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) LIMITATION ON STAFF SIZE.—(i) Sub-
ject to clause (ii), there may not be more than 
25 persons (including any detailees) on the 
staff at any time. 
(ii) The Commission may increase the 
member of its personnel in excess of the limita-
tion under clause (i), 15 days after submitting 
notification of such increase to the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
Committee on Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives. 
(G) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL OFFICER.—
No member of a Federal agency and no em-
ployee of a Federal agency may serve as a 
member of the Commission or as a paid mem-
ber of its staff.
(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. 
(j) OTHER AUTHORITY.—
(1) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Com-
mission may procure by contract, to the extent funds 
are available, the temporary or intermittent services 
of experts or consultants pursuant to section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code. 
(2) LEASING.—The Commission may lease 
space and acquire personal property to the extent 
that funds are available. 
(k) FUNDING.—
(1) COMMISSION.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Commission such funds as are 
necessary to carry out its duties under this Act. 
(2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—There are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States such funds as are nec-
essary to carry out the Comptroller General’s duties 
under subsection (i)(5) and section 6(b)(5). 
(l) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 
on January 1, 2006. 
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 2005 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 
(D) a recommendation to the Commission 
regarding the termination, modification, or re-
tention of each program 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 on the 
termination, modification, or retention of programs, 
including the recommendations included in the lists 
required 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.—