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108 STAT. 4148 PUBLIC LAW 103-394—OCT. 22, 1994 Members of Congress, and officers and employees of the executive branch, shall be ineligible for appointment to the Commission. (b) TERM. —Members of the Commission shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. (c) QUORUM.— Five members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may conduct meetings. (d) APPOINTMENT DEADLINE.— The first appointments made under subsection (a) shall be made within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (e) FIRST MEETING. —The first meeting of the Commission shall be called by the chairman and shall be held within 210 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (f) VACANCY. — A vacancy on the Commission resulting from the death or resignation of a member shall not affect its powers and shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. (g) CONTINUATION OF MEMBERSHIP. —If any member of the Commission who was appointed to the Commission as an officer or employee of a government leaves that office, or if any member of the Commission who was not appointed in such a capacity becomes an officer or employee of a government, the member may continue as a member of the Commission for not longer than the 90-day period beginning on the date the member leaves that office or becomes such an officer or employee, as the case may be. P>«8»dent. (h) CONSULTATION PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT. —Prior to the appointment of members of the Commission, the President, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice shall consult with each other to ensure fair and equitable representation of various points of view in the Commission and its staff. SEC. 605. COMPENSATION OF THE COMMISSION. (a) PAY.— (1) NONGOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.— Each member of the Commission who is not otherwise employed by the United States Government shall be entitled to receive 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 he or she is engaged in the actual performance of duties as a member of the Commission. (2) GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.— ^A member of the Commission who is an officer or employee of the United States Government shall serve without additional compensation. (b) TRAVEL. —Members of the Commission shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. SEC. 606. STAFF OF COMMISSION; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS. (a) STAFF.— (1) APPOINTMENT. — The chairman of the Commission may, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint, and terminate an executive director and such other personnel as are necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties. The employment of an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the Commission. (2) COMPENSATION. —The chairman of the Commission may fix the compensation of the executive director and other person-