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28 U.S.C. § 992

Terms of office; compensation

United States · Title 28 — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective

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28 U.S.C. § 992, Terms of office; compensation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/465156
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The voting members of the United States Sentencing Commission shall be appointed for six-year terms, except that the initial terms of the first members of the Commission shall be staggered so that— Subject to paragraph (2)— A voting member of the Commission whose term has expired may continue to serve until the earlier of—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 98-473(H.J.Res. 648)1984-10-12
    A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-646(S. 1236)1986-11-10
    Criminal Law and Procedure Technical Amendments Act of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-349(S. 1963)1992-08-26
    A bill to amend section 992 of title 28, United States Code, to provide a member of the United States Sentencing Commission whose term has expired may continue to serve until a successor is appointed or until the expiration of the next session of Congress.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-322(H.R. 3355)1994-09-13
    Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
    House: 197–232Senate: 61–38