; and (ii) retired or otherwise honorably separated from the Armed Forces with a military pay grade of O–7 or higher; and (F) not fewer than one shall be a member of a veterans service organization who can demonstrate familiarity with, or experience in, the development of an alert or support system in a State for either missing veterans or veteran mental health. (2) Additional members The President shall appoint additional members of the Committee from among individuals at the State, local, and tribal level who are experts in alert systems, such as the AMBER Alert, as that term is used in subtitle A of title III of the PROTECT Act ( 34 U.S.C. 20501 et seq.). (3) Date The appointments of the members of the Committee shall be made not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) Period of appointment; vacancies (1) In general A member of the Committee shall be appointed for the life of the Committee. (2) Vacancies Any vacancy in the Committee— (A) shall not affect the powers of the Committee