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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Federal Lands Management 
Demonstration Project''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS; PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 
        U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) established new and expanded units of the 
        National Park System and the National Wildlife System in many 
        areas of Alaska. The purposes of these conservation system 
        units were, among other purposes, to protect habitat for fish 
        and wildlife, to conserve fish and wildlife populations in 
        their natural state, to provide continued opportunity for 
        subsistence uses by local residents, and to protect 
        archaeological sites associated with Native cultures.
            (2) Many rural Alaskan communities are in close proximity 
        to conservation system lands, and the purposes of these units 
        are uniquely relevant to the culture and ways of Native 
        Alaskans and other residents of rural Alaskan communities. 
        Congress recognized this close relationship in sections 1306, 
        1307 and 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
        Conservation Act, which directed the Secretary of Interior to 
        establish programs whereby Native lands were given preference 
        for the siting of conservation service unit facilities, Native 
        corporations and local residents were given preference for the 
        provision of visitor services, and local residents were given 
        preferences for employment. Despite these provisions, little 
        progress has been made in increasing related employment 
        opportunities for Native Alaskan and other local residents.
            (3) In much of rural Alaska, Indian tribes and tribal 
        organizations have a long history of contracting to operate 
        Federal programs and provide Federal services to resident 
        Alaskan Natives and have demonstrated the capacity to provide 
        other kinds of Federal programs and services.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this demonstration project are to 
design innovative management strategies that will lead to greater 
efficiency in conservation system unit management, expand Native 
contracting opportunities, increase local employment, and further the 
unique purposes of these units as they relate to subsistence practices, 
Alaska Native cultures, and the preservation of fish and wildlife 
habitat and populations.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall, for a period not to exceed 5 
years following the date of the enactment of this Act, conduct an 
Alaska Federal Lands Management Demonstration Project.

SEC. 4. ALASKA FEDERAL LANDS MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) Participation.--The Secretary shall select, upon request and in 
a manner to achieve geographic representation, not less than 6 eligible 
Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations per year to participate in 
the Demonstration Project in fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the 
Demonstration Project, each Indian tribe or tribal organization shall--
            (1) request participation by resolution or other official 
        action of the governing body of the tribal organization;
            (2) demonstrate financial and management stability and 
        capability;
            (3) demonstrate significant use of or dependency upon the 
        relevant conservation system unit or other public land unit for 
        which programs, functions, services, and activities are 
        requested to be placed under contract;
            (4) where the Secretary receives a request to contract 
        specific conservation system unit programs, services, 
        functions, and activities, or portions thereof, from more than 
        1 Indian tribe or tribal organization meeting the criteria set 
        forth in paragraphs (1) through (3), the Secretary shall apply 
        the priority selection criteria applied by the Juneau Area 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs for contracting pursuant to the Indian 
        Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. If, after 
        applying such criteria, there remains more than one eligible 
        participant and such participants have overlapping requests to 
        negotiate and contract for the same programs, services, 
        functions, and activities, or portions thereof, the Secretary 
        may require such Indian tribes or organizations to agree which 
        entity shall have the ability to contract, or to submit a joint 
        request prior to entering into negotiations.
    (c) Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--Upon request, the Secretary shall 
        negotiate and enter into a contract with each participating 
        Indian tribe or tribal organization to plan, conduct and 
        administer requested programs, services, functions and 
        activities, or portions thereof, related to the administration 
        of a conservation system unit or other public land unit that is 
        substantially located within the geographic region of the 
        respective Indian tribe or tribal organization.
            (2) Technical support.--Contracts authorized by this Act 
        shall include, at the request of the Indian tribe or tribal 
        organization, the operation and support of the regional 
advisory councils, biological research, harvest monitoring, and other 
technical research related to conservation and allocation actions by 
the regional councils, and such other programs, functions, services, 
and activities reasonably necessary to carry out title VIII of the 
Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act.
            (3) Time limitation for negotiation of contracts.--Not 
        later than 90 days after selection by the Secretary of 
        participating Indian tribes or tribal organizations, the 
        Secretary shall initiate and conclude negotiations, unless an 
        alternative negotiation and implementation schedule is 
        otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. The declination 
        and appeals provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act, including section 110 of such Act, 
        shall apply to contracts and agreements requested and 
        negotiated under this Act.
    (d) Contract Administration.--
            (1) Inclusion of certain terms.--At the request of the 
        contracting Indian tribe or tribal organization, the benefits, 
        privileges, terms, and conditions of agreements entered into 
        pursuant to titles I and IV of the Indian Self-Determination 
        and Education Assistance Act shall be available for inclusion 
        in a contract entered into under this Act. If any provisions of 
        the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act are 
        incorporated they shall have the same force and effect as if 
        set out in full in this Act and shall apply notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law. The parties may include such other 
        terms and conditions as are mutually agreed to and not 
        otherwise contrary to law.
            (2) Audit.--Contracts entered into under this Act shall 
        provide for a single-agency audit report to be filed as 
        required by chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code.
            (3) Transfer of employees.--Any career Federal employee 
        employed at the time of the transfer of an operation or program 
        to an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall not be 
        separated from Federal service by such transfer. 
        Intergovernmental Personnel Actions may be used to transfer 
        supervision of such employees to the contracting Indian tribe 
        or tribal organization. Such transferred employees shall be 
        given priority placement for any available position within 
        their respective agency, notwithstanding any priority 
        reemployment lists, directives, rules, regulations or other 
        orders from the Department of the Interior, the Office of 
        Management and Budget, or other Federal agencies.
    (e) Available Funding; Payment.--Under the terms of a contract 
negotiated pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide each 
Indian tribe or tribal organization funds in an amount not less than 
the Secretary would have otherwise provided for the operation of the 
requested programs, services, functions, and activities. Contracts 
entered into under this Act shall provide for advance payments to the 
tribal organizations in the form of annual or semiannual installments.
    (f) Timing.--Indian tribes and tribal organizations selected to 
participate shall be entitled to begin implementation of any requested 
contracts no later than the first fiscal year following the year in 
which the Indian tribe or tribal organization is selected for 
participation, unless the Indian tribe or tribal organization and the 
Secretary, by mutual agreement, shall agree to an alternate 
implementation schedule.
    (g) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the close of fiscal years 
2000 and 2001 and the end of this Demonstration Project, the Secretary 
shall present to the Congress detailed reports, including a narrative, 
findings, and conclusions on the costs and benefits of the 
Demonstration Project. The reports shall identify remaining 
institutional and legal barriers to the contracting of conservation 
system unit management to Alaska Native entities and shall contain 
suggestions for improving, continuing, and expanding the Demonstration 
Project. The reports shall be authored jointly with, and shall include 
the separate views of, all participating Alaska Native tribes and 
tribal organizations.
    (h) Limitations.--
            (1) Revenue producing visitor services.--Contracts 
        authorized under this Act shall not include revenue producing 
        visitor services unless an agreement is reached with the most 
        directly affected Alaskan Native corporations to allow such 
        services to be included in the contract. Such contracts shall 
        not otherwise repeal, alter, or otherwise modify the any other 
        existing provision of sections 1307 and 1308 of the Alaska 
        National Interests Lands Conservation Act.
            (2) Denali national park.--The Denali National Park shall 
        not be subject to any of the provisions of this Act.
    (i) Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Upon application, the Secretary shall 
        award a planning grant in the amount of $100,000 to any 
        participating Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization to 
plan for the contracting of programs, functions, services, and 
activities authorized under this Act.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated $600,000 in each of the 2 fiscal years 
        immediately following the date of the enactment of this Act to 
        fund planning grants authorized under this subsection.

SEC. 5. ANILCA SECTION 1307 AND 1308 IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS REPORT.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives a 
report detailing the progress that the Department of the Interior has 
made in the implementation of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 
of the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act. The report 
shall--
            (1) include a detailed action plan on the future 
        implementation of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 of 
        that Act;
            (2) describe in detail the measures and actions that will 
        be taken to implement such sections, along with a description 
        of the anticipated results to be achieved during the 3 fiscal 
        years following the submission of the report;
            (3) address any laws, rules, regulations, and policies 
        which limit or deter the goal of Alaska Native hiring or 
        contracting to perform and conduct activities and programs of 
        Department agencies and bureaus other than those currently 
        available through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    (b) Funding.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
completed within existing appropriations.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.--

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) Conservation system unit.--The term ``conservation 
        system unit'' shall have the meaning given that term in section 
        102(4) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' shall have the 
        meaning given that term in subsection 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) Tribal organization.--The term ``tribal organization'' 
        shall have the meaning given that term in subsection 4(l) of 
        the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
[EX A]: Requires the Secretary to: (1) select not less than six eligible Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations per year to participate in the Project in FY 2000 and 2001; and (2) negotiate and enter into a contract with each participant to plan, conduct, and administer requested programs and services related to the administration of a conservation system unit or other public land unit substantially located within the respective Indian tribe's or tribal organization's geographic region.
Requires contracts to include, at the participant's request, the operation and support of the regional advisory councils, biological research, harvest monitoring, and other technical research related to conservation and allocation actions by the regional councils and such other programs and services reasonably necessary to carry out title VIII of the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). Makes available the benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of agreements entered into pursuant to titles I and IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act for inclusion in the contract, at the request of the contracting tribe or tribal organization.
Prohibits the separation of any career Federal employee employed at the time of the transfer of an operation or program from Federal service to a tribe or tribal organization. Directs the Secretary to provide each tribe or tribal organization funds that would have otherwise been provided for the operation of the requested programs and services.
Specifies that contracts shall not include revenue producing visitor services unless an agreement is reached with the most directly affected Alaska Native corporations.
Exempts Denali National Park from the provisions of this Act.
Requires the Secretary, upon application, to award a planning grant to any participating Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization to plan for the contracting of programs and services authorized under this Act.
Authorizes appropriations.
Requires transmittal by the Secretary to the appropriate congressional committees of a report on the progress that the Department of the Interior has made in the implementation of ANILCA provisions concerning: (1) the continuation of existing visitor services in areas established as or added to a conservation system unit; and (2) establishment of a program for hiring individuals who, by reason of having lived or worked in or near public lands, have special knowledge or expertise concerning the natural or cultural resources of public lands, without regard to certain civil service training requirements, employment preferences, or numerical limitations.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS.

    Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

               ``PART L--PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS

``SEC. 10999A. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This part may be cited as the `Physical Education for Progress 
Act'.

``SEC. 10999B. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this part is to award grants and contracts to 
local educational agencies to enable the local educational agencies to 
initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs for all 
kindergarten through 12th grade students.

``SEC. 10999C. FINDINGS.

    ``Congress makes the following findings:
            ``(1) Physical education is essential to the development of 
        growing children.
            ``(2) Physical education helps improve the overall health 
        of children by improving their cardiovascular endurance, 
        muscular strength and power, and flexibility, and by enhancing 
        weight regulation, bone development, posture, skillful moving, 
        active lifestyle habits, and constructive use of leisure time.
            ``(3) Physical education helps improve the self esteem, 
        interpersonal relationships, responsible behavior, and 
        independence of children.
            ``(4) Children who participate in high quality daily 
        physical education programs tend to be more healthy and 
        physically fit.
            ``(5) The percentage of young people who are overweight has 
        more than doubled in the 30 years preceding 1999.
            ``(6) Low levels of activity contribute to the high 
        prevalence of obesity among children in the United States.
            ``(7) Obesity related diseases cost the United States 
        economy more than $100,000,000,000 every year.
            ``(8) Inactivity and poor diet cause at least 300,000 
        deaths a year in the United States.
            ``(9) Physically fit adults have significantly reduced risk 
        factors for heart attacks and stroke.
            ``(10) Children are not as active as they should be and 
        fewer than 1 in 4 children get 20 minutes of vigorous activity 
        every day of the week.
            ``(11) The Surgeon General's 1996 Report on Physical 
        Activity and Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention, recommend daily physical education for all students 
        in kindergarten through grade 12.
            ``(12) Twelve years after Congress passed House Concurrent 
        Resolution 97, 100th Congress, agreed to December 11, 1987, 
        encouraging State and local governments and local educational 
        agencies to provide high quality daily physical education 
        programs for all children in kindergarten through grade 12, 
        little progress has been made.
            ``(13) Every student in our Nation's schools, from 
        kindergarten through grade 12, should have the opportunity to 
        participate in quality physical education. It is the unique 
        role of quality physical education programs to develop the 
        health-related fitness, physical competence, and cognitive 
        understanding about physical activity for all students so that 
        the students can adopt healthy and physically active 
        lifestyles.
            ``(14) Every student in our Nation's schools should have 
        the opportunity to achieve the goals established by Healthy 
        People 2000 and Healthy People 2010.

``SEC. 10999D. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``The Secretary is authorized to award grants to, and enter into 
contracts with, local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of 
the costs of initiating, expanding, and improving physical education 
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 students by--
            ``(1) providing equipment and support to enable students to 
        actively participate in physical education activities;
            ``(2) developing or enhancing physical education curricula 
        to meet national goals for physical education developed by the 
        Secretary in consultation with the National Association for 
        Sport and Physical Education; and
            ``(3) providing funds for staff and teacher training and 
        education.

``SEC. 10999E. APPLICATIONS; PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) Applications.--Each local educational agency desiring a grant 
or contract under this part shall submit to the Secretary an 
application that contains a plan to initiate, expand, or improve 
physical education programs in the schools served by the agency in 
order to make progress toward meeting--
            ``(1) the goals described in subsection (b); or
            ``(2) State standards for physical education.
    ``(b) Goals.--The goals referred to in subsection (a) are as 
follows:
            ``(1) Physical education programs shall facilitate 
        achievement of the national goals for physical education 
        described in section 10999D(2), and the curriculum of the 
        programs may provide--
                    ``(A) fitness education and assessment to help 
                children understand, improve, or maintain their 
                physical well-being;
                    ``(B) instruction in a variety of motor skills and 
                physical activities designed to enhance the physical, 
                mental, and social or emotional development of every 
                child;
                    ``(C) development of cognitive concepts about motor 
                skill and physical fitness that support a lifelong 
                healthy lifestyle;
                    ``(D) opportunities to develop positive social and 
                cooperative skills through physical activity 
                participation; and
                    ``(E) instruction in healthy eating habits and good 
                nutrition.
            ``(2) Teachers of physical education shall be afforded the 
        opportunity for professional development to stay abreast of the 
        latest research, issues, and trends in the field of physical 
        education.
    ``(c) Special Rule.--For the purpose of this part, extracurricular 
activities such as team sports and Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
(ROTC) program activities shall not be considered as part of the 
curriculum of a physical education program assisted under this part.

``SEC. 10999F. PROPORTIONALITY.

    ``The Secretary shall ensure that grants awarded and contracts 
entered into under this part shall be equitably distributed between 
local educational agencies serving urban and rural areas, and between 
local educational agencies serving large and small numbers of students.

``SEC. 10999G. PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS.

    ``An application for funds under this part, consistent with the 
number of home-schooled children or children enrolled in private 
elementary schools, middle schools, and secondary schools located in 
the school district of a local educational agency, may provide for the 
participation of such children and their teachers in the activities 
assisted under this part.

``SEC. 10999H. REPORT REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED FUNDING.

    ``As a condition to continue to receive grant or contract funding 
after the first year of a multiyear grant or contract under this part, 
the administrator of the grant or contract for the local educational 
agency shall submit to the Secretary an annual report that describes 
the activities conducted during the preceding year and demonstrates 
that progress has been made toward achieving goals described in section 
10999E(b) or meeting State standards for physical education.

``SEC. 10999I. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    ``The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress not later than 
June 1, 2003, that describes the programs assisted under this part, 
documents the success of such programs in improving physical fitness, 
and makes such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate 
for the continuation and improvement of the programs assisted under 
this part.

``SEC. 10999J. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

    ``Not more than 5 percent of the grant or contract funds made 
available to a local educational agency under this part for any fiscal 
year may be used for administrative costs.

``SEC. 10999K. FEDERAL SHARE; SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

    ``(a) Federal Share.--The Federal share under this part may not 
exceed--
            ``(1) 90 percent of the total cost of a project for the 
        first year for which the project receives assistance under this 
        part; and
            ``(2) 75 percent of such cost for the second and each 
        subsequent such year.
    ``(b) Supplement not Supplant.--Funds made available under this 
part shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, 
and local funds available for physical education activities.

``SEC. 10999L. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2000, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $100,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2002 through 2004, to carry out this part. Such 
funds shall remain available until expended.''.
[EX A]: Requires such grants and contracts to be used for: (1) providing equipment and support to enable students to actively participate in physical education activities; (2) developing or enhancing physical education curricula to meet national goals developed by the Secretary; and (3) providing funds for staff and teacher training and education.
Requires LEA assistance applications for such assistance to contain plans for helping school physical education programs make progress toward meeting State standards for physical education or specified goals. Prohibits extracurricular activities such as team sports and Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program activities from consideration as part of the curriculum of a physical education program assisted under this Act.
Authorizes appropriations.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.

    There is established in the legislative branch the Independent 
Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti (in this 
Act referred to as the ``Commission'').

SEC. 2. DUTIES.

    (a) Duties.--The Commission shall examine and evaluate the role of 
the United States Government in the February 2004 coup d'etat in the 
Republic of Haiti. In carrying out the preceding sentence, the 
Commission shall examine and evaluate the following:
            (1) The extent to which the United States Government 
        impeded the democratic process in Haiti, including the extent 
        to which actions and policies of the United States Government 
        contributed to the overthrow of the democratically-elected 
        Government of Haiti.
            (2) The circumstances under which Haitian President Jean-
        Bertrand Aristide resigned his office and went into exile in 
        the Central African Republic, including the role of the United 
        States Government in such resignation and exile.
            (3) In the events leading up to the coup d'etat, the extent 
        to which the United States Government fulfilled its obligations 
        under article 17 of the Organization of American States (OAS) 
        Inter-American Democratic Charter requiring that each OAS 
        member country come to the aid of another OAS government under 
        attack.
            (4) The extent to which the United States Government 
        impeded efforts by the international community, particularly 
        efforts by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, to prevent 
        the overthrow of the democratically-elected Government of 
        Haiti.
            (5) The role of the United States Government in influencing 
        decisions regarding Haiti at the United Nations Security 
        Council and in discussions between Haiti and other countries 
        that were willing to assist in the preservation of the 
        democratically-elected Government of Haiti by sending security 
        forces to Haiti.
            (6) The extent to which United States assistance was 
        provided or United States personnel were used to support, 
        directly or indirectly, the forces opposed to the government of 
        President Aristide, including the extent to which United States 
        bilateral assistance was channeled through nongovernmental 
        organizations that were directly or indirectly associated with 
        political groups actively involved in fomenting hostilities or 
        violence toward the government of President Aristide.
            (7) The involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency, 
        directly or indirectly, in operations that contributed to the 
        overthrow of the democratically-elected Government of Haiti.
            (8) The impact of the International Republican Institute, 
        the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 
        and other organizations funded by the United States Agency for 
        International Development on the political process in Haiti.
            (9) The political and economic impact on Haiti of the 
        decision by the United States Government to discontinue all 
        United States bilateral assistance to Haiti and United States 
        efforts to block loans and support for Haiti from international 
        financial institutions.
            (10) The broader implications for Haiti and the Caribbean 
        region of the events culminating in the coup d'etat.
    (b) Scope of Duties.--In carrying out the duties described in 
subsection (a), the Commission may examine the actions and 
representations of the current Administration as well as prior 
Administrations.

SEC. 3. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Members.--The Commission shall be composed of 10 members, of 
whom--
            (1) 3 members shall be appointed by the majority leader of 
        the Senate;
            (2) 2 members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the 
        House of Representatives;
            (3) 2 members shall be appointed by the minority leader of 
        the Senate; and
            (4) 3 members shall be appointed by the minority leader of 
        the House of Representatives.
    (b) Qualification Requirement; Deadline for Appointment; 
Meetings.--
            (1) Nongovernmental appointees.--An individual appointed to 
        the Commission may not be an officer or employee of the Federal 
        Government or any State or local government.
            (2) Deadline for appointment.--All members of the 
        Commission shall be appointed not later than 45 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
        Chairperson or a majority of its members.
    (c) Chairperson; Vice Chairperson.--The Chairperson and Vice 
Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected by the members of the 
Commission.
    (d) Quorum; Vacancies.--6 members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its 
powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original 
appointment was made.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Sessions.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall, for the purpose of 
        carrying out this Act, hold public hearings and meetings to the 
        extent appropriate, sit and act at times and places, take 
        testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers 
        appropriate.
            (2) Additional requirements.--
                    (A) Public hearings.--Any public hearings of the 
                Commission shall be conducted in a manner consistent 
                with the protection of information provided to or 
                developed for or by the Commission as required by any 
                applicable statute, regulation, or Executive order.
                    (B) Public versions of reports.--The Commission 
                shall release public versions of the reports required 
                under section 8.
    (b) Subpoena Power.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission may issue a subpoena to 
        require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the 
        production of evidence relating to any matter under 
        investigation by the Commission.
            (2) Failure to obey an order or subpoena.--If a person 
        refuses to obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1), the 
        Commission may apply to a United States district court for an 
        order requiring that person to appear before the Commission to 
        give testimony, produce evidence, or both, relating to the 
        matter under investigation. The application may be made within 
        the judicial district where the hearing is conducted or where 
        that person is found, resides, or transacts business. Any 
        failure to obey the order of the court may be punished by the 
        court as civil contempt.
            (3) Service of subpoenas.--The subpoenas of the Commission 
        shall be served in the manner provided for subpoenas issued by 
        a United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil 
        Procedure for the United States district courts.
    (c) Contract Authority.--The Commission may, to such extent and in 
such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts, enter into 
contracts to enable the Commission to discharge its duties of this Act.
    (d) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Commission may secure 
directly from any Federal department or agency information necessary to 
enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the Chairperson of the 
Commission, the head of that department or agency shall provide that 
information to the Commission.
    (e) Assistance From Federal Agencies.--
            (1) General services administration.--The Administrator of 
        General Services shall provide to the Commission on a 
        reimbursable basis administrative support and other services 
        for the performance of the Commission's duties.
            (2) Other departments and agencies.--In addition to the 
        assistance described in paragraph (1), departments and agencies 
        of the United States may provide to the Commission such 
        services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support services 
        as they may determine advisable and as may be authorized by 
        law.
    (f) Gifts.--The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or 
donations of services or property.
    (g) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United States 
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as departments 
and agencies of the United States.

SEC. 5. STAFF OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Appointment and Compensation.--The Chairperson of the 
Commission, in consultation with the Vice Chairperson of the 
Commission, in accordance with rules agreed upon by the Commission, may 
appoint and fix the compensation of a staff director and such other 
personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
duties, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, and without 
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 
of such Act relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, 
except that no rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the 
equivalent of that payable for a position at level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to 
the Commission without reimbursement from the Commission, and such 
detailee shall retain the rights, status, and privileges of his or her 
regular employment without interruption.
    (c) Consultant Services.--The Commission is authorized to procure 
the services of experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily 
rate paid a person occupying a position at level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 6. COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL EXPENSES.

    (a) Compensation.--Each member of the Commission may be compensated 
at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 
basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each 
day during which that member is engaged in the actual performance of 
the duties of the Commission.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--While away from their homes or regular places 
of business in the performance of services for the Commission, members 
of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed 
intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under 
section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 7. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS AND STAFF.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the appropriate Federal 
agencies or departments shall cooperate with the Commission in 
expeditiously providing to the Commission members and staff appropriate 
security clearances to the extent possible pursuant to existing 
procedures and requirements.
    (b) Exception.--No person shall be provided with access to 
classified information under this Act without the appropriate required 
security clearance access.

SEC. 8. REPORTS OF COMMISSION; TERMINATION.

    (a) Interim Reports.--The Commission may submit to Congress and the 
President interim reports containing such findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a 
majority of Commission members.
    (b) Final Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress and the 
President a final report containing such findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a 
majority of Commission members.
    (c) Form of Report.--Each report prepared under this section shall 
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.

SEC. 9. TERMINATION.

    (a) In General.--The Commission, and all the authorities of this 
Act, shall terminate 60 days after the date on which the final report 
is submitted under section 8(b).
    (b) Administrative Activities Before Termination.--The Commission 
may use the 60-day period referred to in paragraph (1) for the purpose 
of concluding its activities, including providing testimony to 
committees of Congress concerning its reports and disseminating the 
final report.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this Act $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2006.
    (b) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are authorized to 
remain available until the date on which the Commission terminates 
pursuant to section 9(a).
[EX A]:
Establishes in the legislative branch the Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti.

Directs the Commission to examine, as specified, the United States' role in the February 2004 coup d'etat in the Republic of Haiti.

Terminates the Commission 60 days after submission of its final report to Congress and the President.