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(b) CONTRACTING.—The Commission may, to such 
extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropria-
tions Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Commission 
to discharge its duties under this subtitle. 
(c) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission is author-
ized to secure directly from any executive depart-
ment, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, 
independent establishment, or instrumentality of the 
Government, information, suggestions, estimates, 
and statistics for the purposes of this subtitle. Each 
department, bureau, agency, board, commission, of-
fice, independent establishment, or instrumentality 
shall, to the extent authorized by law, furnish such 
information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics di-
rectly to the Commission, upon request made by the 
co-chairmen, the chairman of any subcommittee cre-
ated by a majority of the Commission, or any mem-
ber designated by a majority of the Commission. 
(2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS-
SEMINATION.—Information shall only be received, 
handled, stored, and disseminated by members of 
the Commission and its staff consistent with all ap-
plicable statutes, regulations, and Executive orders. 
(d) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
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(1) GENERAL
SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION.— 
The Administrator of General Services shall provide 
to the Commission on a reimbursable basis adminis-
trative support and other services for the perform-
ance of the Commission’s functions. 
(2) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—In 
addition to the assistance prescribed in paragraph 
(1), departments and agencies of the United States 
may provide to the Commission such services, funds, 
facilities, staff, and other support services as they 
may determine advisable and as may be authorized 
by law. 
(e) GIFTS.—The Commission may accept, use, and 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 
(f) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as departments and agencies of the 
United States. 
SEC. 1256. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission. 
(b) PUBLIC MEETINGS AND RELEASE OF PUBLIC 
VERSIONS OF REPORTS.—The Commission shall— 
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(1) hold public hearings and meetings to the ex-
tent appropriate; and 
(2) release public versions of the report re-
quired under section 1257. 
(c) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Any public hearings of the 
Commission shall be conducted in a manner consistent 
with the protection of information provided to or developed 
for or by the Commission as required by any applicable 
statute, regulation, or Executive order. 
SEC. 1257. REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the appointment of the 
Commission, the Commission shall submit to the Presi-
dent and Congress 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. 1258. TERMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, and all the au-
thorities of this subtitle, shall terminate 60 days after the 
date on which the final report is submitted under section 
1257. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES BEFORE TERMI-
NATION.—The Commission may use the 60-day period re-
ferred to in subsection (a) for the purpose of concluding 
its activities, including providing testimony to committees 
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of Congress concerning its report and disseminating the 
final report. 
TITLE 
XIII—NUCLEAR 
BLACK 
MARKET 
COUNTER-TER-
RORISM ACT 
SEC. 1301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Nuclear Black Market 
Counter-Terrorism Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 1302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee 
on Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate. 
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’— 
(A) means any person who is not a citizen 
or national of the United States or lawfully ad-
mitted to the United States for permanent resi-
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dence under the Immigration and Nationality 
Act; 
(B) includes any foreign corporation, inter-
national organization, or foreign government; 
and 
(C) includes, for purposes of subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 1311, successors, assigns, 
subsidiaries, and subunits of the person de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or (B) (as the case 
may be), and other business organizations or 
associations in which that person may be 
deemed to have a controlling interest. 
(3) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’— 
(A) means a natural person as well as a 
corporation, business association, partnership, 
society, trust, any other nongovernmental enti-
ty, organization, or group, and any govern-
mental entity, or subsidiary, subunit, or parent 
entity thereof, and any successor of any such 
entity; and 
(B) in the case of a country where it may 
be impossible to identify a specific governmental 
entity referred to in subparagraph (A), means 
all activities of that government relating to the 
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