Sec. 553. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MILITARY, NATIONAL, AND PUBLIC SERVICE

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## SEC. 553 NATIONAL COMMISSION ON MILITARY, NATIONAL, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ###

(a)Establishment There is established in the executive branch an independent commission to be known as the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (in this subtitle referred to as the “Commission”). The Commission shall be considered an independent establishment of the Federal Government as defined by section 104 of title 5, United States Code, and a temporary organization under section 3161 of such title. ###

(b)Membership ####

(1)Number and appointment The Commission shall be composed of 11 members appointed as follows: #####

(A)The President shall appoint three members. #####

(B)The Majority Leader of the Senate shall appoint one member. #####

(C)The Minority Leader of the Senate shall appoint one member. #####

(D)The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member. #####

(E)The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member. #####

(F)The Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate shall appoint one member. #####

(G)The ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate shall appoint one member. #####

(H)The Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member. #####

(I)The ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member. ####

(2)Deadline for appointment Members shall be appointed to the Commission under paragraph

(1)not later than 90 days after the Commission establishment date. ####

(3)Effect of lack of appointment by appointment date If one or more appointments under subparagraph

(A)of paragraph

(1)is not made by the appointment date specified in paragraph (2), the authority to make such appointment or appointments shall expire, and the number of members of the Commission shall be reduced by the number equal to the number of appointments so not made. If an appointment under subparagraph (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), or

(I)of paragraph

(1)is not made by the appointment date specified in paragraph (2), the authority to make an appointment under such subparagraph shall expire, and the number of members of the Commission shall be reduced by the number equal to the number otherwise appointable under such subparagraph. ###

(c)Chair and Vice Chair The Commission shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair from among its members. ###

(d)Terms Members shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. A vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made. ###

(e)Status as Federal Employees Notwithstanding the requirements of section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, including the required supervision under subsection (a)(3) of such section, the members of the Commission shall be deemed to be Federal employees. ###

(f)Pay for Members of the Commission ####

(1)In general Each member, other than the Chair, of the Commission shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission. ####

(2)Chair The Chair of the Commission shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314, of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Commission. ###

(g)Use of Government Information The Commission may secure directly from any department or agency of the Federal Government such information as the Commission considers necessary to carry out its duties. Upon such request of the chair of the Commission, the head of such department or agency shall furnish such information to the Commission. ###

(h)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. ###

(i)Authority To Accept Gifts The Commission may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services, goods, and property from non-Federal entities for the purposes of aiding and facilitating the work of the Commission. The authority in this subsection does not extend to gifts of money. ###

(j)Personal Services ####

(1)Authority to procure The Commission may— #####

(A)procure the services of experts or consultants (or of organizations of experts or consultants) in accordance with the provisions of section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; and #####

(B)pay in connection with such services travel expenses of individuals, including transportation and per diem in lieu of subsistence, while such individuals are traveling from their homes or places of business to duty stations. ####

(2)Limitation The total number of experts or consultants procured pursuant to paragraph

(1)may not exceed five experts or consultants. ####

(3)Maximum daily pay rates The daily rate paid an expert or consultant procured pursuant to paragraph

(1)may not 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. ###

(k)Funding Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense, up to $15,000,000 shall be made available to the Commission to carry out its duties under this subtitle. Funds made available to the Commission under the preceding sentence shall remain available until expended.