104 STAT. 3110 PUBLIC LAW 101-608 —NOV. 16, 1990 Public Law 101-608 101st Congress An Act Nov. 16, 1990 [S. 605] Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990. 15 USC 2051 note. To authorize appropriations for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE, This Act may be cited as the "Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 1990". TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO ACTS SEC. 101. REFERENCE. Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Consumer Product Safety Act. SEC. 102. QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. Section 4(a) (15 U.S.C. 2053(a)) is amended by inserting immediately after the first sentence the following: "In making such appointments, the President shall consider individuals who, by reason of their background and expertise in areas related to consumer products and protection of the public from risks to safety, are qualified to serve as members of the Commission.". SEC. 103. QUORUM ON COMMISSION. The first sentence of section 4(d) (15 U.S.C. 2053(d)) is amended by inserting before the period a comma and the following: "except that if there are only three members serving on the Commission because of vacancies in the Commission, two members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and if there are only two members serving on the Commission because of vacancies in the Commission, two members shall constitute a quorum for the six month period beginning on the date of the vacancy which caused the number of Commission members to decline to two", SEC. 104. APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL, Section 4(g)(1) (15 U.S.C. 2053(g)(1)) is amended to read as follows: "(g)(1)(A) The Chairman, subject to the approval of the Commission, shall appoint as officers of the Commission an Executive Director, a General Counsel, an Associate Executive Director for Engineering Sciences, an Associate Executive Director for Epidemiology, an Associate Executive Director for Compliance and Administrative Litigation, an Associate Executive Director for Health Sciences, an Associate Executive Director for Economic Analysis, an Associate Executive Director for Administration, an
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