enue Code of 1986 and shall make recommendations to 
the Secretary of the Treasury regarding which products 
should be designated for purposes of such section and the 
applicable percentage and eligible period which should be 
determined with respect to each such product. The com-
mission shall make such recommendations to the Sec-
retary of the Treasury not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 
composed of 10 members who shall be appointed by 
the Secretary of the Treasury or his designee not 
later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act. 
(2) SELECTION.—In determining who to ap-
point to the Commission, the Secretary of Treasury 
shall consider a geographically diverse group of indi-
viduals with experience in the areas of— 
(A) managing manufacturing companies, 
including businesses with fewer than 100 em-
ployees, 
(B) conducting manufacturing-related re-
search and development, 
(C) commercialization of scientific innova-
tion, 
(D) managing supply chain providers, 
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(E) finance, and 
(F) analyzing manufacturing policy and 
economic competitiveness. 
(3) POLITICAL AFFILIATION.—Not more than 5 
members may be of the same political party. 
(4) TERMS.—Each member shall be appointed 
for the life of the Commission. 
(5) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission 
shall be filled in the manner in which the original 
appointment was made. 
(6) PAY OF MEMBERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Members shall each be 
entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the 
maximum annual rate of basic pay for grade 
GS–11 of the General Schedule for each day 
(including travel time) during which they are 
engaged in the actual performance of duties 
vested in the Commission. 
(B) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each member 
shall receive travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli-
cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code. 
(7) PREVENTION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 
AND NEPOTISM.— 
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(A) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall not appoint any individual to be 
a member of the Commission unless such indi-
vidual has first signed an agreement with the 
Secretary to prevent conflicts of interest and 
nepotism. Such agreement shall include a re-
quirement that the individual comply with the 
provisions of subparagraph (B) and shall in-
clude such penalties for failure to so comply as 
the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—A member of the 
Commission shall not, during the 5-year period 
beginning on the effective date of the domestic 
manufacturing consumer credit (described in 
section 2(d)), hold, directly or indirectly, any 
interest in any person associated with any des-
ignated product, any component of any des-
ignated product, or any equipment to manufac-
ture any such product or component. An inter-
est held in any fund held by such member shall 
be taken into account under the preceding sen-
tence unless such fund is a broad-based index 
fund. Any interest held by such member prior 
to the beginning of such 5-year period which is 
not (consistent with the requirements of this 
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subparagraph) permitted to be held during such 
period, shall be disposed of prior to such period. 
(d) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of the Com-
mission shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury (or his designee) at the time of appointment. 
(e) STAFF.—Any staff of the Commission shall be ap-
pointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, 
and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title 
relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates. 
(f) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Commission shall terminate 30 days 
after making recommendations to the Secretary of 
the Treasury described in subsection (b). 
(2) EXTENSION.—At the request of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury or his designee, the Commis-
sion shall continue in existence for such period as 
the Secretary may request but not later than 1 year 
after making such recommendations. 
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