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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10286 

To establish the Constitutional Government Review Commission, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 4, 2024 

Mr. DUNN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish the Constitutional Government Review 

Commission, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘10th Amendment Res5 toration Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 

7 There is established a commission, to be known as 

8 the ‘‘Constitutional Government Review Commission’’, 

9 that shall review each agency in accordance with specified 


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1 criteria to determine if such agency should be repealed to 

2 eliminate Federal powers not definitively delegated by the 

3 Constitution. 

4 SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be com6 posed of 9 members who shall be appointed by the Presi7 dent, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, by and with the advice and consent of 

9 the Senate. 

10 (b) TERM.—The term of each member shall com11 mence upon the confirmation of the member by the Senate 

12 and shall extend to the date that is 5 years and 180 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act or that is 5 

14 years after the date on which all members have been con15 firmed by the Senate, whichever is later. 

16 (c) APPOINTMENT.—The members of the Commis17 sion shall be appointed as follows: 

18 (1) CHAIR.—The President shall appoint as the 

19 Chair of the Commission an individual with expertise 

20 and experience in the Constitution and the funda21 mental principles by which the authority of the Fed22 eral Government is exercised. 

23 (2) CANDIDATE LIST OF MEMBERS.—The 

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1 jority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader 

2 of the Senate shall each present to the President a 

3 list of candidates to be members of the Commission. 

4 Such candidates shall be individuals learned in the 

5 original meaning of the Constitution. The President 

6 shall appoint 2 members of the Commission from 

7 each list provided under this paragraph, subject to 

8 the provisions of paragraph (3). 

9 (3) RESUBMISSION OF CANDIDATE.—The Presi10 dent may request from the presenter of a list under 

11 paragraph (2) a new list of one or more candidates 

12 if the President— 

13 (A) determines that any candidate on a list 

14 presented pursuant to paragraph (2) does not 

15 meet the qualifications specified in such para16 graph to be a member of the Commission; and 

17 (B) certifies that determination to the con18 gressional officials specified in paragraph (2). 

19 (d) PAY AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 

20 (1) PAY.— 

21 (A) MEMBERS.—Each member, other than 

22 the Chair of the Commission, shall be paid at 

23 a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the min24 imum annual rate of basic pay payable for level 

25 IV of the Executive Schedule under section 


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1 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 

2 day (including travel time) during which the 

3 member is engaged in the actual performance of 

4 duties vested in the Commission. 

5 (B) CHAIR.—The Chair shall be paid for 

6 each day referred to in subparagraph (A) at a 

7 rate equal to the daily equivalent of the min8 imum annual rate of basic pay payable for level 

9 III of the Executive Schedule under section 

10 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 

11 (2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members shall receive 

12 travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist13 ence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of 

14 title 5, United States Code. 

15 (e) MEETINGS.—The Commission may meet when, 

16 where, and as often as the Commission determines appro17 priate, except that the Commission shall hold public meet18 ings not less than twice each year. All meetings of the 

19 Commission shall be open to the public. 

20 SEC. 4. DUTIES. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall conduct a 

22 review of the authorizing statute of each agency and the 

23 statutory authority implemented by each such agency to 

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1 ducted by the Commission, the goal of the Commission 

2 shall be to ensure that powers not delegated to the United 

3 States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the 

4 States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the 

5 people. 

6 (b) METHODOLOGY FOR REVIEW.—The Commission 

7 shall establish a methodology for conducting the review 

8 and shall publish the terms of the methodology in the Fed9 eral Register and on the website of the Commission. The 

10 Commission may propose and seek public comment on the 

11 methodology before the methodology is established. 

12 (c) REPEAL RECOMMENDATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—After completion of any re14 view under subsection (a), the Commission shall rec15 ommend whether immediate action is appropriate to 

16 repeal the authorizing statute of an agency and the 

17 statutory authority implemented by such agency. 

18 (2) DECISIONS BY MAJORITY.—Each decision 

19 by the Commission to issue a repeal recommendation 

20 under this subsection shall be made by a simple ma21 jority vote of the Commission. No such vote shall 

22 take place until after all members of the Commission 

23 have been confirmed by the Senate. 

24 (d) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SAV25 INGS AMONG THE STATES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall pre2 pare, in consultation with the Comptroller General 

3 of the United States, an estimate of Federal spend4 ing or revenue changes resulting from the adoption 

5 of a repeal recommendation under subsection (c). 

6 (2) DISTRIBUTION RECOMMENDATIONS.—After 

7 completion of the estimate under paragraph (1), the 

8 Commission shall prepare a recommendation for dis9 tributing any Federal budget savings in lump sums 

10 among the States for administration of powers re11 turned to the States as a result of the adoption of 

12 a repeal recommendation under subsection (c). 

13 (e) INITIATION OF REVIEW BY OTHER PERSONS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may also 

15 conduct a review under subsection (a), and issue a 

16 recommendation under subsection (c), of an author17 izing statute of an agency and the statutory author18 ity implemented by such agency which are submitted 

19 for review to the Commission by— 

20 (A) the President; 

21 (B) a Member of Congress; 

22 (C) any officer or employee of a Federal, 

23 State, local, or regional governmental body; or 

24 (D) any member of the public. 


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1 (2) FORM OF SUBMISSION.—A submission to 

2 the Commission under this subsection shall— 

3 (A) identify the specific agency for review; 

4 (B) provide a statement of evidence to 

5 demonstrate that the agency qualifies to be 

6 identified for review under the criteria listed in 

7 subsection (a); and 

8 (C) include such other information as the 

9 submitter believes may be helpful to the review 

10 of the Commission. 

11 (3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Commission 

12 shall make each submission received under this sub13 section available on the website of the Commission 

14 as soon as possible, but not later than 1 week after 

15 the date on which the submission was received. 

16 (f) NOTICES AND REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION.— 

17 (1) NOTICES OF AND REPORTS ON ACTIVI18 TIES.—The Commission shall publish in the Federal 

19 Register and on the website of the Commission— 

20 (A) notices in advance of all public meet21 ings, hearings, and recommendations informing 

22 the public of the basis, purpose, and procedures 

23 for the meeting, hearing, or classification; and 

24 (B) reports after the conclusion of any 

25 public meeting, hearing, or recommendation 


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1 summarizing in detail the basis, purpose, and 

2 substance of the meeting, hearing, or rec3 ommendation. 

4 (2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Each 

5 year, beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 

6 date on which all Commission members have been 

7 confirmed by the Senate, the Commission shall sub8 mit a report simultaneously to each House of Con9 gress detailing the activities of the Commission for 

10 the previous year, and all recommendations of the 

11 Commission for repeal and distribution of savings 

12 among the States under this section, including (at 

13 the option of the Commission) a proposed bill con14 sisting of legislative text to carry out the rec15 ommendations. 

16 (3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than the date 

17 on which the appointments of the Commission mem18 bers expire, the Commission shall submit a final re19 port simultaneously to each House of Congress sum20 marizing all activities and recommendations of the 

21 Commission, including a list of each statute for im22 mediate action to repeal, recommendations for dis23 tribution of savings among the States, and (at the 

24 option of the Commission) a proposed bill consisting 

25 of legislative text to carry out the recommendations. 


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1 This report may be included in the final annual re2 port of the Commission under paragraph (2) and 

3 may include a recommendation on whether the Com4 mission should be reauthorized by Congress. 

5 (g) WEBSITE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall estab7 lish a public website that— 

8 (A) uses current information technology to 

9 make records available on the website; 

10 (B) provides information in a standard 

11 data format; and 

12 (C) receives and publishes public com13 ments. 

14 (2) PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION.—Any infor15 mation required to be made available on the website 

16 established pursuant to this Act shall be published 

17 in a timely manner and shall be accessible by the 

18 public on the website at no cost. 

19 (3) RECORD OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEAR20 INGS.—All records of public meetings and hearings 

21 shall be published on the website as soon as possible, 

22 but not later than 1 week after the date on which 

23 such public meeting or hearing occurred. 


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1 (4) PUBLIC COMMENTS.—The Commission shall 

2 publish on the website all public comments and sub3 missions. 

4 (5) NOTICES.—The Commission shall publish 

5 on the website notices of all public meetings and 

6 hearings at least 1 week before the date on which 

7 such public meeting or hearing occurs. 

8 SEC. 5. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF 

9 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. 

10 (a) DESCRIPTION OF COMMISSION BILL.—In this 

11 section, the ‘‘Commission bill’’ is a bill— 

12 (1) which consists of the legislative text in13 cluded in an annual report submitted by the Com14 mission under paragraph (2) of section 4(f) and 

15 which is introduced not later than 5 legislative days 

16 after the date on which the Commission submits 

17 such annual report by the majority leader of the 

18 Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by 

19 the majority leader of the Senate (in the case of the 

20 Senate) or by the Speaker of the House of Rep21 resentatives or by a Member of the House of Rep22 resentatives designated by the Speaker (in the case 

23 of the House of Representatives); and 

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1 sion under paragraph (3) of section 4(f) and which 

2 is introduced not later than 5 legislative days after 

3 the date on which the Commission submits such 

4 final report by the majority leader of the Senate or 

5 by a Member of the Senate designated by the major6 ity leader of the Senate (in the case of the Senate) 

7 or by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 

8 or by a Member of the House of Representatives 

9 designated by the Speaker (in the case of the House 

10 of Representatives). 

11 (b) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP12 RESENTATIVES.— 

13 (1) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro14 duction in the House of Representatives, the Com15 mission bill shall be placed immediately on the ap16 propriate calendar. 

17 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be in order, not 

19 later than 30 legislative days after the date the 

20 Commission bill is introduced in the House of 

21 Representatives, to move to proceed to consider 

22 the Commission bill in the House of Represent23 atives. 

24 (B) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro25 ceed to consider the Commission bill— 


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1 (i) all points of order against the mo2 tion are waived; 

3 (ii) such a motion shall not be in 

4 order after the House of Representatives 

5 has disposed of a motion to proceed on the 

6 Commission bill; 

7 (iii) the previous question shall be 

8 considered as ordered on the motion to its 

9 adoption without intervening motion; 

10 (iv) the motion shall not be debatable; 

11 and 

12 (v) a motion to reconsider the vote by 

13 which the motion is disposed of shall not 

14 be in order. 

15 (3) CONSIDERATION.—When the House of Rep16 resentatives proceeds to consideration of the Com17 mission bill— 

18 (A) the Commission bill shall be considered 

19 as read; 

20 (B) all points of order against the Com21 mission bill (and against consideration of the 

22 Commission bill) are waived; 

23 (C) the previous question shall be consid24 ered as ordered on the Commission bill to its 

25 passage without intervening motion except 10 


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1 hours of debate equally divided and controlled 

2 by the proponent and an opponent; 

3 (D) an amendment to the Commission bill 

4 shall not be in order; and 

5 (E) a motion to reconsider the vote on pas6 sage of the Commission bill shall not be in 

7 order. 

8 (4) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—In the House of Rep9 resentatives, the Commission bill shall be agreed to 

10 upon a vote of a majority of the Members present 

11 and voting, a quorum being present. 

12 (c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN SENATE.— 

13 (1) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro14 duction in the Senate, the Commission bill shall be 

15 placed immediately on the calendar. 

16 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding rule 

18 XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it is 

19 in order, not later than 30 legislative days after 

20 the date the Commission bill is introduced in 

21 the Senate (even though a previous motion to 

22 the same effect has been disagreed to) to move 

23 to proceed to consideration of the Commission 

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1 (B) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro2 ceed to consideration of the Commission bill— 

3 (i) all points of order against the mo4 tion are waived; 

5 (ii) the motion is not debatable; 

6 (iii) the motion is not subject to a mo7 tion to postpone; 

8 (iv) a motion to reconsider the vote by 

9 which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 

10 to shall not be in order; and 

11 (v) if the motion is agreed to, the 

12 Commission bill shall remain the unfin13 ished business of the Senate until disposed 

14 of. 

15 (3) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate proceeds 

17 to consideration of the Commission bill— 

18 (i) all points of order against the 

19 Commission bill (and against consideration 

20 of the Commission bill) are waived; 

21 (ii) consideration of the Commission 

22 bill, and all debatable motions and appeals 

23 in connection therewith, shall be limited to 

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1 vided equally between the majority and mi2 nority leaders or their designees; 

3 (iii) a motion further to limit debate 

4 is in order and not debatable; 

5 (iv) an amendment to, a motion to 

6 postpone, or a motion to commit the Com7 mission bill is not in order; and 

8 (v) a motion to proceed to the consid9 eration of other business is not in order. 

10 (B) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—In the Senate— 

11 (i) the vote on passage shall occur im12 mediately following the conclusion of con13 sideration of the Commission bill, and a 

14 single quorum call at the conclusion of the 

15 debate if requested in accordance with the 

16 rules of the Senate; and 

17 (ii) the Commission bill shall be 

18 agreed to upon a vote of a majority of the 

19 Members present and voting, a quorum 

20 being present. 

21 (C) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCE22 DURE.—Appeals from the decisions of the Chair 

23 relating to the application of this subsection or 

24 the rules of the Senate, as the case may be, to 


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1 the procedure relating to the Commission bill 

2 shall be decided without debate. 

3 (d) RULES RELATING TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF

4 REPRESENTATIVES.— 

5 (1) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.—If, be6 fore the passage by one House of the Commission 

7 bill of that House, that House receives from the 

8 other House the Commission bill of the other 

9 House— 

10 (A) the Commission bill of the other House 

11 shall not be referred to a committee and may 

12 not be considered in the House receiving it ex13 cept in the case of final passage as provided in 

14 subparagraph (B)(ii); and 

15 (B) with respect to the Commission bill of 

16 the House receiving the Commission bill of the 

17 other House— 

18 (i) the procedure in that House shall 

19 be the same as if no Commission bill had 

20 been received from the other House; but 

21 (ii) the vote on final passage shall be 

22 on the Commission bill of the other House. 

23 (2) TREATMENT OF COMMISSION BILL ORIGI24 NATING IN RECEIVING HOUSE.—Upon disposition of 

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1 it shall no longer be in order to consider the Com2 mission bill that originated in the receiving House. 

3 (3) TREATMENT OF COMMISSION BILL RE4 CEIVED BY SENATE.—If, following passage of the 

5 Commission bill in the Senate, the Senate receives 

6 the Commission bill from the House of Representa7 tives, the Commission bill received from the House 

8 of Representatives shall not be debatable. 

9 (4) VETO MESSAGE IN SENATE.—If the Presi10 dent vetoes the Commission bill, consideration of a 

11 veto message in the Senate under this section shall 

12 be not more than 10 hours equally divided between 

13 the majority and minority leaders or their designees. 

14 (e) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND

15 SENATE.—This section is enacted by Congress— 

16 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

17 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec18 tively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of 

19 each House, respectively, but applicable only with re20 spect to the procedure to be followed in that House 

21 in the case of the Commission bill, and supersedes 

22 other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent 

23 with such rules; and 

24 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

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1 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 

2 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

3 the case of any other rule of that House. 

4 SEC. 6. DIRECTOR, STAFF, AND EXPERTS AND CONSULT5 ANTS. 

6 (a) DIRECTOR.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall ap8 point a Director. 

9 (2) PAY.—The Director shall be paid at the 

10 rate of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive 

11 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 

12 States Code. 

13 (b) STAFF.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

15 the Director, with the approval of the Commission, 

16 may appoint, fix the pay of, and terminate addi17 tional personnel. 

18 (2) SCOPE OF APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY.—The 

19 Director may make such appointments without re20 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 

21 governing appointments in the competitive service, 

22 and any personnel so appointed may be paid without 

23 regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and sub24 chapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to 

25 classification and General Schedule pay rates, except 


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1 that an individual so appointed may not receive pay 

2 in excess of the annual rate of basic pay payable for 

3 GS–15 of the General Schedule. 

4 (3) AGENCY ASSISTANCE.—Following consulta5 tion with, and upon request of, the Chair of the 

6 Commission, the head of an agency may detail any 

7 of the personnel of that agency to the Commission 

8 to assist the Commission in carrying out the duties 

9 of the Commission under this Act. 

10 (4) GAO ASSISTANCE.—The Comptroller Gen11 eral of the United States shall provide assistance, in12 cluding the detailing of employees, to the Commis13 sion in accordance with an agreement entered into 

14 with the Commission. 

15 (5) ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER PARTIES.—Con16 gress and the States may provide assistance, includ17 ing the detailing of employees, to the Commission in 

18 accordance with an agreement entered into with the 

19 Commission. 

20 (c) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission 

21 may procure by contract, to the extent funds are available, 

22 the temporary or intermittent services of experts or con23 sultants pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States 

24 Code. 


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1 SEC. 7. POWERS AND AUTHORITIES. 

2 (a) HEARINGS.—The Commission may, for the pur3 pose of carrying out this Act, hold hearings to consider 

4 issues of fact or law relevant to the work of the Commis5 sion. Any hearing held by the Commission shall be open 

6 to the public. 

7 (b) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The Commission 

8 may secure directly from any agency information and doc9 uments necessary to enable the Commission to carry out 

10 this Act. Upon request of the Chair of the Commission, 

11 the head of that agency shall furnish the information or 

12 documents to the Commission as soon as possible, but not 

13 later than two weeks after the date on which the request 

14 was made. 

15 (c) SUBPOENA POWER.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may issue 

17 subpoenas requiring the attendance and testimony of 

18 witnesses and the production of any evidence relat19 ing to the duties of the Commission. The attendance 

20 of witnesses and the production of evidence may be 

21 required from any place within the United States at 

22 any designated place of hearing within the United 

23 States. 

24 (2) FAILURE TO OBEY A SUBPOENA.—If a per25 son refuses to obey a subpoena issued under para26 graph (1), the Commission may apply to a United 


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1 States district court for an order requiring that per2 son to appear before the Commission to give testi3 mony, produce evidence, or both, relating to the 

4 matter under investigation. The application may be 

5 made within the judicial district where the hearing 

6 is conducted or where that person is found, resides, 

7 or transacts business. Any failure to obey the order 

8 of the court may be punished by the court as civil 

9 contempt. 

10 (3) SERVICE OF SUBPOENAS.—The subpoenas 

11 of the Commission shall be served in the manner 

12 provided for subpoenas issued by a United States 

13 district court under the Federal Rules of Civil Pro14 cedure for the United States district courts. 

15 (4) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—All process of any 

16 court to which application is made under paragraph 

17 (2) may be served in the judicial district in which 

18 the person required to be served resides or may be 

19 found. 

20 (d) PROPERTY.—The Commission may lease space 

21 and acquire personal property to the extent funds are 

22 available. 


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1 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro3 priated such sums as may be necessary to the Commission 

4 to carry out this Act, not to exceed $30,000,000. 

5 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Any sums appropriated under 

6 the authorization contained in this section shall remain 

7 available, without fiscal year limitation, until the earlier 

8 of the date that such sums are expended or the date of 

9 the termination of the Commission. 

10 SEC. 9. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 10 OF TITLE 5, UNITED 

11 STATES CODE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

13 this Act, the Commission shall be subject to chapter 10 

14 of title 5, United States Code. 

15 (b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT OFFICE.— 

16 The Commission shall not be subject to the control of any 

17 Advisory Committee Management Officer designated 

18 under section 1007(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code. 

19 (c) SUBCOMMITTEE.—Any subcommittee of the Com20 mission shall be treated as the Commission for purposes 

21 of chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (d) CHARTER.—The enactment of this Act shall be 

23 considered to meet the requirements of the Commission 

24 under section 1008(c) of title 5, United States Code. 


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1 SEC. 10. TERMINATION. 

2 The Commission shall terminate on the date that is 

3 5 years and 180 days after the date of the enactment of 

4 this Act or 5 years after the date on which the terms of 

5 all Commission members have commenced, whichever is 

6 later. 

7 SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5, 

11 United States Code. 

12 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

13 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

14 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

15 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

16 (3) UNFUNDED MANDATE.—The term ‘‘un17 funded mandate’’ has the meaning given the term 

18 ‘‘Federal mandate’’ in section 421 of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 658). 

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