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Calendar No. 965 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5235 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 23, 2008 
Received 
JULY 24 (legislative day, JULY 23), 2008 
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 
Reported by Mr. LEAHY, with an amendment 
[Insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
To establish the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission. 
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 ‘‘Ronald Reagan Cen-
tennial Commission Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is established a commission to be known as the 
‘‘Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission’’ (in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF COMMISSION. 
The Commission shall— 
(1) plan, develop, and carry out such activities 
as the Commission considers fitting and proper to 
honor Ronald Reagan on the occasion of the 100th 
anniversary of his birth; 
(2) provide advice and assistance to Federal, 
State, and local governmental agencies, as well as 
civic groups to carry out activities to honor Ronald 
Reagan on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of 
his birth; 
(3) develop activities that may be carried out by 
the Federal Government to determine whether the 
activities are fitting and proper to honor Ronald 
Reagan on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of 
his birth; and 
(4) submit to the President and Congress re-
ports pursuant to section 7. 
SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) NUMBER AND APPOINTMENT.—The Commission 
shall be composed of 11 members as follows: 
(1) The Secretary of the Interior. 
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(2) Four members appointed by the President 
after considering the recommendations of the Board 
of Trustees of the Ronald Reagan Foundation. 
(3) Two Members of the House of Representa-
tives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(4) One Member of the House of Representa-
tives appointed by the minority leader of the House 
of Representatives. 
(5) Two Members of the Senate appointed by 
the majority leader of the Senate. 
(6) One Member of the Senate appointed by the 
minority leader of the Senate. 
(b) EX OFFICIO MEMBER.—The Archivist of the 
United States shall serve in an ex officio capacity on the 
Commission to provide advice and information to the Com-
mission. 
(c) TERMS.—Each member shall be appointed for the 
life of the Commission. 
(d) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—All members of 
the Commission shall be appointed not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission 
shall— 
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(1) not affect the powers of the Commission; 
and 
(2) be filled in the manner in which the original 
appointment was made. 
(f) RATES OF PAY.—Members shall serve without 
pay. 
(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Com-
mission shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem in lieu 
of subsistence expenses during the performance of duties 
of the Commission while away from home or his or her 
regular place of business, in accordance with applicable 
provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(h) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 
Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number 
may hold hearings. 
(i) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of the Commis-
sion shall be elected by a majority vote of the members 
of the Commission. 
SEC. 5. DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION. 
(a) DIRECTOR.—The Commission may appoint an ex-
ecutive director. The executive director may be paid at a 
rate not to exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for GS– 
15 of the General Schedule. 
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(b) STAFF.—The Commission may appoint and fix 
the pay of additional personnel as it considers appropriate 
except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay 
in excess of the maximum rate of basic pay for GS–13 
of the General Schedule. 
(c) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE 
LAWS.—The executive director and staff of the Commis-
sion may be appointed without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in 
the competitive service, and may be paid 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 as provided in subsections (a) 
and (b). 
(d) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Upon re-
quest of the Commission, the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Archivist of the United States may detail, on a reim-
bursable basis, any of the personnel of that department 
or agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out 
its duties under this Act. 
(e) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission 
may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 
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