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42 U.S.C. § 1975

Establishment of Commission

United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective

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42 U.S.C. § 1975, Establishment of Commission, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/478193
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There is established the United States Commission on Civil Rights (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Commission”). The Commission shall be composed of 8 members. Not more than 4 of the members shall at any one time be of the same political party. The initial membership of the Commission shall be the members of the United States Commission on Civil Rights on September 30, 1994. Thereafter vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall continue to be appointed as follows: The term of office of each member of the Commission shall be 6 years. The term of each member of the Commission in the initial membership of the Commission shall expire on the date such term would have expired as of September 30, 1994. The President may remove a member of the Commission only for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. 5 members of the Commission constitute a quorum of the Commission.

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. 98-183(H.R. 2230)1983-11-30
    United States Commission on Civil Rights Act of 1983
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-167(H.R. 3350)1991-11-26
    United States Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization Act of 1991
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-419(S. 2372)1994-10-25
    Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally