12 2 STA T .30 3 9PUBLIC LA W 110 – 31 4— AU G .14 , 200 8‘ ‘ (1)INGE NE RAL.—Ther e a rea ut h o r iz e d to b ea p propriated to the C o m mi s sio nf or the purpose of c arr y in g out the pro v isions of this A ct and any other provision of l a w the Commission is authorized or directed to carry out— ‘‘(A) $ 11 8,20 0,000 for fiscal year 2010
‘‘( B ) $11 5 , 64 0,000 for fiscal year 2011; ‘‘(C) $12 3 , 9 94,000 for fiscal year 2012; ‘‘( D ) $131, 7 83,000 for fiscal year 2013; and ‘‘( E ) $136,409,000 for fiscal year 2014. ‘‘(2) TRA V EL ALL OW AN C E.— F rom amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1), there shall be made available $1,200,000 for fiscal year 2010, $1,248,000 for fiscal year 2011, $1,297,000 for fiscal year 2012, $1,350,000 for fiscal year 2013, and $1,403,000 for fiscal year 2014, for travel, subsistence, and related e x penses incurred in furtherance of the official duties of Commissioners and employees with respect to attend - ance at meetings or similar functions, which shall be used by the Commission for such purposes in lieu of acceptance of payment or reimbursement for such expenses from any per- son— ‘‘(A) see k ing official action from, doing business with, or conducting activities regulated by, the Commission; or ‘‘(B) whose interests may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the Commissioner ’ s or employee’s official duties.’’. (b) R E P OR T .— N ot later than 180 days after the date of enact- ment of this Act, the Commission shall transmit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report of its plans to allocate the funding authorized by subsection (a). S uch report shall include— (1) the number of full-time investigators and other full- time e q uivalents the Commission intends to employ; (2) efforts by the Commission to develop standards for training product safety inspectors and technical staff employed by the Commission; (3) efforts and policies of the Commission to encourage Commission scientific staff to seek appropriate publishing opportunities in peer-reviewed j ournals and other media; and (4) the efforts of the Commission to reach and educate retailers of second-hand products and informal sellers, such as thrift shops and yard sales, concerning consumer product safety rules and product recalls, especially those relating to durable nursery products, in order to prevent the resale of any products that have been recalled, including the develop- ment of educational materials for distribution not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. (c) CON F OR MI NG AMEN D MENT S .—Section 32 (15 U .S.C. 2081) is further amended by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b) and inserting after such subsection designation the following
‘‘ L IMITATION.—’’. SEC.20 2. FUL LC OM M I SSIO NR E Q UIREMEN T; INTERIM QUORUM; P ER - SONNEL. (a) TEMPORAR YQU ORUM.—Notwithstanding section 4(d) of the Consumer P roduct Safety Act (15 U.S.C. 2053(d)), 2 members of the Commission, if they are not affiliated with the same political party, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business 15USC20 5 3note.
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