Ill STAT. 2588 PUBLIC LAW 105-134—DEC. 2, 1997 (4) obtain financing by other means permitted under Federal or State law. SEC. 411. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) AMENDMENT.— Section 24302 is amended to read as follows: "§ 24302. Board of Directors "(a) REFORM BOARD.— "(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES.—The Reform Board described in paragraph (2) shall assume the responsibilities of the Board of Directors of Amtrak by March 31, 1998, or as soon thereafter as at least 4 members have been appointed and qualified. The Board appointed under prior law shall be abolished when the Reform Board assumes such responsibilities. "(2) MEMBERSHIP.— (A)(i) The Reform Board shall consist of 7 voting members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of 5 years, "(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), if the Secretary of Transportation is appointed to the Reform Board, such appointment shall not be subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. If appointed, the Secretary may be represented at Board meetings by his designee. "(B) In selecting the individuals described in subparagraph (A) for nominations for appointments to the Reform Board, the President should consult with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate. "(C) Appointments under subparagraph (A) shall be made from among individuals who— "(i) have technical qualifications, professional standing, and demonstrated expertise in the fields of transportation or corporate or financial management; \ "(ii) are not representatives of rail labor or rail manage- ^ ment; and "(iii) in the case of 6 of the 7 individuals selected, are not employees of Amtrak or of the United States. "(D) The President of Amtrak shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Reform Board. "(3) CONFIRMATION PROCEDURE IN SENATE.— "(A) This paragraph is enacted by the Congress— "(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of a motion to discharge; and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith; and "(ii) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate. "(B) If, by the first day of June on which the Senate is in session after a nomination is submitted to the Senate under this section, the committee to which the nomination
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