(4) No current Member of Congress, employee of the
Executive branch, or current or former registered lobbyist
may serve on the Commission.
(d) TERMS.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), each member of the Commission shall serve until No-
vember 1st of the calendar year in which the member is
appointed.
(2) The Chairman of the Commission shall serve until
the confirmation of a successor.
(e) MEETINGS.—(1) Each meeting of the Commis-
sion, other than meetings in which classified information
is to be discussed, shall be open to the public.
(2) All the proceedings, information, and delibera-
tions of the Commission shall be open, upon request, to
the Chairman and the ranking minority member of the
Budget and Appropriations Committees of each House.
(f) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission shall
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(g) PAY
AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.—(1)(A) Each
member, other than the Chairman, shall be paid at a rate
not to exceed to the daily equivalent of the minimum an-
nual rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code, for each day (including travel time) during vested
in the Commission.
(B) The Chairman shall be paid for each day referred
to in subparagraph (A) at a rate not to exceed to the daily
equivalent of the minimum annual rate of basic pay pay-
able for level III of the Executive Schedule under section
5314 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) Members shall receive travel expenses, including
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections
5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
(h) DIRECTOR
OF STAFF.—(1) The Commission
shall, without regard to section 5311(b) of title 5, United
States Code, appoint a Director who has not been em-
ployed by the Federal Government during the 1-year pe-
riod preceding the date of such appointment and who is
not a former Member of Congress or registered lobbyist.
(2) The Director shall be paid at a rate not to exceed
the rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States
Code.
(i) STAFF.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3),
the Director, with the approval of the Commission, may
appoint and fix pay of additional personnel.
(2) The Director may take such appointments with-
out regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
governing appointment in the competitive service, and any
personnel so appointed may be paid without regard to the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of that title relating to classification and General Schedule
pay rates, except that an individual so appointed may not
receive pay in excess of the annual rate of basic pay pay-
able for GS–18 of the General Schedule.
(3) Not more than one-third of the personnel em-
ployed by or detailed to the Commission may be on detail
from any Government agency.
(4) Upon request of the Director, the head of any
Federal department or agency may detail any of the per-
sonnel of that department or agency to the Commission
to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under
this Act.
(5) The Comptroller General of the United States
shall provide assistance, including the detailing of employ-
ees, to the Commission in accordance with an agreement
entered into with the Commission.
(j) OTHER AUTHORITY.—(1) The Commission may
procure by contract, to the extent funds are available, the
temporary or intermittent services of experts or consult-
ants pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code.
(2) The Commission may lease space and acquire per-
sonal property to the extent funds are available.