(b) MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In carrying out
the review, the Commission shall develop specific rec-
ommendations to accomplish each of the following:
(1) Provide members of the Armed Forces with
annual pay raises and other compensation at levels
sufficient to begin closing the gap with comparable
civilian pay levels.
(2) Fully fund cost-effective missile defense sys-
tems that are deployable at the earliest practical
date following enactment of this Act.
(3) Maintain adequate funding for military
readiness accounts without sacrificing modernization
programs.
(4) Maintain a strong role for Guard and Re-
serve forces.
(5) Provide a new funding system to avoid di-
versions from military readiness accounts to pay for
peacekeeping and humanitarian deployments such as
Haiti and Rwanda.
(6) Support security enhancing measures in the
Asia-Pacific region, including support for the Asso-
ciation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Re-
gional Forum.
(7) Reduce the level of defense expenditures for
non-defense programs.
SEC. 304. REPORTS.
(a) FINAL REPORT.—The Commission shall submit
to the President and the designated congressional commit-
tees a report on the assessments and recommendations re-
ferred to in section 303 not later than January 1, 1996.
The report shall be submitted in unclassified and classified
versions.
(b) INTERIM REPORT.—The Commission shall sub-
mit to the President and the designated congressional
committees an interim report describing the Commission’s
progress in fulfilling its duties under section 303. The in-
terim report shall include any preliminary recommenda-
tions the Commission may have reached and shall be sub-
mitted not later than October 1, 1995.
(c) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘designated con-
gressional committees’’ means—
(1) the Committee on National Security, the
Committee on International Relations, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate.
(d) LIMITATION PENDING SUBMISSION OF INTERIM
REPORT.—The Secretary of the Army may not, during the
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act
and ending on the date on which the interim report under
subsection (b) is submitted, take any action to implement
the plan to reorganize the Army Reserve’s continental
United States headquarters structures that was an-
nounced by the Secretary on January 4, 1995.
SEC. 305. POWERS.
(a) HEARINGS.—The Commission may, for the pur-
pose of carrying out this section, conduct such hearings,
sit and act at such times, take such testimony, and receive
such evidence, as the Commission considers appropriate.
(b) ASSISTANCE
FROM
OTHER
AGENCIES.—The
Commission may secure directly from any department or
agency of the Federal Government such information, rel-
evant to its duties under this title, as may be necessary
to carry out such duties. Upon request of the chairman
of the Commission, the head of the department or agency
shall, to the extent permitted by law, furnish such infor-
mation to the Commission.
(c) MAIL.—The Commission may use the United
States mails in the same manner and under the same con-
ditions as the departments and agencies of the Federal
Government.
(d) ASSISTANCE FROM SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—
The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Commission
such reasonable administrative and support services as the
Commission may request.
SEC. 306. COMMISSION PROCEDURES.
(a) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet on a
regular basis (as determined by the chairman) and at the
call of the chairman or a majority of its members.
(b) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the
Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business.
SEC. 307. PERSONNEL MATTERS.
(a) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the Commis-
sion shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed
travel expenses including per diem in lieu of subsistence,
as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States
Code, when engaged in the performance of Commission
duties.
(b) STAFF.—The Commission shall appoint a staff
director, who shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the
maximum rate of basic pay under section 5376 of title
5, United States Code, and such professional and clerical
personnel as may be reasonable and necessary to enable
the Commission to carry out its duties under this title
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
subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title, or any other
provision of law, relating to the number, classification, and
General Schedule rates. No employee appointed under this
subsection (other than the staff director) may be com-
pensated at a rate to exceed the maximum rate applicable
to level 15 of the General Schedule.
(c) DETAILED PERSONNEL.—Upon request of the
chairman of the Commission, the head of any department
or agency of the Federal Government is authorized to de-
tail, without reimbursement, any personnel of such depart-
ment or agency to the Commission to assist the Commis-
sion in carrying out its duties under this section. The de-
tail of any such personnel may not result in the interrup-
tion or loss of civil service status or privilege of such per-
sonnel.
SEC. 308. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.
The Commission shall terminate upon submission of
the final report required by section 303.
SEC. 309. FUNDING.
Of the funds available to the Department of Defense,
$1,500,000 shall be made available to the Commission to
carry out the provisions of this title.