(1) INITIAL MEETING.—No later than April 1, 
2004, the Commission shall conduct its first meet-
ing. 
(2) OPEN
MEETINGS.—Each meeting of the 
Commission shall be open to the public, except that 
in cases in which classified information, trade se-
crets, or personnel matters are discussed, the co-
chairs may close the meeting. All proceedings, infor-
mation, and deliberations of the Commission shall be 
available, upon request, to the Chairman and rank-
ing minority member of the relevant Committee of 
the Congress having jurisdiction to report legislation 
regarding the subject matter thereof. 
(g) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission shall 
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 
(h) PAY AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
(1) PAY.—Notwithstanding section 7 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.), 
each member of the Commission, other than the co-
chairs, shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily 
equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic pay 
for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
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. 
(2) CHAIRMEN.—Notwithstanding section 7 of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. 
U.S.C.), the co-chairs shall be paid for each day re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) at a rate equal to the 
daily payment of the minimum annual rate of basic 
pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. 
(3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Com-
mission shall receive travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sec-
tion 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
(i) DIRECTOR OF STAFF.—
(1) QUALIFICATIONS.—The co-chairs shall ap-
point as Director an individual who has not, during 
the 12 months preceding the date of such appoint-
ment, served in any of the entities or industries that 
the Commission intends to review. 
(2) PAY.—Notwithstanding section 7 of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 App. U.S.C.), 
the Director shall be paid at the rate of basic pay 
payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) REPORTS.—The Director shall submit peri-
odic reports on administrative and personnel matters 
to the co-chairs of the Commission and the Chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(j) STAFF.—
(1) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—Subject to para-
graphs (2) and (4), the Director, with the approval 
of the Commission, may appoint and fix the pay of 
additional personnel. 
(2) APPOINTMENTS.—The Director may make 
such appointments without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service, and any personnel 
so appointed may be paid without regard to the pro-
visions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of that title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates. 
(3) LEGAL STAFF.—The Director shall appoint 
under paragraph (2) such professional legal staff as 
are necessary for the performance of the functions 
of the Commission.
(4) DETAILEES.—Upon the request of the Di-
rector, the head of any Federal department or agen-
cy may detail any of the personnel of that depart-
ment or agency to the Commission to assist the 
Commission in accordance with an agreement en-
tered into with the Commission. 
(5) 
RESTRICTIONS
ON
PERSONNEL
AND 
DETAILEES.—The following restrictions shall apply 
to personnel and detailees of the Commission: 
(A) PERSONNEL.—No more than one-third 
of the personnel detailed to the Commission 
may be on detail from Federal agencies that 
deal directly or indirectly with the Federal sub-
sidies the Commission intends to review. 
(B) ANALYSTS.—No more than one-fifth of 
the professional analysts of the Commission 
may be persons detailed from a Federal agency 
that deals directly or indirectly with the Federal 
subsidies the Commission intends to review. 
(C) LEAD ANALYST.—No person detailed 
from a Federal agency to the Commission may 
be assigned as the lead professional analyst 
with respect to an entity or industry the Com-
mission intends to review if the person has been 
involved in regulatory or policy-making deci-
sions affecting any such entity or industry in 
the 12 months preceding such assignment. 
(D) DETAILEE.—A person may not be de-
tailed from a Federal agency to the Commission 
if, within 12 months before the detail is to 
begin, that person participated personally and 
substantially in any matter within that par-
ticular agency concerning the preparation of 
recommendations under this Act. 
(E) FEDERAL OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.—
No officer or employee of a Federal agency 
may—
(i) prepare any report concerning the 
effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency of the 
performance on the staff of the Commis-
sion of any person detailed from a Federal 
agency to that staff; 
(ii) review the preparation of such re-
port; or 
(iii) approve or disapprove such a re-
port. 
(F) LIMITATION ON STAFF SIZE.—(i) Sub-
ject to clause (ii), there may not be more than 
25 persons (including any detailees) on the 
staff at any time.