2 U.S.C. § 803
Members of the Board shall serve without pay but may be compensated for reasonable travel expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties as members of the Board.
The Board shall meet at least twice a year at the call of the Chairman (with at least one meeting in the District of Columbia) and at such other times as the Chairman may determine to be appropriate. The Chairman shall call a meeting of the Board whenever one-third of the members of the Board submit written requests for such a meeting.
The Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Board shall be elected from among the members of the Board by a majority vote of the Board for such terms as the Board determines. The Vice Chairman shall perform the duties of the Chairman in his absence.
The Board shall establish such bylaws and other regulations as may be appropriate to enable the Board to carry out its functions under this chapter. Such bylaws and other regulations shall include provisions to prevent any conflict of interest, or the appearance of any conflict of interest, in the procurement and employment actions taken by the Board or by any officer or employee of the Board. Such bylaws shall include appropriate fiscal control, funds accountability, and operating principles to ensure compliance with the provisions of section 806 of this title. A copy of such bylaws shall be transmitted to each House of Congress not later than 90 days after November 25, 1985, and not later than 10 days after any subsequent amendment or revision of such bylaws.
Any member of the Board who fails to attend 4 consecutive Board meetings scheduled pursuant to the bylaws of the Board and for which proper notice has been given under such bylaws, or to send a designee of such member (approved in advance by the Board under provisions of its bylaws), is, by operation of this subsection, removed, for cause, from the Board as of the date of the last meeting from which they are absent. The Chairman of the Board shall take such steps as are necessary to inform members who have 3 absences of this subsection. The Chairman shall notify the House and the Senate, including the appropriate committees of each body, whenever there is a vacancy created by the operation of this subsection.
2 U.S.C. § 803
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2010-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111-200 added subsec. (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to terms of appointed members and reappointment of members. 2005-Subsec. (a)(1)(B), (C). Pub. L. 109-143, §1(c)(1)(A), substituted "a local" for "a a local". Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 109-143, §1(c)(1)(B), substituted "subsection" for "section" in two places. 2000-Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106-533, §1(b)(5), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 806 of this title. 1999-Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 106-63, §1(b)(1), substituted "recipient of the Congressional Award" for "member of the Congressional Award Association".Subsec. (a)(1)(B), (C). Pub. L. 106-63, §1(b)(2), substituted "a local Congressional Award program volunteer" for "representative of a local Congressional Award Council".Subsec. (a)(1)(D). Pub. L. 106-63, §1(b)(1), substituted "recipient of the Congressional Award" for "member of the Congressional Award Association".1990-Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 101-525, §4, added par. (4).Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-525, §5, designated existing provision as par. (1) and substituted "and (unless reappointed under paragraph (3)) shall serve for a term of 4 years" for "but (unless reappointed) shall not serve for more than four years", and added pars. (2) and (3).Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 101-525, §6, added subsec. (j). 1988-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-674, §2(b)(1), in introductory provisions, substituted "25" for "thirty-three", in subpars. (A) to (D), substituted "Six members" for "Eight members", in subpars. (A) and (D), inserted ",1 of whom shall be a member of the Congressional Award Association", and in subpars. (B) and (C), inserted ",1 of whom shall be a representative of a local Congressional Award Council". Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100-674, §2(b)(2), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (d) read as follows: "A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum." 1985-Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 99-161, §2(1), inserted "One of the members appointed under each of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1) shall be a member of the Congress."Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-161, §2(2), amended subsec. (b) generally, substituting provisions for continuance of service of appointed members at pleasure of appointing officer, but unless reappointed, for not more than four years, for provisions limiting term of service to six years with exceptions for first appointed members and individuals appointed to Board after March 31, 1983, whose terms were limited.Subsec. (c)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 99-161, §2(3), struck out par. (2) limiting term of service of any member appointed to fill out an unexpired term to remainder of that term and redesignated pars. (3) and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively. Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99-161, §4(d), substituted "meet at least twice a year at the call of the Chairman (with at least one meeting in the District of Columbia)" for "meet annually at the call of the Chairman". Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 99-161, §4(e), inserted requirement that bylaws and other regulations include provisions preventing conflict of interest, and include appropriate fiscal control, funds accountability, etc., to comply with section 806 of this title, and inserted provisions requiring transmittal of a copy of such bylaws to each House of Congress within specified periods of time. 1983-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 98-33, §1(a)(1), (2), substituted "thirty-three" for "seventeen" in the matter preceding subpar. (A), and substituted "Eight" for "Four" in each of subpars. (A) through (D).Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 98-33, §1(a)(3), struck out "or the Committee for the Establishment and Promotion of the Congressional Award" after "member of the Board".Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-33, §1(b), designated existing provisions as par. (1); in par. (1), as so designated, redesignated pars. (1) to (3) as subpars. (A) to (C), respectively, and substituted "Except as provided in paragraph (2), appointed" for "Appointed"; and added par. (2).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
TRANSITION PROVISIONSPub. L. 100-674, §3, Nov. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 3998, provided that: "Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 17, 1988], the congressional leadership shall appoint members to fill vacancies on the Congressional Award Board in accordance with section 4(a) of the Congressional Award Act [2 U.S.C. 803(a)] (as amended by section 2(b)). In filling such vacancies, the congressional leadership shall first appoint members from the Congressional Award Association and local Congressional Award Councils in accordance with section 4(a) of the Congressional Award Act (as amended by section 2(b))."
EXCEPTIONAL TERMS FOR CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS Pub. L. 98-33, §2, May 25, 1983, 97 Stat. 195, relating to exceptional terms for certain individuals appointed to the Congressional Award Board, was repealed by Pub. L. 99-161, §5, Nov. 25, 1985, 99 Stat. 936.