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(2) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the at-
tendance and testimony of such witnesses as any 
member of the Commission considers advisable; and 
(3) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the pro-
duction of such books, records, correspondence, 
memoranda, papers, documents, tapes, and other 
evidentiary materials relating to any matter under 
investigation by the Commission. 
(b) SUBPOENAS.— 
(1) ISSUANCE.—Subpoenas issued under sub-
section (a) shall bear the signature of the chair-
person of the Commission and shall be served by any 
person or class of persons designated by the chair-
person for that purpose. 
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—In the case of contumacy 
or failure to obey a subpoena issued under sub-
section (a), the United States district court for the 
judicial district in which the subpoenaed person re-
sides, is served, or may be found, may issue an order 
requiring such person to appear at any designated 
place to testify or to produce documentary or other 
evidence. Any failure to obey the order of the court 
may be punished by the court as a contempt of that 
court.
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(c) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 
Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart-
ment or agency such information as the Commission con-
siders necessary to carry out this Act. Upon request of 
the chairperson of the Commission, the head of such de-
partment or agency shall furnish such information to the 
Commission. 
(d) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as other departments and agencies of 
the Government. 
(e) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, and 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 
SEC. 334. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) NON-FEDERAL MEMBERS.—Except as pro-
vided under subsection (b), each member of the 
Commission who is not an officer or employee of the 
Government shall not be compensated. 
(2) FEDERAL OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES.—All 
members of the Commission who are officers or em-
ployees of the United States shall serve without com-
pensation in addition to that received for their serv-
ices as officers or employees of the United States.
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(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. 
(c) STAFF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The chairperson of the Com-
mission may, without regard to the civil service laws 
and regulations, appoint and terminate an executive 
director and such other additional personnel as may 
be necessary to enable the Commission to perform 
its duties. The employment of an executive director 
shall be subject to confirmation by the Commission. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—Upon the approval of the 
chairperson, the executive director may fix the com-
pensation of the executive director and other per-
sonnel without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, re-
lating to classification of positions and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for 
the executive director and other personnel may not 
exceed the maximum rate payable for a position at
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GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 
of such title. 
(3) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The executive director 
and any personnel of the Commission who are 
employees shall be employees under section 
2105 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 
and 90 of that title. 
(B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subpara-
graph (A) shall not be construed to apply to 
members of the Commission. 
(d) DETAIL
OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Government employee may be detailed to the Commission 
without reimbursement, and such detail shall be without 
interruption or loss of civil service status or privilege. 
(e) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The chairperson of the Commission 
may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates 
for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
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SEC. 335. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION. 
The Commission shall terminate 90 days after the 
date on which the Commission submits the report under 
section 232(f). 
SEC. 336. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF REFORM 
PROPOSALS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION BILL.—The term ‘‘imple-
mentation bill’’ means only a bill which is introduced 
as provided under subsection (b), and contains the 
proposed legislation included in the report submitted 
to Congress under section 232, without modification. 
(2) CALENDAR DAY.—The term ‘‘calendar day’’ 
means a calendar day other than 1 on which either 
House is not in session because of an adjournment 
of more than 3 days to a date certain. 
(b) INTRODUCTION; REFERRAL; AND REPORT
OR 
DISCHARGE.— 
(1) INTRODUCTION.—On the first calendar day 
on which both Houses are in session, on or imme-
diately following the date on which the report is sub-
mitted to Congress under section 232, a single im-
plementation bill shall be introduced (by request)— 
(A) in the Senate by the Majority Leader 
of the Senate, for himself and the Minority 
Leader of the Senate, or by Members of the
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Senate designated by the Majority Leader and 
Minority Leader of the Senate; and 
(B) in the House of Representatives by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, for 
himself and the Minority Leader of the House 
of Representatives, or by Members of the House 
of Representatives designated by the Speaker 
and Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(2) REFERRAL.—The implementation bills in-
troduced under paragraph (1) shall be referred to 
any appropriate committee of jurisdiction in the 
Senate and any appropriate committee of jurisdic-
tion in the House of Representatives. A committee 
to which an implementation bill is referred under 
this paragraph may report such bill to the respective 
House without amendment. 
(3) REPORT OR DISCHARGE.—If a committee to 
which an implementation bill is referred has not re-
ported such bill by the end of the 15th calendar day 
after the date of the introduction of such bill, such 
committee shall be immediately discharged from fur-
ther consideration of such bill, and upon being re-
ported or discharged from the committee, such bill 
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
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(c) FLOOR CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—When the committee to 
which an implementation bill is referred has re-
ported, or has been discharged under subsection 
(b)(3), it is at any time thereafter in order (even 
though a previous motion to the same effect has 
been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective 
House to move to proceed to the consideration of the 
implementation bill, and all points of order against 
the implementation bill (and against consideration of 
the implementation bill) are waived. The motion is 
highly privileged in the House of Representatives 
and is privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. 
The motion is not subject to amendment, or to a 
motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 
consideration of other business. A motion to recon-
sider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to 
proceed to the consideration of the implementation 
bill is agreed to, the implementation bill shall remain 
the unfinished business of the respective House until 
disposed of. 
(2) AMENDMENTS.—An implementation bill 
may not be amended in the Senate or the House of 
Representatives.
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(3) DEBATE.—Debate on the implementation 
bill, and on all debatable motions and appeals in 
connection therewith, shall be limited to not more 
than 10 hours, which shall be divided equally be-
tween those favoring and those opposing the resolu-
tion. A motion further to limit debate is in order and 
not debatable. An amendment to, or a motion to 
postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of other business, or a motion to recommit the 
implementation bill is not in order. A motion to re-
consider the vote by which the implementation bill is 
agreed to or disagreed to is not in order. 
(4) VOTE
ON
FINAL
PASSAGE.—Immediately 
following the conclusion of the debate on an imple-
mentation bill, and a single quorum call at the con-
clusion of the debate if requested in accordance with 
the rules of the appropriate House, the vote on final 
passage of the implementation bill shall occur. 
(5) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the Senate or the 
House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the 
procedure relating to an implementation bill shall be 
decided without debate.
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(d) COORDINATION
WITH
ACTION
BY
OTHER 
HOUSE.—If, before the passage by 1 House of an imple-
mentation bill of that House, that House receives from 
the other House an implementation bill, then the following 
procedures shall apply: 
(1) NONREFERRAL.—The implementation bill 
of the other House shall not be referred to a com-
mittee. 
(2) VOTE ON BILL OF OTHER HOUSE.—With 
respect to an implementation bill of the House re-
ceiving the implementation bill— 
(A) the procedure in that House shall be 
the same as if no implementation bill had been 
received from the other House; but 
(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 
the implementation bill of the other House. 
(e) RULES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—This section is enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, respec-
tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 
of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 
respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
House in the case of an implementation bill de-
scribed in subsection (a), and it supersedes other
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rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with 
such rules; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 
in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 
the case of any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 337. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary for carrying out this subtitle for each 
of the fiscal years 2006 through 2008. 
TITLE IV—TRUTH IN 
ACCOUNTING 
Subtitle 
A—Accrual 
Funding 
of 
Pensions and Retirement Pay 
for Federal Employees and Uni-
formed Services Personnel 
SEC. 401. CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
FUND.—Chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in section 8331— 
(A) in paragraph (17)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘normal cost’’ and in-
serting ‘‘normal cost percentage’’; and
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘and standards 
(using dynamic assumptions)’’ after ‘‘prac-
tice’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (18) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(18) ‘Fund balance’ means the current net as-
sets of the Fund available for payment of benefits, 
as determined by the Office in accordance with ap-
propriate accounting standards, but does not include 
any amount attributable to— 
‘‘(A) the Federal Employees’ Retirement 
System; or 
‘‘(B) contributions made under the Federal 
Employees’ Retirement Contribution Temporary 
Adjustment Act of 1983 by or on behalf of any 
individual who became subject to the Federal 
Employees’ Retirement System;’’ 
(C) by amending paragraph (19) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(19) ‘accrued liability’ means the estimated ex-
cess of the present value of all benefits payable from 
the Fund to employees and Members, and former 
employees and Members, subject to this subchapter, 
and their survivors, over the present value of deduc-
tions to be withheld from the future basic pay of em-