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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 11, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Public Interest Declassification Act of 2000 to: (1) require any appointment to the Public Interest Declassification Board to be for three years from the date of the appointment, (2) remove the requirement that a Board member appointed to fill a vacancy before the expiration of a term serve for the remainder of such term, and (3) extend Board authority through 2014.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 3564 as public Law on Dec 28, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Dec 19, 2012
Public Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
409 Yea 1 Nay 21 not voting
Crossed both parties 1 of 410 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 3564 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.