Pub. L. 84-854, tit. II, sec. 201

Sec. 201. (a) The first section of the Act entitled “An Act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States”, approved January 16, 1883, as amended (5 U. S. C., sec. 632), is amended by inserting immediately after the first paragraph thereof a paragraph as follows: “The term of office of each such Commissioner shall be six years, except that (1) the terms of office of the Commissioners holding office on the effective date of this paragraph (including the term of office of an individual appointed to fill any vacancy m the Commission existing on such effective date) shall expire, as designated by the President, one at the end of two years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of six years, after such effective date; (2) any Commissioner appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term of his predecessor shall be appointed for the remainder of such term and (3) upon the expiration of his term of office a Commissioner may continue to serve until his successor is appointed and has qualified.” (b) Such first section of such Act of January 16, 1883, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph: “In addition to designating a Chairman of the Commission from time to time, pursuant to section 1 of Reorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1949, the President shall from time to time designate one of the Commissioners as Vice Chairman of the Commission. During the absence or disability of the Commissioner designated as Chairman, or in the event of a vacancy in the office of such Commissioner, the Commissioner designated as Vice Chairman shall perform those functions of the Chairman which were transferred to the Chairman by the provisions of section 2 (a) (2) to 2 (a) (6), inclusive, of such Reorganization Plan. During the absence or disability of both the Commissioner designated as Chairman and the Commissioner designated as Vice Chairman, or in the event of vacancies in the offices of both such Commissioners, the remaining Commissioner shall perform such functions. During the absence or disability of all three Commissioners, or in the event of vacancies in the offices of all three Commissioners, the Executive Director shall perform such functions but the Executive Director shall at no time sit as a member or acting member of the Commission.”