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‘‘(B) If the President transmits a certification to the Congress
under subparagraph (A), a joint resolution which would permit
the President to exercise the waiver authority of paragraph (5)
of this subsection shall, if introduced in either House within thirty
days of continuous session after the Congress receives this certifi-
cation, be considered in the Senate in accordance with subparagraph
(C) of this paragraph.
‘‘(C) Any joint resolution under this paragraph shall be consid-
ered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section
601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export
Control Act of 1976.
‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’
means a joint resolution the matter after the resolving clause of
which is as follows: ‘‘That the Congress having received on ll
a certification by the President under section 102(b)(4) of the Arms
Export Control Act with respect to ll, the Congress hereby
authorizes the President to exercise the waiver authority contained
in section 102(b)(5) of that Act.’’, with the date of receipt of the
certification inserted in the first blank and the name of the country
inserted in the second blank.
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, if the
Congress enacts a joint resolution under paragraph (4) of this
subsection, the President may waive any sanction which would
otherwise be required under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) if he deter-
mines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate that the imposition of such sanction would be seriously
prejudicial to the achievement of United States nonproliferation
objectives or otherwise jeopardize the common defense and security.
The President shall transmit with such certification a statement
setting forth the specific reasons therefor.
‘‘(6)(A) In the event the President is required to impose sanc-
tions against a country under paragraph (1)(C) or (1)(D), the Presi-
dent shall forthwith so inform such country and shall impose the
required sanctions beginning 30 days after submitting to the Con-
gress the report required by paragraph (1) unless, and to the
extent that, there is enacted during the 30-day period a law
prohibiting the imposition of such sanctions.
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the sanctions
which are required to be imposed against a country under para-
graph (1)(C) or (1)(D) shall not apply if the President determines
and certifies in writing to the Committee on Foreign Relations
and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
that the application of such sanctions against such country would
have a serious adverse effect on vital United States interests. The
President shall transmit with such certification a statement setting
forth the specific reasons therefor.
‘‘(7) For purposes of this subsection, continuity of session is
broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die and the days
on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment
of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the
computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continu-
ous session.
‘‘(8) The President may not delegate or transfer his power,
authority, or discretion to make or modify determinations under
this subsection.
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‘‘(c) NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATE DEFINED.—As used in this
section, the term ‘non-nuclear-weapon state’ means any country
which is not a nuclear-weapon state, as defined in Article IX(3)
of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
‘‘SEC. 103. DEFINITION OF NUCLEAR EXPLOSIVE DEVICE.
‘‘As used in this chapter, the term ‘nuclear explosive device’
has the meaning given that term in section 830(4) of the Nuclear
Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994.’’.
(b) REPEALS.—Sections 669 and 670 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 are hereby repealed.
(c) REFERENCES IN LAW.—Any reference in law as of the date
of enactment of this Act to section 669 or 670 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 shall, after such date, be deemed to be
a reference to section 101 or 102, as the case may be, of the
Arms Export Control Act.
SEC. 827. REWARD.
Section 36(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act
of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(a)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subpara-
graphs (A) through (C), respectively;
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘act of inter-
national terrorism’ includes any act substantially contributing to
the acquisition of unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as
defined in section 830(8) of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention
Act of 1994) or any nuclear explosive device (as defined in section
830(4) of that Act) by an individual, group, or non-nuclear-weapon
state (as defined in section 830(5) of that Act).’’.
SEC. 828. REPORTS.
(a) CONTENT OF ACDA ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 51(a) of the
Arms Control and Disarmament Act, as inserted by this Act, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (5);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6)
and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
(3) by adding after paragraph (6) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(7) a discussion of any material noncompliance by foreign
governments with their binding commitments to the United
States with respect to the prevention of the spread of nuclear
explosive devices (as defined in section 830(4) of the Nuclear
Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994) by non-nuclear-weapon
states (as defined in section 830(5) of that Act) or the acquisition
by such states of unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as
defined in section 830(8) of that Act), including—
‘‘(A) a net assessment of the aggregate military signifi-
cance of all such violations;
‘‘(B) a statement of the compliance policy of the United
States with respect to violations of those commitments;
and
‘‘(C) what actions, if any, the President has taken
or proposes to take to bring any nation committing such
a violation into compliance with those commitments.’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(c) REPORTING CONSECUTIVE NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the Presi-
dent in consecutive reports submitted to the Congress under this
section reports that any designated nation is not in full compliance
with its binding nonproliferation commitments to the United States,
then the President shall include in the second such report an
assessment of what actions are necessary to compensate for such
violations.’’.
(b) REPORTING ON DEMARCHES.—(1) It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the Department of State should, in the course of
implementing its reporting responsibilities under section 602(c) of
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, include a summary
of demarches that the United States has issued or received from
foreign governments with respect to activities which are of signifi-
cance from the proliferation standpoint.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘demarche’’ means
any official communication by one government to another, by writ-
ten or oral means, intended by the originating government to
express—
(A) a concern over a past, present, or possible future action
or activity of the recipient government, or of a person within
the jurisdiction of that government, contributing to the global
spread of unsafeguarded special nuclear material or of nuclear
explosive devices;
(B) a request for the recipient government to counter such
action or activity; or
(C) both the concern and request described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B).
SEC. 829. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.
Section 133 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.
2160c) is amended by striking ‘‘20 kilograms’’ and inserting ‘‘5
kilograms’’.
SEC. 830. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this part—
(1) the term ‘‘foreign person’’ means—
(A) an individual who is not a citizen of the United
States or an alien admitted for permanent residence to
the United States; or
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernment
entity which is created or organized under the laws of
a foreign country or which has its principal place of busi-
ness outside the United States;
(2) the term ‘‘goods or technology’’ means—
(A) nuclear materials and equipment and sensitive
nuclear technology (as such terms are defined in section
4 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978), all export
items designated by the President pursuant to section
309(c) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978, and
all technical assistance requiring authorization under sec-
tion 57 b. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, and
(B) in the case of exports from a country other than
the United States, any goods or technology that, if exported
from the United States, would be goods or technology
described in subparagraph (A);
(3) the term ‘‘IAEA safeguards’’ means the safeguards set
forth in an agreement between a country and the International
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Atomic Energy Agency, as authorized by Article III(A)(5) of
the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency;
(4) the term ‘‘nuclear explosive device’’ means any device,
whether assembled or disassembled, that is designed to produce
an instantaneous release of an amount of nuclear energy from
special nuclear material that is greater than the amount of
energy that would be released from the detonation of one pound
of trinitrotoluene (TNT);
(5) the term ‘‘non-nuclear-weapon state’’ means any country
which is not a nuclear-weapon state, as defined by Article
IX (3) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap-
ons, signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on July 1,
1968;
(6) the term ‘‘special nuclear material’’ has the meaning
given that term in section 11 aa. of the Atomic Energy Act
of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2014aa);
(7) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means—
(A) an individual who is a citizen of the United States
or an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United
States; or
(B) a corporation, partnership, or other nongovernment
entity which is not a foreign person; and
(8) the term ‘‘unsafeguarded special nuclear material’’
means special nuclear material which is held in violation of
IAEA safeguards or not subject to IAEA safeguards (excluding
any quantity of material that could, if it were exported from
the United States, be exported under a general license issued
by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission).
SEC. 831. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The provisions of this part, and the amendments made by
this part, shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
PART C—INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY
AGENCY
SEC. 841. BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL INITIATIVES.
It is the sense of the Congress that in order to maintain
and enhance international confidence in the effectiveness of IAEA
safeguards and in other multilateral undertakings to halt the global
proliferation of nuclear weapons, the United States should seek
to negotiate with other nations and groups of nations, including
the IAEA Board of Governors and the Nuclear Suppliers Group,
to—
(1) build international support for the principle that nuclear
supply relationships must require purchasing nations to agree
to full-scope international safeguards;
(2) encourage each nuclear-weapon state within the mean-
ing of the Treaty to undertake a comprehensive review of
its own procedures for declassifying information relating to
the design or production of nuclear explosive devices and to
investigate any measures that would reduce the risk of such
information contributing to nuclear weapons proliferation;
(3) encourage the deferral of efforts to produce weapons-
grade nuclear material for large-scale commercial uses until
such time as safeguards are developed that can detect, on
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a timely and reliable basis, the diversion of significant quan-
tities of such material for nuclear explosive purposes;
(4) pursue greater financial support for the implementation
and improvement of safeguards from all IAEA member nations
with significant nuclear programs, particularly from those
nations that are currently using or planning to use weapons-
grade nuclear material for commercial purposes;
(5) arrange for the timely payment of annual financial
contributions by all members of the IAEA, including the United
States;
(6) pursue the elimination of international commerce in
highly enriched uranium for use in research reactors while
encouraging multilateral cooperation to develop and to use
low-enriched alternative nuclear fuels;
(7) oppose efforts by non-nuclear-weapon states to develop
or use unsafeguarded nuclear fuels for purposes of naval propul-
sion;
(8) pursue an international open skies arrangement that
would authorize the IAEA to operate surveillance aircraft and
would facilitate IAEA access to satellite information for safe-
guards verification purposes;
(9) develop an institutional means for IAEA member
nations to share intelligence material with the IAEA on possible
safeguards violations without compromising national security
or intelligence sources or methods;
(10) require any exporter of a sensitive nuclear facility
or sensitive nuclear technology to a non-nuclear-weapon state
to notify the IAEA prior to export and to require safeguards
over that facility or technology, regardless of its destination;
and
(11) seek agreement among the parties to the Treaty to
apply IAEA safeguards in perpetuity and to establish new
limits on the right to withdraw from the Treaty.
SEC. 842. IAEA INTERNAL REFORMS.
In order to promote the early adoption of reforms in the
implementation of the safeguards responsibilities of the IAEA, the
Congress urges the President to negotiate with other nations and
groups of nations, including the IAEA Board of Governors and
the Nuclear Suppliers Group, to—
(1) improve the access of the IAEA within nuclear facilities
that are capable of producing, processing, or fabricating special
nuclear material suitable for use in a nuclear explosive device;
(2)(A) facilitate the IAEA’s efforts to meet and to maintain
its own goals for detecting the diversion of nuclear materials
and equipment, giving particular attention to facilities in which
there are bulk quantities of plutonium; and
(B) if it is not technically feasible for the IAEA to meet
those detection goals in a particular facility, require the IAEA
to declare publicly that it is unable to do so;
(3) enable the IAEA to issue fines for violations of safe-
guards procedures, to pay rewards for information on possible
safeguards violations, and to establish a ‘‘hot line’’ for the
reporting of such violations and other illicit uses of weapons-
grade nuclear material;
(4) establish safeguards at facilities engaged in the manu-
facture of equipment or material that is especially designated
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or prepared for the processing, use, or production of special
fissionable material or, in the case of non-nuclear-weapon
states, of any nuclear explosive device;
(5) establish safeguards over nuclear research and develop-
ment activities and facilities;
(6) implement special inspections of undeclared nuclear
facilities, as provided for under existing safeguards procedures,
and seek authority for the IAEA to conduct challenge inspec-
tions on demand at suspected nuclear sites;
(7) expand the scope of safeguards to include tritium, ura-
nium concentrates, and nuclear waste containing special fission-
able material, and increase the scope of such safeguards on
heavy water;
(8) revise downward the IAEA’s official minimum amounts
of nuclear material (‘‘significant quantity’’) needed to make
a nuclear explosive device and establish these amounts as
national rather than facility standards;
(9) expand the use of full-time resident IAEA inspectors
at sensitive fuel cycle facilities;
(10) promote the use of near real time material accountancy
in the conduct of safeguards at facilities that use, produce,
or store significant quantities of special fissionable material;
(11) develop with other IAEA member nations an agree-
ment on procedures to expedite approvals of visa applications
by IAEA inspectors;
(12) provide the IAEA the additional funds, technical assist-
ance, and political support necessary to carry out the goals
set forth in this subsection; and
(13) make public the annual safeguards implementation
report of the IAEA, establishing a public registry of commodities
in international nuclear commerce, including dual-use goods,
and creating a public repository of current nuclear trade control
laws, agreements, regulations, and enforcement and judicial
actions by IAEA member nations.
SEC. 843. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The President shall, in the report
required by section 601(a) of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act
of 1978, describe—
(1) the steps he has taken to implement sections 841 and
842, and
(2) the progress that has been made and the obstacles
that have been encountered in seeking to meet the objectives
set forth in sections 841 and 842.
(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report under paragraph (1)
shall describe—
(1) the bilateral and multilateral initiatives that the Presi-
dent has taken during the period since the enactment of this
Act in pursuit of each of the objectives set forth in sections
841 and 842;
(2) any obstacles that have been encountered in the pursuit
of those initiatives;
(3) any additional initiatives that have been proposed by
other countries or international organizations to strengthen
the implementation of IAEA safeguards;
(4) all activities of the Federal Government in support
of the objectives set forth in sections 841 and 842;
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(5) any recommendations of the President on additional
measures to enhance the effectiveness of IAEA safeguards;
and
(6) any initiatives that the President plans to take in
support of each of the objectives set forth in sections 841
and 842.
SEC. 844. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this part—
(1) the term ‘‘highly enriched uranium’’ means uranium
enriched to 20 percent or more in the isotope U–235;
(2) the term ‘‘IAEA’’ means the International Atomic
Energy Agency;
(3) the term ‘‘near real time material accountancy’’ means
a method of accounting for the location, quantity, and disposi-
tion of special fissionable material at facilities that store or
process such material, in which verification of peaceful use
is continuously achieved by means of frequent physical inven-
tories and the use of in-process instrumentation;
(4) the term ‘‘special fissionable material’’ has the meaning
given that term by Article XX(1) of the Statute of the Inter-
national Atomic Energy Agency, done at the Headquarters of
the United Nations on October 26, 1956;
(5) the term ‘‘the Treaty’’ means the Treaty on the Non-
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, Lon-
don, and Moscow on July 1, 1968; and
(6) the terms ‘‘IAEA safeguards’’, ‘‘non-nuclear-weapon
state’’, ‘‘nuclear explosive device’’, and ‘‘special nuclear material’’
have the meanings given those terms in section 830 of this
Act.
PART D—TERMINATION
SEC. 851. TERMINATION UPON ENACTMENT OF NEXT FOREIGN RELA-
TIONS ACT.
On the date of enactment of the first Foreign Relations
Authorization Act that is enacted after the enactment of this Act,
the provisions of parts A and B of this title shall cease to be
effective, the amendments made by those parts shall be repealed,
and any provision of law repealed by those parts shall be reenacted.
TITLE IX—COMMISSION ON PROTECT-
ING AND REDUCING GOVERNMENT
SECRECY
SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Protection and Reduction of
Government Secrecy Act’’.
SEC. 902. FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) During the Cold War an extensive secrecy system devel-
oped which limited public access to information and reduced
the ability of the public to participate with full knowledge
in the process of governmental decisionmaking.
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(2) In 1992 alone 6,349,532 documents were classified and
approximately three million persons held some form of security
clearance.
(3) The burden of managing more than 6 million newly
classified documents every year has led to tremendous adminis-
trative expense, reduced communication within the government
and within the scientific community, reduced communication
between the government and the people of the United States,
and the selective and unauthorized public disclosure of classi-
fied information.
(4) It has been estimated that private businesses spend
more than $14 billion each year implementing government
mandated regulations for protecting classified information.
(5) If a smaller amount of truly sensitive information were
classified the information could be held more securely.
(6) In 1970 a Task Force organized by the Defense Science
Board and headed by Dr. Frederick Seitz concluded that ‘‘more
might be gained than lost if our Nation were to adopt—unilater-
ally, if necessary—a policy of complete openness in all areas
of information’’.
(7) The procedures for granting security clearances have
themselves become an expensive and inefficient part of the
secrecy system and should be closely examined.
(8) A bipartisan study commission specially constituted
for the purpose of examining the consequences of the secrecy
system will be able to offer comprehensive proposals for reform.
SEC. 903. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this title to establish for a two-year period
a Commission on Protecting and Reducing Government Secrecy—
(1) to examine the implications of the extensive classifica-
tion of information and to make recommendations to reduce
the volume of information classified and thereby to strengthen
the protection of legitimately classified information; and
(2) to examine and make recommendations concerning cur-
rent procedures relating to the granting of security clearances.
SEC. 904. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—To carry out the purpose of this title,
there is established a Commission on Protecting and Reducing
Government Secrecy (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be composed of twelve
members, as follows:
(1) Four members appointed by the President, of whom
two shall be appointed from the executive branch of the Govern-
ment and two shall be appointed from private life.
(2) Two members appointed by the Majority Leader of
the Senate, of whom one shall be a Member of the Senate
and one shall be appointed from private life.
(3) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of
the Senate, of whom one shall be a Member of the Senate
and one shall be appointed from private life.
(4) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, of whom one shall be a Member of the
House and one shall be appointed from private life.
(5) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of
the House of Representatives, of whom one shall be a Member
of the House and one shall be appointed from private life.
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(c) CHAIRMAN.—The Commission shall elect a Chairman from
among its members.
(d) QUORUM; VACANCIES.—After its initial meeting, the
Commission shall meet upon the call of the Chairman or a majority
of its members. Seven members of the Commission shall constitute
a quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its
powers but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original
appointment was made.
(e) APPOINTMENT
OF MEMBERS; INITIAL MEETING.—(1) It is
the sense of the Congress that members of the Commission should
be appointed not later than 60 days after the date of enactment
of this title.
(2) If after 60 days from the date of enactment of this Act
seven or more members of the Commission have been appointed,
those members who have been appointed may meet and select
a Chairman who thereafter shall have authority to begin the oper-
ations of the Commission, including the hiring of staff.
SEC. 905. FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION.
The functions of the Commission shall be—
(1) to conduct, for a period of 2 years from the date of
its first meeting, an investigation into all matters in any way
related to any legislation, executive order, regulation, practice,
or procedure relating to classified information or granting secu-
rity clearances; and
(2) to submit to the Congress a final report containing
such recommendations concerning the classification of national
security information and the granting of security clearances
as the Commission shall determine, including proposing new
procedures, rules, regulations, or legislation.
SEC. 906. POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) The Commission or, on the authorization
of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, may,
for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title—
(A) hold such hearings and sit and act at such times
and places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, admin-
ister such oaths, and
(B) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and
testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books,
records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, and documents,
as the Commission or such designated subcommittee or designated
member may deem advisable.
(2) Subpoenas issued under paragraph (1)(B) may be issued
under the signature of the Chairman of the Commission, the chair-
man of any designated subcommittee, or any designated member,
and may be served by any person designated by such Chairman,
subcommittee chairman, or member. The provisions of sections 102
through 104 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C.
192–194) shall apply in the case of any failure of any witness
to comply with any subpoena or to testify when summoned under
authority of this section.
(b) CONTRACTING.—The Commission may, to such extent and
in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, enter into
contracts to enable the Commission to discharge its duties under
this title.
(c) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The Commission
is authorized to secure directly from any executive department,
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bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establish-
ment, or instrumentality of the Government information, sugges-
tions, estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this title. Each
such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office,
establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the extent authorized
by law, furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statis-
tics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the
Chairman.
(d) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—(1) The Secretary
of State is authorized on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis
to provide the Commission with administrative services, funds,
facilities, staff, and other support services for the performance
of the Commission’s functions.
(2) The Administrator of General Services shall provide to
the Commission on a reimbursable basis such administrative sup-
port services as the Commission may request.
(3) In addition to the assistance set forth in paragraphs (1)
and (2), departments and agencies of the United States are author-
ized to provide to the Commission such services, funds, facilities,
staff, and other support services as they may deem 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. 907. STAFF OF THE COMMISSION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chairman, in accordance with rules
agreed upon by the Commission, may appoint and fix the compensa-
tion of a staff director 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 appoint-
ments in the competitive service, and without regard to the provi-
sions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such 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 to a person occupying a position at
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5,
United States Code. Any Federal Government employee may be
detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from the
Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights, status, and
privileges of his or her regular employment without interruption.
(b) CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The Commission is authorized 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 person occupying a position at level
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United
States Code.
SEC. 908. COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.
(a) COMPENSATION.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2),
each member of the Commission may be compensated at not to
exceed the daily equivalent 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.
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(2) Members of the Commission who are officers or employees
of the United States or Members of Congress shall receive no
additional pay on account of their service on the Commission.
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from their homes or regular
places of business in the performance of services for the Commis-
sion, members of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner
as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are
allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5, United States
Code.
SEC. 909. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS AND
STAFF.
The appropriate executive departments and agencies shall
cooperate with the Commission in expeditiously providing to the
Commission members and staff appropriate security clearances in
a manner consistent with existing procedures and requirements,
except that no person shall be provided with access to classified
information pursuant to this section who would not otherwise qual-
ify for such security clearance.
SEC. 910. FINAL REPORT OF COMMISSION; TERMINATION.
(a) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than two years after the date
of the first meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall submit
to the Congress its final report, as described in section 905(2).
(b) TERMINATION.—(1) The Commission, and all the authorities
of this title, shall terminate on the date which is 60 days after
the date on which a final report is required to be transmitted
under subsection (a).
(2) The Commission may use the 60-day period referred to
in paragraph (1) for the purpose of concluding its activities, includ-
ing providing testimony to committees of Congress concerning its
final report and disseminating that report.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.