lowing the submission of the Commission’s final re-
port. 
(b) FUTURE ACCESS.—Following the termination of 
the Commission, the Secretary of the Senate shall be re-
sponsible for facilitating access to the publicly available 
records and documents of the Commission, as if they were 
Senate records, for researchers, interested parties, and the 
general public. 
(c) OFFICIAL ELECTRONIC ACCOUNTS FOR COMMIS-
SION BUSINESS.—When conducting any Commission busi-
ness on electronic accounts, members and staff of the 
Commission shall use official Commission electronic ac-
counts. 
SEC. 10. STAFF OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION.—The 
chair, in consultation with the vice chair and in ac-
cordance with rules agreed upon by the Commission, 
may appoint and fix the compensation of a staff di-
rector and such other personnel as may be necessary 
to enable the Commission to carry out its functions, 
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, governing appointments in the competi-
tive service, and without regard to the provisions of 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 
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title relating to classification and General Schedule 
pay rates, except that no rate of pay fixed under this 
subsection may exceed the equivalent of that payable 
for a position at level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title. 
(2) NONPARTISAN STAFF.—The staff director 
shall be responsible for the day-to-day authority over 
the activities of the personnel of the Commission, 
and the staff director and any other personnel of the 
Commission shall be hired without regard to political 
affiliation. 
(3) PERSONNEL AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The staff director and 
any personnel of the Commission who are em-
ployees shall be employees under section 2105 
of title 5, United States Code, for purposes 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. 
(b) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government employee 
may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement 
from the Commission, and such detailee shall retain the 
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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. 11. COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES. 
(a) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the Commis-
sion may be compensated at not to exceed the daily equiva-
lent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position 
at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 
of title 5, United States Code, for each day during which 
that member is engaged in the actual performance 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-
ployed intermittently in the Government service are al-
lowed expenses under section 5703 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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SEC. 12. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEM-
BERS AND STAFF. 
The appropriate Federal agencies or departments 
shall cooperate with the Commission in expeditiously pro-
viding to the Commission members and staff appropriate 
security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to ex-
isting procedures and requirements, except that no person 
shall be provided with access to classified information 
under this Act without the appropriate security clearances. 
SEC. 13. REPORTS OF THE COMMISSION; TERMINATION. 
(a) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Commission may sub-
mit to the President and Congress interim reports con-
taining such findings, conclusions, and recommendations 
for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a major-
ity of Commission members. 
(b) FINAL REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of appointment of all members of the 
Commission, the Commission shall submit to the 
President and the relevant committees of Congress 
a final report containing such findings, conclusions, 
and recommendations for corrective measures and 
reforms as have been agreed to by a majority of the 
members of the Commission. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the members of the Commission 
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should make the utmost effort to produce a com-
prehensive, fact-based, evidentiary, nonpartisan, and 
actionable final report. 
(c) ACCESSIBILITY.—The final report shall— 
(1) simultaneously be made publicly available 
on an internet website; 
(2) be written in plain language, to the extent 
deemed practicable by the Commission; and 
(3) be made available in accessible formats and 
multiple languages, to the extent determined prac-
ticable by the Commission. 
(d) ALTERNATIVE MEDIUMS.—The Commission may 
use alternative mediums to communicate key findings 
from the final report to as many people of the United 
States as possible. 
(e) EXTENSIONS.—The submission and publication of 
the final report, as described in subsection (b), may be 
delayed by 90 days upon the agreement of a majority of 
the members of the Commission. The Commission may 
make not more than 3 90-day extensions. The Commission 
shall notify the President, Congress, and the public of 
each such extension. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, and all the 
authorities of this Act, shall terminate 120 days 
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