ommendations to Congress, together with a certifi-
cation of such approval. 
(5) TERMINATION
OF
ASSESSMENT.—If the 
President does not transmit to Congress an approval 
and certification described in paragraph (2) or (4) 
by October 15 of any year in which the Commission 
has transmitted its plan and recommendations to the 
President under this section, the process by which 
agencies and programs may be selected for realign-
ment or elimination under this Act with respect to 
that year shall be terminated. 
(e) CARRYFORWARD
OF GROUPING
AND EVALUA-
TION.—If the process by which agencies and programs 
may be selected for realignment or elimination under this 
Act with respect to a year is terminated under subsection 
(d)(5) if the termination occurs in 2015 or 2017, the 
grouping of agencies and programs evaluated that year 
shall be included in the grouping evaluated under sub-
section (b)(1) in the next year an evaluation is conducted. 
SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) HEARINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission or, at its 
direction, any subcommittee or member of the Com-
mission, may, for the purpose of carrying out this 
Act— 
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(A) hold such hearings, sit and act at such 
times and places, take such testimony, receive 
such evidence, and administer such oaths as 
any member of the Commission considers advis-
able; 
(B) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
attendance and testimony of such witnesses as 
any member of the Commission considers advis-
able; and 
(C) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the 
production of such books, records, correspond-
ence, memoranda, papers, documents, tapes, 
and other evidentiary materials relating to any 
matter under investigation by the Commission. 
(2) TESTIMONY UNDER OATH.—All testimony 
before the Commission shall be under oath. 
(b) 
ISSUANCE
AND
ENFORCEMENT
OF
SUB-
POENAS.— 
(1) ISSUANCE.—Subpoenas issued under sub-
section (a) shall bear the signature of the chairman 
of the Commission and shall be served by any person 
or class of persons designated by the chairman for 
that purpose. 
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—In the case of contumacy 
or failure to obey a subpoena issued under sub-
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section (a), the United States district court for the 
judicial district in which the subpoenaed person re-
sides, is served, or may be found, may issue an order 
requiring such person to appear at any designated 
place to testify or to produce documentary or other 
evidence. Any failure to obey the order of the court 
may be punished by the court as a contempt of that 
court. 
(c) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The 
Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart-
ment or agency such information as the Commission con-
siders necessary to carry out this Act. Upon request of 
the chairman of the Commission, the head of such depart-
ment or agency shall furnish such information to the Com-
mission. 
(d) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government. 
SEC. 6. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 
(1) NON-FEDERAL MEMBERS.—Except as pro-
vided under subsection (b), each member of the 
Commission who is not an officer or employee of the 
Federal Government shall not be compensated. 
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(2) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—All members of the 
Commission who are employees of the United States 
shall serve without compensation in addition to that 
received for their services as employees of the United 
States. 
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com-
mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ-
ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 
regular places of business in the performance of services 
for the Commission. 
(c) STAFF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The chairman of the Com-
mission may, without regard to the civil service laws 
and regulations, appoint and terminate an executive 
director and such other additional personnel as may 
be necessary to enable the Commission to perform 
its duties. The employment of an executive director 
shall be subject to confirmation by the Commission. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—Upon the approval of the 
chairman, the executive director may fix the com-
pensation of the executive director and other per-
sonnel without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, re-
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lating to classification of positions and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for 
the executive director and other personnel may not 
exceed the maximum rate payable for a position at 
GS–15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 
of such title. 
(3) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The executive director 
and any personnel of the Commission who are 
employees shall be employees under section 
2105 of title 5, United States Code, for pur-
poses of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 
and 90 of that title. 
(B) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Subpara-
graph (A) shall not be construed to apply to 
members of the Commission. 
(d) DETAIL
OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any 
Federal Government employee may be detailed to the 
Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall 
be without interruption or loss of civil service status or 
privilege. 
(e) SECURITY CLEARANCE.—As a condition of ap-
pointment to or employment with the Commission, the 
members and staff of the Commission shall hold appro-
priate security clearances for access to any classified brief-
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ing, records, and materials that may be reviewed by the 
Commission or its staff and shall follow the guidance and 
practices on security under applicable Executive orders 
and agency directives. 
(f) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Upon the request of the 
Commission, the Librarian of Congress shall provide to 
the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, administrative 
support services, research services, and research staff nec-
essary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities 
under this Act. 
(g) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The chairman of the Commission may 
procure temporary and intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individ-
uals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title. 
SEC. 7. TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION. 
The Commission shall terminate 120 days after the 
date on which the Commission submits the final plan and 
recommendations under section 3(b). 
SEC. 8. CLOSURE AND REALIGNMENT OF AGENCIES AND 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
President shall— 
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(1) eliminate all agencies and programs rec-
ommended for elimination by the Commission in 
each report submitted to Congress by the President 
under section 4(d); 
(2) realign all agencies and programs rec-
ommended for realignment by such Commission in 
each such report; 
(3) initiate all such eliminations and realign-
ments no later than 2 years after the date on which 
the President submits a report to Congress under 
section 4(d) containing the recommendations for 
such eliminations or realignments; and 
(4) complete all such eliminations and realign-
ments no later than the end of the 6-year period be-
ginning on the date on which the President submits 
the report under section 4(d) containing the rec-
ommendations for such closures or realignments. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President may not 
carry out any elimination or realignment rec-
ommended in a report submitted by the President 
under section 4(d) if a joint resolution is enacted, in 
accordance with the provisions of section 9, dis-
approving such recommendations before the earlier 
of— 
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(A) the end of the 45-day period beginning 
on the date on which the President submits 
such report; or 
(B) the adjournment of Congress sine die 
for the session during which such report is sub-
mitted. 
(2) COMPUTATION OF DAYS.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1) of this subsection and subsections (a) 
and (c) of section 9, the days on which either House 
of Congress is not in session because of adjournment 
of more than 3 days to a day certain shall be ex-
cluded in the computation of a period. 
SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF COMMISSION 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) TERMS OF THE RESOLUTION.—For purposes of 
section 8(b), the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a 
joint resolution which is introduced within the 10-day pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the President submits 
the report to Congress under section 4(d), and— 
(1) which does not have a preamble; 
(2) the matter after the resolving clause of 
which is as follows: ‘‘That Congress disapproves the 
recommendations of the Federal Realignment and 
Closure Commission as submitted by the President 
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on llllllllll’’, the blank space being 
filled in with the appropriate date; and 
(3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘Joint reso-
lution disapproving the recommendations of the Fed-
eral Realignment and Closure Commission.’’. 
(b) REFERRAL.—A resolution described in subsection 
(a) that is introduced in the House of Representatives 
shall be referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives. A reso-
lution described in subsection (a) introduced in the Senate 
shall be referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(c) DISCHARGE.—If the committee to which a resolu-
tion described in subsection (a) is referred has not re-
ported such a resolution (or an identical resolution) by the 
end of the 20-day period beginning on the date on which 
the President submits the report to Congress under sec-
tion 4(d), such committee shall be, at the end of such pe-
riod, discharged from further consideration of such resolu-
tion, and such resolution shall be placed on the appro-
priate calendar of the House involved. 
(d) CONSIDERATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—On or after the third day 
after the date on which the committee to which such 
a resolution is referred has reported, or has been 
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discharged (under subsection (c)) from further con-
sideration of, such a resolution, it is in order (even 
though a previous motion to the same effect has 
been disagreed to) for any Member of the respective 
House to move to proceed to the consideration of the 
resolution. A Member may make the motion only on 
the day after the calendar day on which the Member 
announces to the House concerned the Member’s in-
tention to make the motion, except that, in the case 
of the House of Representatives, the motion may be 
made without such prior announcement if the mo-
tion is made by direction of the committee to which 
the resolution was referred. The motion is highly 
privileged in the House of Representatives and is 
privileged in the Senate and is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion 
to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the consid-
eration of other business. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed 
to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
the consideration of the resolution is agreed to, the 
respective House shall immediately proceed to con-
sideration of the joint resolution without intervening 
motion, order, or other business, and the resolution 
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shall remain the unfinished business of the respec-
tive House until disposed of. 
(2) DEBATE.—Debate on the resolution, and on 
all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, 
which shall be divided equally between those favoring 
and those opposing the resolution. An amendment to 
the resolution is not in order. A motion further to 
limit debate is in order and not debatable. A motion 
to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of other business, or a motion to recommit the 
resolution is not in order. A motion to reconsider the 
vote by which the resolution is agreed to or dis-
agreed to is not in order. 
(3) VOTE
ON
FINAL
PASSAGE.—Immediately 
following the conclusion of the debate on a resolu-
tion described in subsection (a) and a single quorum 
call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, 
the vote on final passage of the resolution shall 
occur. 
(4) APPEALS ON DECISIONS BY THE CHAIR.— 
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the Senate or the 
House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the 
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procedure relating to a resolution described in sub-
section (a) shall be decided without debate. 
(e) CONSIDERATION BY OTHER HOUSE.— 
(1) DISPOSITION OF RESOLUTION.—If, before 
the passage by one House of a resolution of that 
House described in subsection (a), that House re-
ceives from the other House a resolution described 
in subsection (a), then the following procedures shall 
apply— 
(A) the resolution of the other House shall 
not be referred to a committee and may not be 
considered in the House receiving it except in 
the case of final passage as provided in sub-
paragraph (B)(ii); and 
(B) with respect to a resolution described 
in subsection (a) of the House receiving the res-
olution (i) the procedure in that House shall be 
the same as if no resolution had been received 
from the other House; but (ii) the vote on final 
passage shall be on the resolution of the other 
House. 
(2) NOT IN ORDER TO CONSIDER OTHER RESO-
LUTION.—Upon disposition of the resolution received 
from the other House, it shall no longer be in order 
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