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title: "46 U.S.C. § 46102"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 46102 - Quorum

## Text

A vacancy or vacancies in the membership of the Federal Maritime Commission do not impair the power of the Commission to execute its functions. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Commissioners serving on the Commission is required to dispose of any matter before the Commission.

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 4, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1489, § 302; renumbered § 46102, Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXVI [LXXXVI], § 8605(a)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4765.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 30246 App.:1111 note.Reorg. Plan No. 7 of 1961, eff. Aug. 12, 1961, § 102(d), 75 Stat. 840; Pub. L. 105–258, title II, § 202, Oct. 14, 1998, 112 Stat. 1915.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2021—Pub. L. 116–283 renumbered section 302 of this title as this section.