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(b) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government employee 
may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement 
from the Commission, and such detailee shall retain the 
rights, status, and privileges of his or her regular employ-
ment without interruption. 
(c) CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The Commission is au-
thorized to procure the services of experts and consultants 
in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate paid a per-
son occupying a position at level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 106. COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES. 
(a) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the Commis-
sion may be compensated at a rate not to exceed the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for 
a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day dur-
ing which that member is engaged in the actual perform-
ance of the duties of the Commission. 
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from their 
homes or regular places of business in the performance 
of services for the Commission, members of the Commis-
sion shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons em-
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ployed intermittently in the Government service are al-
lowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 107. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEM-
BERS AND STAFF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the ap-
propriate Federal agencies or departments shall cooperate 
with the Commission in expeditiously providing to the 
Commission members and staff appropriate security clear-
ances to the extent possible pursuant to existing proce-
dures and requirements. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—No person shall be provided with 
access to classified information under this title without the 
appropriate required security clearance access. 
SEC. 108. REPORTS OF COMMISSION; TERMINATION. 
(a) EVIDENCE OF ABUSES.—The Commission shall 
report to Congress and to the President any evidence of 
waste, fraud, market manipulation, or other abuses it 
finds, in a timely and ongoing manner. 
(b) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Commission may sub-
mit to Congress and the President interim reports con-
taining such findings, conclusions, and recommendations 
for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a major-
ity of Commission members.
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(c) FINAL REPORT.—Prior to the termination of the 
Commission, the Commission shall submit to Congress 
and the President a final report containing such findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures 
as have been agreed to by a majority of Commission mem-
bers. 
SEC. 109. TERMINATION. 
The Commission, and all the authorities of this Act, 
shall terminate 10 months after 80 percent of the funds 
appropriated by the 109th Congress for Hurricane 
Katrina recovery, relief, and reconstruction have been ex-
pended. 
SEC. 110. FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated funds not to exceed 
$5,000,000 for purposes of the activities of the Commis-
sion under this Act. 
(b) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made 
available to the Commission under subsection (a) shall re-
main available until the termination of the Commission.
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TITLE II—CLEAN CONTRACTING 
FOR 
HURRICANE 
KATRINA 
RELIEF AND RECOVERY 
Subtitle A—Transparency and 
Accountability 
SEC. 201. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACT AWARD IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 14 days after the 
award of a Hurricane Katrina-related contract by an exec-
utive agency, the head of the executive agency shall make 
publicly available, including by posting on the Internet in 
a searchable database, the following information with re-
spect to the contract: 
(1) The name and address of the contractor. 
(2) The date of award of the contract. 
(3) The number of offers received in response 
to the solicitation. 
(4) The total amount of the contract. 
(5) The contract type. 
(6) The items, quantities, and any stated unit 
price of items or services to be procured under the 
contract. 
(7) With respect to a procurement carried out 
using procedures other than competitive proce-
dures—
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(A) the authority for using such proce-
dures under section 303(c) of title III of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.253(c)) or section 
2304(c) of title 10, United States Code; and 
(B) the number of sources from which bids 
or proposals were solicited. 
(8) The general reasons for selecting the con-
tractor. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘execu-
tive agency’’ has the meaning provided in section 4 of the 
Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 
403). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
contracts entered into more than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 202. DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR 
OVERCHARGES. 
(a) QUARTERLY REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The head 
of each Federal agency or department shall submit to the 
chairman and ranking member of each committee de-
scribed in subsection (b) on a quarterly basis a report that 
includes the following: 
(1) A list of audits or other reports issued dur-
ing the applicable quarter that describe contractor