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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3758 

To establish certain requirements relating to the continuation of the Survey 

of Income and Program Participation. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27 (legislative day, JULY 26), 2006 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BINGAMAN, 

and Mr. KERRY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish certain requirements relating to the continuation 

of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. 

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

3 SECTION 1. RESTRICTIONS. 

4 The Secretary of Commerce may not— 

5 (1) discontinue the Survey of Income and Pro6 gram Participation, 

7 (2) make any change in the design or content 

8 of such Survey, or 

9 (3) allow any of the foregoing, 


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2 unless the discontinuation or change involved has first 

3 been approved in accordance with section 2. 

4 SEC. 2. PROPOSED ACTIONS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever in the judgment of the 

6 Secretary of Commerce it becomes necessary to dis7 continue the Survey of Income and Program Participation 

8 or to make any change in the design or content of the 

9 Survey of Income and Program Participation, he shall pre10 pare a written proposal under this subsection. Such pro11 posal— 

12 (1) shall include— 

13 (A) a description of the specific actions 

14 proposed to be taken; 

15 (B) the date or schedule for their proposed 

16 implementation; and 

17 (C) the reasons or justification for each 

18 proposed action; and 

19 (2) shall be submitted by the Secretary of Com20 merce to the SIPP Commission (established by sec21 tion 3) in such time, form, and manner as the Com22 mission may require. 

23 (b) CONSIDERATION AND DECISION.—The SIPP 

24 Commission shall promptly consider any proposal received 

25 under subsection (a) and, after appropriate deliberation, 


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1 shall transmit its decision to approve or disapprove such 

2 proposal to the Secretary of Commerce in timely fashion. 

3 Any such decision shall be in writing and shall include a 

4 statement of reasons and justification. 

5 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a commission 

7 to be known as the ‘‘Commission on the Survey of Income 

8 and Program Participation’’ (in this Act referred to as the 

9 ‘‘SIPP Commission’’ or the ‘‘Commission’’). 

10 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be com11 posed of— 

12 (1) the Director of the Office of Management 

13 and Budget, who shall serve ex officio; 

14 (2) 1 member from the Department of Agri15 culture, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of 

16 Agriculture; 

17 (3) 1 member from the Department of Labor, 

18 who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Labor; 

19 (4) 1 member from the Department of Energy, 

20 who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Energy; 

21 (5) 1 member from the Department of Health 

22 and Human Services, who shall be appointed by the 

23 Secretary of Health and Human Services; 


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1 (6) 1 member from the Social Security Admin2 istration, who shall be appointed by the Commis3 sioner of Social Security; 

4 (7) 1 member from the Bureau of the Census, 

5 who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Com6 merce in consultation with the Director of the Cen7 sus; and 

8 (8) 2 members from the National Academy of 

9 Sciences, who shall be appointed by the Director of 

10 the Office of Management and Budget from among 

11 individuals recommended by the Council of the Na12 tional Academy of Sciences. 

13 All appointments to the Commission shall be made from 

14 among social scientists and statisticians who have experi15 ence analyzing longitudinal household data on economic 

16 well-being and participation in government programs. 

17 (c) TERMS OF APPOINTEES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para19 graph (2), each member who is appointed to the 

20 Commission shall be appointed for a term of 2 years. 

21 (2) VACANCIES.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any member appointed 

23 to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 

24 of the term for which the member’s predecessor 


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1 was appointed shall be appointed only for the 

2 remainder of that term. 

3 (B) SERVICE AFTER TERM ENDS.—A 

4 member may serve after the expiration of that 

5 member’s term until a successor has taken of6 fice. 

7 (C) MANNER OF APPOINTMENT.—A va8 cancy among any of the appointed members 

9 shall be filled in the manner in which the origi10 nal appointment was made. 

11 (d) CHAIRMAN.—The Director of the Office of Man12 agement and Budget shall serve as Chairman of the Com13 mission. 

14 (e) FUNCTIONS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the function of 

16 the Commission to consider and act on any proposal 

17 relating to the Survey of Income and Program Par18 ticipation (described in section 2(a)) in accordance 

19 with section 2(b). 

20 (2) NONDELEGABLE FUNCTIONS.—The func21 tions of the Director of the Office of Management 

22 and Budget under this Act shall be nondelegable. 

23 (f) PROCEDURES.—The Commission shall meet at 

24 the call of the Chairman of the Commission. A majority 

25 of the members of the Commission who are eligible to vote 


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1 shall constitute a quorum. All members except those under 

2 paragraphs (1) and (8), respectively, of subsection (b) 

3 shall be eligible to vote. 

4 (g) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Commission 

5 shall serve as such without pay, but shall be allowed travel 

6 expenses, including a per diem allowance in lieu of subsist7 ence, in the same manner as persons serving intermit8 tently in Government service are allowed travel expenses 

9 under section 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 

10 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

11 This Act shall take effect as of the date of the enact12 ment of this Act or September 30, 2006, whichever is ear13 lier. 

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