DETERMINATIONS BY THE BOARD.

SEC. 202. DETERMINATIONS BY THE BOARD. (a) Majority Vote in Sections.—Section 4003 is amended to read as follows: “§ 4003. Determinations by the Board “(a) Decisions by a section of the Board shall be made by a majority of the members of the section. The decision of the section is final unless the Chairman orders reconsideration of the case. “(b) If the Chairman orders reconsideration in a case, the case shall upon reconsideration be heard by an expanded section of the Board. When a case is heard by an expanded section of the Board after such a motion for reconsideration, the decision of a majority of the members of the expanded section shall constitute the final decision of the Board. “(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Board on its own motion may correct an obvious error in the record.”. (b) Resources To Dispose of Appeals in a Timely Manner.—Section 4001(a) is amended— (1) by inserting “and” after “Vice Chairman,”; (2) by striking out “necessary, and” and inserting in lieu thereof “necessary in order to conduct hearings and dispose of appeals properly before the Board in a timely manner. The Board shall have”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Board shall have sufficient personnel under the preceding sentence to enable the Board to conduct hearings and consider and dispose of appeals properly before the Board in a timely manner.”.