from the Government Accountability Office, to 
identify lessons, solutions, and needed improve-
ments related to reducing fatalities from child 
abuse and neglect; and 
(B) recommendations from the Advisory 
Board on Child Abuse and Neglect. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The Commission shall provide 
opportunities for graduate and doctoral students to coordi-
nate research with the Commission. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall— 
(1) develop recommendations to reduce fatali-
ties from child abuse and neglect for Federal, State, 
and local agencies, and private sector and nonprofit 
organizations, including recommendations to imple-
ment a comprehensive national strategy for such 
purpose; and 
(2) develop guidelines for the type of informa-
tion that should be tracked to improve interventions 
to prevent fatalities from child abuse and neglect. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date on which a majority of the members of the 
Commission have been appointed, the Commission 
shall submit a report to the President and Congress, 
which shall contain a detailed statement of the find-
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ings and conclusions of the Commission, together 
with its recommendations for such legislation and 
administrative actions as it considers appropriate. 
(2) EXTENSION.—The President may extend 
the date on which the report described in paragraph 
(1) shall be submitted by an additional 1 year. 
(3) ONLINE
ACCESS.—The Commission shall 
make the report under paragraph (1) available on 
the publicly available Internet Web site of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services. 
SEC. 5. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) HEARINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may hold 
such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, 
take such testimony, and receive such evidence as 
the Commission considers advisable to carry out this 
Act. 
(2) LOCATION.—The location of hearings under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) areas with high fatality rates from 
child abuse and neglect; and 
(B) areas that have shown a decrease in 
fatalities from child abuse and neglect. 
(3) SUBJECT.—The Commission shall hold 
hearings under paragraph (1)— 
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(A) to examine the Federal, State, and 
local policies and available resources that affect 
fatalities from child abuse and neglect; and 
(B) to explore the matters studied under 
section 4(a)(2). 
(b) 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 Chairperson of the Commission, the head of such de-
partment or agency shall furnish such information to the 
Commission. 
(c) 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. 
(d) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, and 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 
SEC. 6. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. 
(a) 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 
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regular places of business in the performance of services 
for the Commission. 
(b) STAFF.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Chairperson of the 
Commission may, without regard to the civil service 
laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an exec-
utive director and such other additional personnel as 
may be necessary to enable the Commission to per-
form its duties. The employment of an executive di-
rector shall be subject to confirmation by the Com-
mission. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—The Chairperson of the 
Commission may fix the compensation of the execu-
tive director and other personnel without regard to 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 
5, United States Code, relating 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 rate payable for 
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of such title. 
(c) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—At the 
discretion of the relevant agency, any Federal Government 
employee may be detailed to the Commission without reim-
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bursement, and such detail shall be without interruption 
or loss of civil service status or privilege. 
(d) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT-
TENT SERVICES.—The Chairperson of the Commission 
may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates 
for individuals that 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 on the earlier of— 
(1) the 30th day after the date on which the 
Commission submits its report under section 4(d); or 
(2) the date that is 3 years after the initial 
meeting under section 3(d). 
SEC. 8. FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSE. 
Not later than 6 months after the submission of the 
report required under section 4(d), any Federal agency 
that is affected by a recommendation described in the re-
port shall submit to Congress a report containing the re-
sponse of the Federal agency to the recommendation and 
the plans of the Federal agency to address the rec-
ommendation. 
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