7f" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545/a"><num value="a" class="bold">(a)</num><heading class="bold"> In general</heading><chapeau>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 style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idaec6de42-ec38-11e5-9fc5-818d616f3d7f" 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 style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idaec6de43-ec38-11e5-9fc5-818d616f3d7f" 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 style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="idaec6de44-ec38-11e5-9fc5-818d616f3d7f" 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 style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="idaec6de45-ec38-11e5-9fc5-818d616f3d7f" identifier="/us/usc/t21/s1545/b"><num value="b" class="bold">(b)</num><heading class="bold"> 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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<sourceCredit id="idaec6de46-ec38-11e5-9fc5-818d616f3d7f">(<ref href="/us/pl/100/690/tI">Pub. L. 100–690, title I</ref>, § 1045, as added <ref href="/us/pl/105/20">Pub. L. 105–20</ref>, § 2(a)(2), <date date="1997-06-27">June 27, 1997</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/111/233">111 Stat. 233</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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