(e) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Commission shall 
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 
(f) PAY AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
(1) PAY.—Each member of the Commission, 
other than the co-chairs, shall be paid at a rate 
equal to the daily equivalent of the minimum annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, for each day (including travel time) during 
which the member is engaged in the actual perform-
ance of duties vested in the Commission. 
(2) CHAIRMEN.—The co-chairs shall be paid for 
each day referred to in paragraph (1) at a rate equal 
to the daily payment of the minimum annual rate of 
basic pay payable for level III of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(3) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Members of the Com-
mission shall receive travel expenses, including per 
diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sec-
tion 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code. 
(g) DIRECTOR OF STAFF.— 
(1) QUALIFICATIONS.—The co-chairs shall ap-
point as Director an individual who has not, during 
the 12 months preceding the date of such appoint-
ment, served in any of the entities or industries that 
the Commission intends to review. 
(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 Chair-
man and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Government Reform of the House of the 
Representatives. 
(h) STAFF.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—Subject to para-
graphs (2) and (4), 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. 
(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 Federal sub-
sidies the Commission intends to review. 
(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 Federal 
subsidies the Commission intends to review.
(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 the Com-
mission intends to review if the person has been 
involved in regulatory or policymaking decisions 
affecting any such entity 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) FEDERAL OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.— 
No officer or employee of a Federal agency 
may— 
(i) prepare any report concerning the 
effectiveness, fitness, or efficiency of the 
performance on the staff of the Commis-
sion of any person detailed from a Federal 
agency to that staff; 
(ii) review the preparation of such re-
port; or
(iii) approve or disapprove such a re-
port. 
(F) NUMBER OF STAFF.— 
(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 member 
of its personnel in excess of the limitation 
under clause (i), 15 days after submitting 
notification of such increase to the Com-
mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives. 
(G) 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 may 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 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives on the agreement re-
ferred to under subparagraph (A) before enter-
ing into such agreement. 
(i) 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. 
(j) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Commission $4,000,000 to carry out its du-
ties under this Act.
(k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
on January 1, 2008. 
SEC. 6. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO 
TERMINATE PROGRAMS. 
(a) AGENCY PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Federal 
department or agency shall include in the documents 
submitted in support of the budget of the agency for 
fiscal year 2007 a list identifying all programs ad-
ministered by that department or agency that the 
head of the department or agency determines no 
longer are necessary. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Such list shall include— 
(A) a detailed description of each program 
in question; 
(B) a statement identifying and detailing 
the extent to which each service or project of 
the program meets the provisions of section 4; 
(C) a statement summarizing the legisla-
tive history and purpose of such services or 
projects and the laws or policies directly or indi-
rectly giving rise to the need for such programs; 
and