FULL-TIME VICE CHAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION.

SEC. 280005. FULL-TIME VICE CHAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION. (a) Establishment of Positions.—Section 991 (a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the second sentence by striking the period and inserting “and three of whom shall be designated by the President as Vice Chairs.”; (2) in the fourth sentence by striking the period and inserting “, and of the three Vice Chairs, no more than two shall be members of the same political party.”; and (3) in the sixth sentence by striking “Chairman” and inserting “Chair, Vice Chairs,”. (b) Terms and Compensation.—Section 992(c) of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending the first sentence to read as follows: “The Chair and Vice Chairs of the Commission shall hold full-time positions and shall be compensated during their terms of office at the annual rate at which judges of the United States courts of appeals are compensated.”; (2) in the second sentence by striking ''Chairman'' and inserting “Chair and Vice Chairs”; and (3) in the third sentence by striking “Chairman” and inserting “Chair and Vice Chairs,”. (c) Technical Amendments.—Chapter 58 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking “Chairman” each place it appears and inserting “Chair”; (2) in the fifth sentence of section 991(a) by striking “his” and inserting “the Attorney General's”; (3) in the fourth sentence of section 992(c) by striking “his” and inserting “the judge's”; (4) in section 994(i)(2) by striking “he” and inserting “the defendant” and striking “his” and inserting “the defendant's”; and (5) in section 996(a) by striking “him” and inserting “the Staff Director”.