(4) 2 members shall be appointed from a list of 
4 individuals who shall be nominated by the minority 
leader of the Senate in consultation with the ranking 
member of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate. 
(5) 2 members shall be appointed from a list of 
4 individuals who shall be nominated by the minority 
leader of the House of Representatives in consulta-
tion with the ranking member of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce and the ranking member of 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In making appointments 
under this section, the President shall give consider-
ation to individuals who are knowledgeable on en-
ergy issues, including oil market dynamics, oil and 
gas exploration and production, crude oil refining, 
oil and gas pipelines, transportation-related fuel con-
sumption, oil use efficiency, national security, for-
eign policy, macroeconomics, labor, environment, lo-
gistics, shipping, tourism, consumer goods, manufac-
turing, and tourism. 
(2) BALANCE OF EXPERTISE AREAS.—In mak-
ing appointments under this section, the President 
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shall seek to ensure the membership of the Commis-
sion is balanced by area of expertise to the extent 
consistent with maintaining the highest level of ex-
pertise on the Commission. 
(3) U.S. CITIZEN REQUIREMENT.—Members of 
the Commission shall be United States citizens. 
(c) TIMING OF APPOINTMENTS.—Appointments to 
the Commission shall be made not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) TERMS; VACANCIES.—Each member shall be ap-
pointed for the duration of the Commission. Any vacancy 
in the Commission shall not affect its powers, and shall 
be filled in the manner in which the original appointment 
was made. 
(e) CHAIRMAN.—The chairman of the Commission 
shall be selected by the President. The chairman of the 
Commission shall be responsible for— 
(1) the assignment of duties and responsibilities 
among staff personnel and their continuing super-
vision; and 
(2) the use and expenditure of funds available 
to the Commission. 
(f) MEETINGS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—All meetings of the 
Commission shall be open to the public, except that 
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a meeting or any portion of it may be closed to the 
public if it concerns matters or information de-
scribed in section 552b(c) of title 5, United States 
Code. Interested persons shall be permitted to ap-
pear at open meetings and present oral or written 
statements on the subject matter of the meeting. 
The Commission may administer oaths or affirma-
tions to any person appearing before it. 
(2) NOTICE; MINUTES; PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY 
OF DOCUMENTS.— 
(A) NOTICE.—All open meetings of the 
Commission shall be preceded by timely public 
notice in the Federal Register of the time, 
place, and subject of the meeting. 
(B) MINUTES.—Minutes of each meeting 
shall be kept and shall contain a record of the 
people present, a description of the discussion 
that occurred, and copies of all statements filed. 
Subject to section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, the minutes and records of all meetings 
and other documents that were made available 
to or prepared for the Commission shall be 
available for public inspection and copying at a 
single location in the offices of the Commission. 
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(3) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall 
hold its first meeting within 30 days after all mem-
bers of the Commission have been appointed. 
SEC. 5. STAFFING AND RESOURCES. 
(a) STAFFING.—The chairman of the Commission 
may, without regard to the civil service laws and regula-
tions, appoint and terminate an executive director and 
such other additional personnel as may be necessary for 
the Commission to perform its duties. The executive direc-
tor shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate 
payable for Level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. The chairman 
shall select staff from among qualified individuals who are 
citizens of the United States. 
(b) RESOURCES.—In carrying out its duties under 
section 3, the Commission— 
(1) is authorized to secure directly from any 
Federal department or agency any information it 
deems necessary to carry out its functions under this 
Act, and each such department or agency is author-
ized to cooperate with the Commission and, to the 
extent permitted by law, to furnish such information 
(other 
than 
information 
described 
in 
section 
552(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) to the 
Commission, upon the request of the Commission; 
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(2) may enter into contracts, subject to the 
availability of appropriations for contracting, and 
employ such staff experts and consultants as may be 
necessary to carry out the duties of the Commission, 
as provided by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
(3) shall establish a multidisciplinary science 
and technical advisory panel of experts in the field 
of energy to assist the Commission in preparing its 
report, including ensuring that the scientific and 
technical information considered by the Commission 
is based on the best information available. 
SEC. 6. REPORT. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit 
to Congress and the President a report of its findings and 
recommendations regarding the activities required by sec-
tion 3. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR REPORT AND 
REVIEW.—Chapter 5 and chapter 7 of title 5, United 
States Code, do not apply to the preparation, review, or 
submission of the report required by subsection (a). 
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SEC. 7. TERMINATION. 
The Commission shall terminate not later than 90 
days after the date on which the Commission submits its 
report under section 6. 
SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $10,000,000 for fiscal years 
2017 and 2018. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated under subsection (a) are authorized to remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 9. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after receiving the report of 
the Commission under section 6, the President shall sub-
mit to Congress a statement of proposals to implement 
or respond to the Commission’s recommendations con-
tained in the report. 
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