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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 2646

PUBLIC LAW 100-527—OCT. 25, 1988

Chairman of the Commission. Not more than four of the members appointed by the President may be from the same political party as the President. (2) Two members of the Senate and one citizen of the United States appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the majority leader of the Senate. (3) One Member of the Senate and one citizen of the United States appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the Senate. (4) Two members of the House of Representatives and one citizen of the United States appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives upon the recommendation of the majority leader of the House of Representatives. (5) One Member of the House of Representatives and one citizen of the United States appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives upon the recommendation of the minority leader of the House of Representatives. (c) RESTRICTIONS ON PAY AND ALLOWANCES.-K1) Elxcept as provided in paragraph (2), members of the Commission shall receive no pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of service on the Commission. (2) Members of the Commission appointed from among private citizens of the United States may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem, in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law for persons serving intermittentiy in the Federad Government. (d) FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.—The Commission shall examine and make recommendations with respect to— (1) criteria for use by the President and Congress in evaluating proposals for chsmges in the structure of the executive branch of the Federal Government, including criteria for use by the President and Congress in evaluating and overseeing GovernmentHsponsored enterprises and Government corporations; (2) the oxganization of the executive branch, including the number of departments and the organizational structure of each such department, the advisability of reorganizing or abolishing any such department, and the advisability of establishing any new executive department; (3) the most effective and practicable structure of the Executive Office of the President for conducting oversight of the executive branch, and criteria for use by such Office in evaluating and overseeing the performance of the executive branch; and (4) the most effective and practicable structure of the President's cabinet and means of operation of such cabinet, including recommendations concerning the number, composition, and duties of the members of such cabinet. (e) REPOBT.—(1) Not later than 12 months after the completion of appointment of the members of the Commission, the Commission shall submit to the President, the Senate, and the House of Representatives a report which contains a detailed statement of the recommendations of the Commission. (2) The date on which the report is due may be extended to such date as the F^resident may prescribe in an Executive order, except that such date may not be later than six months after the date on which such report is otherwise due under paragraph (1). (f) PowEBS OF COMMISSION.—(1) The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out this section, hold such hearings and sit and