Increases the number of members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe from 15 to 21. Requires that the House of Representatives and the Senate shall each appoint nine (currently six) members to the Commission. Requires that five of the nine Commission members from the House and five of the nine from the Senate shall be selected from the majority party in the House and Senate respectively. Provides that the Chairman of the Commission shall be designated, on a rotating basis, at the beginning of each Congress by the President of the Senate from among Senate members of the Commission (odd-numbered Congress) and by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from among House members of the Commission (even-numbered Congress). Requires the Cochairman of the Commission to be designated, on a similarly rotating basis, by the President of the Senate at the beginning of each even-numbered Congress and by the Speaker of the House at the beginning of each odd-numbered Congress. Directs the President of the Senate to designate a Commission member from the Senate as Chairman of the Commission for the duration of the 99th Congress. Directs the Speaker of the House to designate a House member to serve as Cochairman of the Commission for such period. Directs the Commission to monitor compliance by the signatories of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, particularly with regard to its human rights provisions. Revises the authorization of appropriations to the Commission and the method for disbursing such appropriations. Permits either the Chairman or Cochairman of the Commission to authorize foreign travel for official purposes. Requires the Commission to have a personnel and administration committee which shall make the personnel decisions for the Commission, with specified exceptions. Requires staff personnel of the Commission to be considered employees in the legislative branch.
S 592 - 99A bill to provide that the chairmanship of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe shall rotate between members appointed from the House of Representatives and Members appointed from the Senate, and for other purposes.
Became Public Law No: 99-7.
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Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 99-7.
Became Public Law No: 99-7.
Measure Signed in Senate.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Called up by House Under Suspension of Rules.
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House by Voice Vote.
Passed House by Voice Vote.
Introduced in Senate
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.