New Vacancies Act : Congress Acts to Protect the Senate's Confirmation Prerogative.

Covers legislative and administrative events that precipitated complete revision of the Vacancies Act of 1868. Evaluates substantiality of Department of Justice legal position on Vacancies Act compliance for certain executive departments or agencies, and Congressional response. Reviews P.L. 105-277,...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1998.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Committees. Executive-legislative relations. Administrative agencies. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Covers legislative and administrative events that precipitated complete revision of the Vacancies Act of 1868. Evaluates substantiality of Department of Justice legal position on Vacancies Act compliance for certain executive departments or agencies, and Congressional response. Reviews P.L. 105-277, the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, which provides exclusive vehicle for temporarily filling vacant advice and consent positions and prevents undue delay in the Presidential submission of nominees for Senate consideration.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.