(2) PAY.—The Director shall be paid at the 
rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(3) REPORTS.—The Director shall submit peri-
odic reports on administrative and personnel matters 
to the co-chairs of the Commission and the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives. 
(j) STAFF.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—Subject to para-
graphs (2) and (5), the Director, with the approval 
of the Commission, may appoint and fix the pay of 
additional personnel. 
(2) APPOINTMENTS.—The Director may make 
such appointments without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service, and any personnel 
so appointed may be paid without regard to the pro-
visions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of that title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates. 
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(3) LEGAL STAFF.—The Director shall appoint 
under paragraph (2) such professional legal staff as 
are necessary for the performance of the functions 
of the Commission. 
(4) DETAILEES.—Upon the request of the Di-
rector, the head of any Federal department or agen-
cy may detail any of the personnel of that depart-
ment or agency to the Commission to assist the 
Commission in accordance with an agreement en-
tered into with the Commission. 
(5) 
RESTRICTIONS
ON
PERSONNEL
AND 
DETAILEES.—The following restrictions shall apply 
to personnel and detailees of the Commission: 
(A) PERSONNEL.—No more than one-third 
of the personnel detailed to the Commission 
may be on detail from Federal agencies that 
deal directly or indirectly with the programs, 
laws, or subsidies the Commission intends to re-
view. 
(B) ANALYSTS.—No more than one-fifth of 
the professional analysts of the Commission 
may be persons detailed from a Federal agency 
that deals directly or indirectly with the pro-
grams, laws, or subsidies the Commission in-
tends to review. 
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(C) LEAD ANALYST.—No person detailed 
from a Federal agency to the Commission may 
be assigned as the lead professional analyst 
with respect to an entity or industry that is or 
might be affected by the programs, laws, or 
subsidies the Commission intends to review if 
the person has been involved in regulatory or 
policy-making decisions affecting any such enti-
ty or industry in the 12 months preceding such 
assignment. 
(D) DETAILEE.—A person may not be de-
tailed from a Federal agency to the Commission 
if, within 12 months before the detail is to 
begin, that person participated personally and 
substantially in any matter within that par-
ticular agency concerning the preparation of 
recommendations under this Act. 
(E) LIMITATION ON STAFF SIZE.— 
(i) RESTRICTION
ON
NUMBER
OF 
STAFF.—Subject to clause (ii), there may 
not be more than 25 persons (including 
any detailees) on the staff at any time. 
(ii) NOTIFICATION
OF
INCREASE.— 
The Commission may increase the number 
of its personnel in excess of the limitation 
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under clause (i) 15 days after submitting 
notification of such increase to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives. 
(F) PROHIBITION
OF
COMPENSATION.— 
Members of the staff of the Commission who 
are full-time officers or employees of the United 
States may not receive additional pay, allow-
ances, or benefits by reason of their service for 
the Commission. 
(6) ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall provide assist-
ance, including the detailing of employees, to 
the Commission in accordance with an agree-
ment entered into with the Commission. 
(B) 
CONSULTATION.—The 
Commission 
and the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall consult with the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives on the agreement referred to under 
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subparagraph (A) before entering into such 
agreement. 
(k) OTHER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Com-
mission may procure by contract the temporary or 
intermittent services of experts or consultants pursu-
ant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) LEASING.—The Commission may lease 
space and acquire personal property. 
(3) LIMITATION ON CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
The authority to enter into contracts under this sub-
section shall be available only to the extent or in the 
amounts provided in advance in appropriation Acts. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission such 
sums as are necessary to carry out its duties under this 
Act. 
(m) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall termi-
nate on January 1, 2013. 
SEC. 6. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO 
TERMINATE 
INEQUITABLE 
FEDERAL 
SUB-
SIDIES. 
(a) AGENCY PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Federal 
department or agency shall include in the documents 
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submitted in support of the budget of the agency for 
fiscal year 2012 a list identifying all programs and 
laws administered by that department or agency 
that the head of the department or agency deter-
mines provide inequitable Federal subsidies. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Such list shall include— 
(A) a detailed description of each program 
or law in question; 
(B) a statement identifying and detailing 
the extent to which each payment, benefit, serv-
ice, or tax advantage under such program or 
law is an inequitable Federal subsidy; 
(C) a statement summarizing the legisla-
tive history and purpose of such payment, ben-
efit, service, or tax advantage, and the laws or 
policies directly or indirectly giving rise to the 
need for such programs or law; and 
(D) a recommendation to the Commission 
regarding the termination, modification, or re-
tention of each inequitable Federal subsidy 
identified in the list. 
(b) REVIEW BY THE COMMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At any time after the sub-
mission of the budget documents to the Congress, 
the Commission shall conduct public hearings re-
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garding, and review, the termination, modification, 
or retention of all inequitable Federal subsidies pro-
vided by each Federal department or agency, includ-
ing the recommendations included in the lists re-
quired under subsection (a). 
(2) TESTIMONY UNDER OATH.—All testimony 
before the Commission at a public hearing conducted 
under this paragraph shall be presented under oath. 
(c) REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIS-
SION.— 
(1) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—No later than March 
31, 2012, the Commission shall submit a report 
to the Congress containing the Commission’s 
findings and recommendations for termination, 
modification, or retention of each of the inequi-
table Federal subsidies reviewed by the Com-
mission. 
(B) CONTENTS.—Such findings and rec-
ommendations shall specify— 
(i) all actions, circumstances, and con-
siderations relating to or bearing upon the 
recommendations; and 
(ii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the estimated effect of the rec-
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ommendations upon the policies, laws, and 
programs directly or indirectly affected by 
the recommendations. 
(C) SUPERMAJORITY REQUIREMENT.—The 
Commission may not include a recommendation 
in the report unless inclusion of the rec-
ommendation is approved by at least 6 mem-
bers of the Commission. 
(2) INFORMATION AND JUSTIFICATIONS.—The 
Commission shall include in its report information 
specifying— 
(A) the reasons and justifications for the 
recommendations of the Commission; 
(B) all actions, circumstances, and consid-
erations relating to or bearing upon the rec-
ommendations; 
(C) to the maximum extent practicable, the 
estimated economic impact of accepting its rec-
ommendations; 
(D) the amount of the projected savings 
and budgetary impact that would result from 
the acceptance of each of its recommendations; 
and 
(E) the specific changes in Federal stat-
utes necessary to implement the recommenda-
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tions, including citation of the relevant provi-
sions of existing law. 
(3) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—The report 
submitted to the Congress under this subsection 
shall be submitted to the Senate and the House of 
Representatives on the same day, and shall be deliv-
ered to the Secretary of the Senate if the Senate is 
not in session, and to the Clerk of the House of the 
Representatives if the House is not in session. 
(4) FEDERAL
REGISTER.—The report sub-
mitted under this subsection shall be published in 
the first issue of the Federal Register after such 
submission. 
(5) CHANGES
IN
AGENCY
OR
DEPARTMENT 
RECOMMENDATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the deadline 
in paragraph (1) and to subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) of this paragraph, in making its rec-
ommendations, the Commission may make 
changes in any of the recommendations made 
by a department or agency. 
(B) PUBLIC
HEARING
REQUIREMENT.— 
Subject to subparagraph (C), the Commission 
may make a change in the recommendations 
made by a department or agency only if the 
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Commission conducts a public hearing on the 
Commission’s proposed changes. 
(C) LIMITATION ON PUBLIC HEARING RE-
QUIREMENT.—Subparagraph (B) shall apply 
only to a change by the Commission in a de-
partment or agency recommendation that 
would— 
(i) add or delete a payment, benefit, 
service, or tax advantage to or from, re-
spectively, the list recommended for termi-
nation; 
(ii) add or delete a payment, benefit, 
service, or tax advantage to or from, re-
spectively, the list recommended for modi-
fication; or 
(iii) increase or decrease the extent of 
a recommendation to modify a payment, 
benefit, service, or tax advantage included 
in 
a 
department’s 
or 
agency’s 
rec-
ommendation. 
(6) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO MEMBERS 
OF CONGRESS.—After March 31, 2012, the Commis-
sion shall, upon request, promptly provide to any 
Member of Congress the information used by the 
Commission in making its recommendations. 
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(7) 
COMPTROLLER
GENERAL.—The 
Comp-
troller General shall— 
(A) assist the Commission, to the extent 
requested, in the Commission’s review and anal-
ysis of the lists, statements, and recommenda-
tions made by departments and agencies under 
subsection (a); and 
(B) no later than April 1, 2011, or 60 
days after the public release of the President’s 
budget documents for fiscal year 2012, which-
ever is earlier, submit to the Congress and to 
the Commission a report containing a detailed 
analysis of the list, statements, and rec-
ommendations of each department or agency. 
SEC. 7. CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON COMMISSION REC-
OMMENDATIONS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that, following submis-
sion of the report of the Corporate Subsidy Reform Com-
mission under section 6, the House of Representatives and 
the Senate should promptly consider legislation that would 
enact changes in Federal statutes necessary to implement 
the recommendations of the Commission. 
Æ 
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