July 26, 2011
On Tuesday, July 26, 2011, the President signed into law:
S. 1103, which creates a new two-year term of service for the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) beginning on or after August 3, 2011, and continuing until September 4, 2013; and makes the incumbent FBI Director eligible to be appointed to the new term of service.
Barack Obama, Statement by the Press Secretary on S. 1103 Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/309265