(2) ADDITIONAL
POWERS.—The Commission 
may— 
(A) meet at additional times and places 
that it may consider appropriate; 
(B) issue subpoenas to compel the attend-
ance of witnesses and the production of docu-
ments; 
(C) administer oaths; and 
(D) contract, as it considers appropriate, 
for the provision of services, facilities, studies, 
and reports that will assist the Commission in 
carrying out its duties, responsibilities, and 
powers. 
SEC. 6. PRESIDENTIAL ACTION ON REORGANIZATION PLAN. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL CONSIDERATION.—No later than 
August 1, 2010, the President shall act on the proposed 
reorganization plan submitted by the Commission, either 
by approving the plan without alteration or amendment, 
or by returning the plan to the Commission for review. 
If the President returns the plan to the Commission, the 
President shall include such proposed revisions to the plan 
as the President considers appropriate. 
(b) REVIEW AND REVISION.—If the proposed reorga-
nization plan is returned to the Commission for revision, 
the Commission shall have 30 days in which to review the 
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Presidential recommendations submitted under subsection 
(a) and to revise the plan. The Commission may, at its 
discretion, incorporate any recommendations proposed by 
the President to the plan. 
(c) RESUBMISSION.—At the conclusion of the 30-day 
period, the Commission shall resubmit the reorganization 
plan to the President and Congress and retransmit a copy 
of such plan to the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. The Director shall prepare and issue a re-
vised public report that details the predicted savings in 
Federal expenditures that would result from implementing 
the revised reorganization. 
(d) EFFECT OF REJECTION.—If the President rejects 
the resubmitted reorganization plan, such rejection shall 
conclude the reorganization process for the year under this 
Act. The Commission may, following reconsideration and 
at least one public hearing, resubmit a revised reorganiza-
tion plan in the following year. 
SEC. 7. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON REORGANIZATION 
PLAN. 
(a) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—If the President ap-
proves the proposed reorganization plan submitted by the 
Commission, the President shall submit the reorganization 
plan, free of alterations or amendments, to Congress. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(1) CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION.—The re-
organization plan submitted under subsection (a) 
shall be deemed to be a reorganization plan sub-
mitted under chapter 9 of title 5, United States 
Code, except that the reorganization plan shall take 
effect on the first day following 60 calendar days of 
continuous session of Congress, beginning on the 
date on which the plan is submitted, or a later date 
as may be provided by the plan, unless Congress en-
acts a joint resolution rejecting the reorganization 
plan. 
(2) SUSPENSION OF SECTION.—This Act shall 
be valid for all intents and purposes notwithstanding 
section 905(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(c) REORGANIZATION.—Unless the reorganization 
plan is rejected as provided in subsection (b), those execu-
tive agencies recommended for realignment or closure in 
the reorganization plan shall be realigned or closed begin-
ning as soon as practicable after the effective date of the 
reorganization plan, and completed within three years 
after the effective date. 
SEC. 8. TERMINATION. 
The Commission shall terminate at the end of the 30- 
day period beginning on the effective date of the reorga-
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nization plan or the date a joint resolution rejecting the 
reorganization plan is enacted. 
SEC. 9. FUNDING AND SUPPORT. 
The Commission shall be funded, staffed, and 
equipped without cost to the Federal Government. To ac-
complish this objective, the Secretary of Commerce shall 
engage in a joint project with a nonprofit organization in 
accordance with the first section of Public Law 91–412 
(15 U.S.C. 1525). 
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