sonnel shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate 
of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule. 
(3) APPOINTMENTS AND COMPENSATION.—The 
Commission may appoint and fix the compensation 
of the staff director and staff without regard to the 
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
appointments in the competitive service, and without 
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
chapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to 
classification and General Schedule pay rates, except 
that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection may 
exceed the equivalent of that payable to a person oc-
cupying a position at level V of the Executive Sched-
ule. 
(4) EXPERTS
AND
CONSULTANTS.—With the 
approval of the chairperson, the staff director may 
procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(5) DETAIL
OF
GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES.— 
Upon the request of the Commission, the head of 
any Federal agency may detail, without reimburse-
ment, any of the personnel of such agency to the 
Commission to assist in carrying out its duties. Any 
such detail shall not interrupt or otherwise affect the 
civil service status or privileges of such personnel. 
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(6) VOLUNTEER
SERVICES.—Notwithstanding 
section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the 
Commission may accept and use voluntary and un-
compensated services as the Commission determines 
necessary. 
(j) SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEM-
BERS AND STAFF.—The appropriate Federal agencies or 
departments shall cooperate with the Commission in expe-
ditiously providing to the commissioners, including the 
chairperson and vice-chairperson, and the staff director 
and staff appropriate security clearances to the extent pos-
sible pursuant to existing procedures and requirements, 
except that no person shall be provided with access to clas-
sified information without the appropriate security clear-
ances. 
(k) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $4,000,000 to the Commission, to remain available 
until the date of termination, to carry out this Act. Of 
the amounts authorized to be appropriated under this sub-
section, 50 percent shall be derived from the applicable 
accounts of the House of Representatives and 50 percent 
shall be derived from the contingent fund of the Senate. 
(l) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
on the date that is 90 days after the date on which the 
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Commission submits the report required by subsection 
(m). 
(m) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 540 days after 
the initial meeting of the Commission under sub-
section (e), the Commission shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an unclassified 
report that includes the following: 
(A) The findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations of the Commission pursuant to 
the review and assessment under subsection (b) 
and areas of study specified in subsection (c). 
(B) Summaries of the input and rec-
ommendations of each individual with whom the 
Commission consulted in accordance with sub-
section (f), attributed in accordance with the 
preference expressed by such individual. 
(2) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The report required 
under this subsection may include a classified annex. 
(3) PUBLIC RELEASE.—With the exception of 
any classified annex under paragraph (2), the Com-
mission shall make the report required under this 
subsection publicly available within seven days of 
submission to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees. 
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(n) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives; and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee 
on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary 
of the Senate. 
(2) DOMESTIC TERRORISM.—The term ‘‘domes-
tic terrorism’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 2331 of title 18, United States Code. 
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(4) INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘international terrorism’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 2331 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
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(5) REGISTERED LOBBYIST.—The term ‘‘reg-
istered lobbyist’’ means a lobbyist described in sec-
tion 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1603). 
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