(c) Members of the Commission appointed from outside the Government 

 shall each receive $100 per diem when engaged in the actual performance 

 of duties of the Commission and reimbursement of travel expenses, includ- 

 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized in section 5 of the Adminis- 

 trative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), for persons 

 employed intermittently. Members of the Commission apf)ointed from within 

 the Government shall serve without additional compensation to that received 

 for their services to the Government but shall be reimbursed for travel 

 expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized in the 

 Act of June 9, 1949, as amended (5 U.S.C. 835-842) . 



(d) The Commission shall appoint and fix the compensation of such 

 personnel as it deems advisable in accordance with the civil service laws 

 and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. In addition, the Commis- 

 sion may secure temp>orary and intermittent services to the same extent 

 as is authorized for the departments by section 15 of the Administrative 

 Expenses Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 810) but at rates not to exceed $100 per 

 diem for individuals. 



(e) The Chairman of the Commission shall be responsible for (1) the 

 assignment of duties and responsibilities among such personnel and their 

 continuing supervision, and (2) the use and expenditures of funds avail- 

 able to the Commission. In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, 

 the Chairman shall be governed by the general policies of the Commission 

 with respect to the work to be accomplished by it and the timing thereof. 



(f) Financial and administrative services (including those related to 

 budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) 

 may be provided the Commission by the General Services Administration, 

 for which payment shall be made in advance, or by reimbursement from 

 funds of the Commission in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the 

 Chairman of the Commission and the Administrator of General Services: 

 Provided, That the regulations of the General Services Administration for 

 the collection of indebtedness of personnel resulting from erroneous pay- 

 ments (5 U.S.C. 46d) shall apply to the collection of erroneous payments 

 made to or on behalf of a Commission employee, and regulations of said 

 Administrator for the administrative control of funds (31 U.S.C. 665(g) ) 

 shall apply to appropriations of the Commission: And provided further. 

 That the Commission shall not be required to prescribe such regulations. 



(g) The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive 

 department, agency, or independent instrumentality of the Government any 

 information it deems necessary to carry out its functions under this Act; 

 and each such department, agency, and instrumentality is authorized to 

 cooperate with the Commission and, to the extent permitted by law, to fur- 

 nish such information to the Commission, upon request made by the 

 Chairman. 



(h) The Commission shall submit to the President, via the Council, and 

 to the Congress not later than eighteen months after the establishment of 

 the Commission as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a final report 

 of its findings and recommendations. The Commission shall cease to exist 

 thirty days after it has submitted its final report. 



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