Sec. 13. Reports of the Commission; termination
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The Commission may submit to the President and Congress interim reports containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by a majority of Commission members. Not later than 18 months after the date of appointment of all members of the Commission, the Commission shall submit to the President and the relevant committees of Congress a final report containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures and reforms as have been agreed to by a majority of the members of the Commission.
It is the sense of Congress that the members of the Commission should make the utmost effort to produce a comprehensive, fact-based, evidentiary, nonpartisan, and actionable final report. The final report shall— simultaneously be made publicly available on an internet website; be written in plain language, to the extent deemed practicable by the Commission; and be made available in accessible formats and multiple languages, to the extent determined practicable by the Commission.
The Commission may use alternative mediums to communicate key findings from the final report to as many people of the United States as possible. The submission and publication of the final report, as described in subsection (b), may be delayed by 90 days upon the agreement of a majority of the members of the Commission. The Commission may make not more than 3 90-day extensions. The Commission shall notify the President, Congress, and the public of each such extension. The Commission, and all the authorities of this Act, shall terminate 120 days after the date on which the final report is submitted under subsection (b).
The Commission may use the 120-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. The Comptroller General of the United States shall monitor the implementation of any Commission recommendations included in the final report. One year after the final Commission report is submitted under subsection (b), and each year thereafter for the following 3 years, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report regarding the status of the Commission recommendations that— identifies each recommendation as open or closed; and provides a description of actions taken in response to each recommendation. Each report required under subparagraph
(A)shall not provide a critical assessment of the merit or value of any Commission recommendation included in the final Commission report.