(2) REGULATIONS.—The Commission shall 
adopt internal regulations governing the receipt of 
gifts or donations of services or property similar to 
those described in part 2601 of title 5, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
SEC. 8. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Each member of 
the Commission who is not an officer or employee of the 
Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate equal 
to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay pre-
scribed for GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 
5332 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (includ-
ing travel time) during which such member is engaged in 
the performance of the duties of the Commission. All 
members of the Commission who are officers or employees 
of the United States shall serve without compensation in 
addition to that received for their services as officers or 
employees of the United States. 
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com-
mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ-
ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 
regular places of business in the performance of services 
for the Commission. 
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(c) SUBCOMMITTEES.—The Commission may estab-
lish subcommittees and appoint persons to such sub-
committees as the Commission considers appropriate. 
(d) STAFF.—Subject to such policies as the Commis-
sion may prescribe, the Chairperson of the Commission 
may appoint and fix the pay of such additional personnel 
as the Chairperson considers appropriate to carry out the 
duties of the Commission. 
(e) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE 
LAWS.—Subcommittee members and staff of the Commis-
sion may be— 
(1) appointed without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service; and 
(2) paid without regard to the provisions of 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that 
title relating to classification and General Schedule 
pay rates, except that an individual so appointed 
may not receive pay in excess of the annual rate of 
basic pay prescribed for GS–18 of the General 
Schedule under section 5332 of that title. 
(f) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—In carrying out 
its objectives, the Commission may procure temporary and 
intermittent services of consultants and experts under sec-
tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for 
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individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the 
annual rate of basic pay prescribed for GS–18 of the Gen-
eral Schedule under section 5332 of that title. 
(g) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Upon 
request of the Chairperson of the Commission, any Fed-
eral Government employee may be detailed to the Commis-
sion to assist in carrying out the duties of the Commis-
sion— 
(1) on a reimbursable basis; and 
(2) such detail shall be without interruption or 
loss of civil service status or privilege. 
SEC. 9. TERMINATION. 
The Commission shall terminate 60 days after the 
date on which the Commission submits its report under 
section 6. 
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 
to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
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