I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10286 
To establish the Constitutional Government Review Commission, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2024 
Mr. DUNN of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Constitutional Government Review 
Commission, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘10th Amendment Res-
toration Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is established a commission, to be known as 
the ‘‘Constitutional Government Review Commission’’, 
that shall review each agency in accordance with specified 
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criteria to determine if such agency should be repealed to 
eliminate Federal powers not definitively delegated by the 
Constitution. 
SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be com-
posed of 9 members who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate. 
(b) TERM.—The term of each member shall com-
mence upon the confirmation of the member by the Senate 
and shall extend to the date that is 5 years and 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act or that is 5 
years after the date on which all members have been con-
firmed by the Senate, whichever is later. 
(c) APPOINTMENT.—The members of the Commis-
sion shall be appointed as follows: 
(1) CHAIR.—The President shall appoint as the 
Chair of the Commission an individual with expertise 
and experience in the Constitution and the funda-
mental principles by which the authority of the Fed-
eral Government is exercised. 
(2) CANDIDATE
LIST
OF
MEMBERS.—The 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minor-
ity leader of the House of Representatives, the ma-
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jority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader 
of the Senate shall each present to the President a 
list of candidates to be members of the Commission. 
Such candidates shall be individuals learned in the 
original meaning of the Constitution. The President 
shall appoint 2 members of the Commission from 
each list provided under this paragraph, subject to 
the provisions of paragraph (3). 
(3) RESUBMISSION OF CANDIDATE.—The Presi-
dent may request from the presenter of a list under 
paragraph (2) a new list of one or more candidates 
if the President— 
(A) determines that any candidate on a list 
presented pursuant to paragraph (2) does not 
meet the qualifications specified in such para-
graph to be a member of the Commission; and 
(B) certifies that determination to the con-
gressional officials specified in paragraph (2). 
(d) PAY AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
(1) PAY.— 
(A) MEMBERS.—Each member, other than 
the Chair of the Commission, shall be paid at 
a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the min-
imum annual rate of basic pay payable for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
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5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 
day (including travel time) during which the 
member is engaged in the actual performance of 
duties vested in the Commission. 
(B) CHAIR.—The Chair shall be paid for 
each day referred to in subparagraph (A) at a 
rate equal to the daily equivalent of the min-
imum annual rate of basic pay payable for level 
III of the Executive Schedule under section 
5314 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members shall receive 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-
ence, in accordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
(e) MEETINGS.—The Commission may meet when, 
where, and as often as the Commission determines appro-
priate, except that the Commission shall hold public meet-
ings not less than twice each year. All meetings of the 
Commission shall be open to the public. 
SEC. 4. DUTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall conduct a 
review of the authorizing statute of each agency and the 
statutory authority implemented by each such agency to 
determine if any are not definitively delegated to the Fed-
eral Government by the Constitution. In any review con-
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ducted by the Commission, the goal of the Commission 
shall be to ensure that powers not delegated to the United 
States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the 
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the 
people. 
(b) METHODOLOGY FOR REVIEW.—The Commission 
shall establish a methodology for conducting the review 
and shall publish the terms of the methodology in the Fed-
eral Register and on the website of the Commission. The 
Commission may propose and seek public comment on the 
methodology before the methodology is established. 
(c) REPEAL RECOMMENDATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—After completion of any re-
view under subsection (a), the Commission shall rec-
ommend whether immediate action is appropriate to 
repeal the authorizing statute of an agency and the 
statutory authority implemented by such agency. 
(2) DECISIONS BY MAJORITY.—Each decision 
by the Commission to issue a repeal recommendation 
under this subsection shall be made by a simple ma-
jority vote of the Commission. No such vote shall 
take place until after all members of the Commission 
have been confirmed by the Senate. 
(d) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SAV-
INGS AMONG THE STATES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall pre-
pare, in consultation with the Comptroller General 
of the United States, an estimate of Federal spend-
ing or revenue changes resulting from the adoption 
of a repeal recommendation under subsection (c). 
(2) DISTRIBUTION RECOMMENDATIONS.—After 
completion of the estimate under paragraph (1), the 
Commission shall prepare a recommendation for dis-
tributing any Federal budget savings in lump sums 
among the States for administration of powers re-
turned to the States as a result of the adoption of 
a repeal recommendation under subsection (c). 
(e) INITIATION OF REVIEW BY OTHER PERSONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may also 
conduct a review under subsection (a), and issue a 
recommendation under subsection (c), of an author-
izing statute of an agency and the statutory author-
ity implemented by such agency which are submitted 
for review to the Commission by— 
(A) the President; 
(B) a Member of Congress; 
(C) any officer or employee of a Federal, 
State, local, or regional governmental body; or 
(D) any member of the public. 
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(2) FORM OF SUBMISSION.—A submission to 
the Commission under this subsection shall— 
(A) identify the specific agency for review; 
(B) provide a statement of evidence to 
demonstrate that the agency qualifies to be 
identified for review under the criteria listed in 
subsection (a); and 
(C) include such other information as the 
submitter believes may be helpful to the review 
of the Commission. 
(3) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Commission 
shall make each submission received under this sub-
section available on the website of the Commission 
as soon as possible, but not later than 1 week after 
the date on which the submission was received. 
(f) NOTICES AND REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION.— 
(1) NOTICES
OF
AND
REPORTS
ON
ACTIVI-
TIES.—The Commission shall publish in the Federal 
Register and on the website of the Commission— 
(A) notices in advance of all public meet-
ings, hearings, and recommendations informing 
the public of the basis, purpose, and procedures 
for the meeting, hearing, or classification; and 
(B) reports after the conclusion of any 
public meeting, hearing, or recommendation 
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summarizing in detail the basis, purpose, and 
substance of the meeting, hearing, or rec-
ommendation. 
(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS
TO
CONGRESS.—Each 
year, beginning on the date that is 1 year after the 
date on which all Commission members have been 
confirmed by the Senate, the Commission shall sub-
mit a report simultaneously to each House of Con-
gress detailing the activities of the Commission for 
the previous year, and all recommendations of the 
Commission for repeal and distribution of savings 
among the States under this section, including (at 
the option of the Commission) a proposed bill con-
sisting of legislative text to carry out the rec-
ommendations. 
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than the date 
on which the appointments of the Commission mem-
bers expire, the Commission shall submit a final re-
port simultaneously to each House of Congress sum-
marizing all activities and recommendations of the 
Commission, including a list of each statute for im-
mediate action to repeal, recommendations for dis-
tribution of savings among the States, and (at the 
option of the Commission) a proposed bill consisting 
of legislative text to carry out the recommendations. 
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This report may be included in the final annual re-
port of the Commission under paragraph (2) and 
may include a recommendation on whether the Com-
mission should be reauthorized by Congress. 
(g) WEBSITE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall estab-
lish a public website that— 
(A) uses current information technology to 
make records available on the website; 
(B) provides information in a standard 
data format; and 
(C) receives and publishes public com-
ments. 
(2) PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION.—Any infor-
mation required to be made available on the website 
established pursuant to this Act shall be published 
in a timely manner and shall be accessible by the 
public on the website at no cost. 
(3) RECORD OF PUBLIC MEETINGS AND HEAR-
INGS.—All records of public meetings and hearings 
shall be published on the website as soon as possible, 
but not later than 1 week after the date on which 
such public meeting or hearing occurred. 
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(4) PUBLIC COMMENTS.—The Commission shall 
publish on the website all public comments and sub-
missions. 
(5) NOTICES.—The Commission shall publish 
on the website notices of all public meetings and 
hearings at least 1 week before the date on which 
such public meeting or hearing occurs. 
SEC. 5. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF 
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) DESCRIPTION OF COMMISSION BILL.—In this 
section, the ‘‘Commission bill’’ is a bill— 
(1) which consists of the legislative text in-
cluded in an annual report submitted by the Com-
mission under paragraph (2) of section 4(f) and 
which is introduced not later than 5 legislative days 
after the date on which the Commission submits 
such annual report by the majority leader of the 
Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by 
the majority leader of the Senate (in the case of the 
Senate) or by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives or by a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives designated by the Speaker (in the case 
of the House of Representatives); and 
(2) which consists of the legislative text in-
cluded in the final report submitted by the Commis-
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sion under paragraph (3) of section 4(f) and which 
is introduced not later than 5 legislative days after 
the date on which the Commission submits such 
final report by the majority leader of the Senate or 
by a Member of the Senate designated by the major-
ity leader of the Senate (in the case of the Senate) 
or by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
or by a Member of the House of Representatives 
designated by the Speaker (in the case of the House 
of Representatives). 
(b) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.— 
(1) PLACEMENT ON CALENDAR.—Upon intro-
duction in the House of Representatives, the Com-
mission bill shall be placed immediately on the ap-
propriate calendar. 
(2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be in order, not 
later than 30 legislative days after the date the 
Commission bill is introduced in the House of 
Representatives, to move to proceed to consider 
the Commission bill in the House of Represent-
atives. 
(B) PROCEDURE.—For a motion to pro-
ceed to consider the Commission bill— 
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