; and (2) providing financial and substantive support for training programs that aim to improve the delivery of legal services to indigent defendants. (b) Principal office; agent for service of process The Center shall maintain its principal office in the District of Columbia and shall maintain therein a designated agent to accept service of process for the Center. Notice to or service upon the agent shall be deemed notice to or service upon the Center. (c) Status of Center under tax laws The Center shall be eligible to be treated as an organization described in section 170(c)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. If such treatments are conferred in accordance with the provisions of such Code, the Center shall be subject to all provisions of such Code relevant to the conduct of organizations exempt from taxation. 5. Governing body (a) Board of directors established The Center shall have a Board of Directors consisting of 9 voting members appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall make such nominations not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Qualifications of members The members shall be qualified as follows: (1) A majority of the members shall be members of the bar of the highest court of any State. (2) One member shall have been an indigent defendant who received public defense services from a public defense system. (3) The members, except for the member described in paragraph (2), shall have— (A) significant experience in the legal defense of criminal cases; (B) demonstrated a commitment to quality indigent defense representation