; and (D) one (as designated at the time of appointment) shall serve for a term of 8 years. (3) Permitting individuals serving initial staggered term to be reappointed to a full term An individual who is one of the members first appointed to the Commission to serve for an initial term of 2 years under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) or to serve for an initial term of 4 years under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) may be appointed subsequently to serve a term of 10 years under paragraph (1). (4) Vacancy An individual appointed to fill a vacancy occurring in the membership of the Commission before the expiration of the term for which the individual’s predecessor was appointed shall serve only for the remainder of that term. (c) Compensation Each member of the Commission shall receive compensation at a rate equivalent to the most recent rate of compensation applicable to the individual as a judge of the United States. (d) Process in event of deadlock If a vote by the members of the Commission on any matter results in a tie, the vote of the longest-serving member (or, in the case of members first appointed to serve for initial terms under paragraph (2) of subsection (b), the vote of the member appointed for the longest term) shall prevail. (e) Conforming amendment to Executive Schedule Level IV Positions Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Member, Democracy Fund Commission. . 203. Staff (a) Authority To appoint staff The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel as the Commission considers appropriate. (b) Applicability of certain civil service laws The personnel of the Commission may be appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and may be paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay in excess