Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-20/chapter-76/section-9577.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "20 U.S.C. § 9577"
+description: "Vacancies"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 20
+title_name: "EDUCATION"
+chapter_number: "76"
+chapter_name: "EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS, EVALUATION, INFORMATION, AND DISSEMINATION"
+section: "9577"
+citation: "20 U.S.C. § 9577"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc20@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s9577"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-20/usc20.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 20 U.S.C. § 9577 - Vacancies
+
+## Text
+
+Any member appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. A vacancy in an office, board, committee, or center of the Institute shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. This section does not apply to employees appointed under section 9578 of this title.
+
+(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 187, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1973.)