(f) RATES OF PAY.—Members shall serve without 
pay. 
(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the Com-
mission shall be reimbursed for travel and per diem in lieu 
of subsistence expenses during the performance of duties 
of the Commission while away from home or his or her 
regular place of business, in accordance with applicable 
provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(h) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the 
Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number 
may hold hearings. 
(i) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of the Commis-
sion shall be elected by a majority vote of the members 
of the Commission. 
SEC. 5. DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION. 
(a) DIRECTOR.—The Commission may appoint an ex-
ecutive director. The executive director may be paid at a 
rate not to exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for GS– 
15 of the General Schedule. 
(b) STAFF.—The Commission may appoint and fix 
the pay of additional personnel as it considers appropriate 
except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay 
in excess of the maximum rate of basic pay for GS–13 
of the General Schedule. 
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(c) APPLICABILITY
OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE 
LAWS.—The executive director and staff of the Commis-
sion may be appointed without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in 
the competitive service, and may be paid without regard 
to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap-
ter 53 of such title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates, except as provided in subsections (a) 
and (b). 
(d) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Upon re-
quest of the Commission, the Secretary of the Interior or 
the Archivist of the United States may detail, on a reim-
bursable basis, any of the personnel of that department 
or agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out 
its duties under this Act. 
(e) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission 
may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 
maximum annual rate of basic pay for GS–14 of the Gen-
eral Schedule. 
(f) VOLUNTEER AND UNCOMPENSATED SERVICES.— 
Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States 
Code, the Commission may accept and use voluntary and 
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uncompensated services as the Commission determines 
necessary. 
SEC. 6. POWERS OF COMMISSION. 
(a) HEARINGS.—The Commission may, for the pur-
pose of carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act 
at times and places, take testimony, and receive evidence 
as the Commission considers appropriate. 
(b) MAILS.—The Commission may use the United 
States mails in the same manner and under the same con-
ditions as other departments and agencies of the United 
States. 
(c) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commission 
may secure directly from any department or agency of the 
United States information necessary to enable it to carry 
out its duties under this Act. Upon request of the chair-
person of the Commission, the head of that department 
or agency shall furnish that information to the Commis-
sion. 
(d) GIFTS, BEQUESTS, DEVISES.—The Commission 
may solicit, accept, use, and dispose of gifts, bequests, or 
devises of money, services, or property, both real and per-
sonal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating its work. 
(e) AVAILABLE SPACE.—Upon the request of the 
Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall 
make available nationwide to the Commission, at a normal 
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rental rate for Federal agencies, such assistance and facili-
ties as may be necessary for the Commission to carry out 
its duties under this Act. 
(f) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—To the extent or in the 
amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the 
Commission may enter into contracts with and com-
pensate government and private agencies or persons to en-
able the Commission to discharge its duties under this 
Act, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Stat-
utes (41 U.S.C. 5). 
SEC. 7. REPORTS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Commission shall sub-
mit to the President and the Congress annual reports on 
the revenue and expenditures of the Commission, includ-
ing a list of each gift, bequest, or devise to the Commission 
with a value of more than $250, together with the identity 
of the donor of each gift, bequest, or devise. 
(b) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Commission may sub-
mit to the President and Congress interim reports as the 
Commission considers appropriate. 
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than April 30, 2011, 
the Commission shall submit a final report to the Presi-
dent and the Congress containing— 
(1) a summary of the activities of the Commis-
sion; 
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(2) a final accounting of funds received and ex-
pended by the Commission; and 
(3) the findings, conclusions, and final rec-
ommendations of the Commission. 
SEC. 8. TERMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission may terminate 
on such date as the Commission may determine after it 
submits its final report pursuant to section 7(c), but not 
later than May 30, 2011. 
(b) FACA NONAPPLICABILITY.—Section 14(b) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2) shall 
not apply to the Commission. 
SEC. 9. ANNUAL AUDIT. 
For any fiscal year for which the Commission receives 
an appropriation of funds, the Inspector General of the 
Department of the Interior shall perform an audit of the 
Commission, shall make the results of the audit available 
to the public, and shall transmit such results to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
Æ 
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