I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6399 
To establish the United States Working Group on Inflation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2022 
Mr. EMMER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish the United States Working Group on Inflation. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inflation Working 
Group Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
legislative branch the United States Working Group on In-
flation (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Working Group’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Working Group shall be 
composed of 17 members. Members of the Working Group 
shall be appointed in accordance with the following: 
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(1) Four members shall be appointed by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
(2) Four members shall be appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the House of Representatives. 
(3) Four members shall be appointed by the 
majority leader of the Senate. 
(4) Four members shall be appointed by the mi-
nority leader of the Senate. 
(5) One member, who shall serve as the Chair-
person of the Working Group, shall be jointly ap-
pointed by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the minority leader of the House of Represent-
atives, the majority leader of the Senate, and the mi-
nority leader of the Senate. 
(c) QUALIFICATIONS; INITIAL MEETING.— 
(1) QUALIFICATION.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that individuals appointed to the Working 
Group should be prominent United States citizens 
with national recognition and significant depth of ex-
perience in macroeconomic policy. 
(2) INITIAL
MEETING.—The Working Group 
shall meet and begin the initial operation of the 
Working Group as soon as practicable, but not ear-
lier than 15 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
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(d) TIMING FOR APPOINTMENT.—All members of the 
Working Group shall be appointed not later than 10 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) QUORUM; VACANCIES.—After its initial meeting, 
the Working Group shall meet upon the call of the Chair-
person or a majority of its members. A majority of mem-
bers of the Working Group shall constitute a quorum. Any 
vacancy in the Working Group shall not affect its powers, 
but shall be promptly filled in the same manner in which 
the original appointment was made. 
(f) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the Working 
Group who is not an officer or employee of the Federal 
Government may be compensated at a rate not to exceed 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in ef-
fect for a position at level III of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, for each 
day during which the member is engaged in the actual 
performance of the duties of the Working Group. 
(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Work-
ing Group shall receive travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provi-
sions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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SEC. 3. POWERS. 
(a) CONTRACTING.—The Working Group may, to 
such extent and in such amounts as are provided in appro-
priations Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Working 
Group to discharge its duties under this Act. 
(b) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Working Group may se-
cure directly from any Federal department or agency 
information that is necessary to enable it to carry 
out its purposes and functions under this Act. Upon 
request of the Chairperson, the head of such depart-
ment or agency shall furnish such information to the 
Working Group. 
(2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS-
SEMINATION.—Information obtained by the Working 
Group shall only be received, handled, stored, and 
disseminated by members of the Working Group or 
its staff consistent with all applicable statutes, regu-
lations, and Executive orders. 
(c) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) GENERAL
SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION.— 
Upon the request of the Working Group, the Archi-
tect of the Capitol shall provide to the Working 
Group, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative 
support services and office space necessary for the 
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Working Group to carry out its purposes and func-
tions under this Act. 
(2) OTHER
FEDERAL
DEPARTMENTS
AND 
AGENCIES.—In addition to the assistance prescribed 
in paragraph (1), Federal departments and agencies 
may provide to the Working Group such services, 
funds, facilities, staff, and other support services as 
determined advisable and authorized by law. 
(d) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Working Group may 
use the United States mail in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as Federal departments and agencies. 
SEC. 4. STAFF. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson may ap-
point and fix the compensation of a Staff Director 
and such other personnel as may be necessary to en-
able the Working Group to carry out its purposes 
and functions, 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 chap-
ter 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 for a position at level IV 
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of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(2) COVERAGE
UNDER
CONGRESSIONAL
AC-
COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.—For purposes of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (18 U.S.C. 
1301 et seq.)— 
(A) the Working Group shall be considered 
an employing office; and 
(B) the personnel of the Working Group 
shall be considered covered employees. 
(b) EXPERTS
AND CONSULTANTS.—The Working 
Group is authorized to procure temporary and intermit-
tent services under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the daily 
equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay under 
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(c) DETAILEES.—The head of any Federal depart-
ment or agency may detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, 
any of the personnel of that department or agency to the 
Working Group to assist the Working Group in carrying 
out its purposes and functions. 
SEC. 5. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
The appropriate Federal departments or agencies 
shall cooperate with the Working Group in expeditiously 
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providing to the Working Group members and staff appro-
priate security clearances to the extent possible pursuant 
to existing procedures and requirements, except that no 
person may be provided with access to classified informa-
tion under this Act without the appropriate security clear-
ances. 
SEC. 6. DUTIES. 
(a) INVESTIGATION.—The Working Group shall in-
vestigate the recent causes of elevated inflation, as well 
as the relationships between inflation and the following: 
(1) Gross domestic product growth. 
(2) The labor market, workforce development, 
and hiring. 
(3) Poverty. 
(4) Crime. 
(5) Other factors of major societal concern. 
(b) REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after 
the date on which a majority of the members of the 
Working Group have been appointed, the Working 
Group shall submit a report to Congress and the 
President setting forth the results of the investiga-
tion conducted under subsection (a), as well as rec-
ommendations for Congressional or other govern-
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ment action to mitigate the threat of sustained infla-
tion. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall be made publicly available and 
accessible. 
SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 
The Working Group shall terminate 4 months after 
the date on which it submits the report under section 6(b). 
SEC. 8. RECORDS. 
The records of the Working Group shall be trans-
ferred to the Center for Legislative Archives at the Na-
tional Archives and Records Administration upon termi-
nation of the Working Group pursuant to section 7. 
SEC. 9. FUNDING. 
Of the amounts used to carry out this Act— 
(1) 50 percent shall be derived from the exist-
ing balance of the applicable accounts of the House 
of Representatives as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act; and 
(2) 50 percent shall be derived from the exist-
ing balance of the contingent fund of the Senate as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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