text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Commission on Homeland Security 
  Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.
  
      There is established the ``Commission on Homeland Security'' (in 
  this Act referred to as the ``Commission'').
  
  SEC. 3. DUTY OF COMMISSION.
  
      The Commission shall study procedures to protect the security of 
  the United States, including, but not limited to--
              (1) the efficiency and effectiveness with which Federal 
          departments and agencies perform their security missions;
              (2) the adequacy of Federal personnel resources to perform 
          security missions;
              (3) the adequacy and effectiveness of Federal controls over 
          financial and information systems;
              (4) the accuracy, reliability, and security of personal 
          identification information and systems used by the Federal 
          Government under existing law;
              (5) how effectively Federal departments and agencies are 
          organized to perform security missions; and
              (6) the effectiveness of relationships among, and 
          activities of, the Federal Government, the States, and 
          municipalities to protect security.
  
  SEC. 4. MEMBERSHIP.
  
      (a) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 21 
  members appointed as follows:
              (1) Five members appointed by the President, one of whom 
          shall be the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security.
              (2) Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
          Representatives.
              (3) Four members appointed by the minority leader of the 
          House of Representatives.
              (4) Four members appointed by the majority leader of the 
          Senate.
              (5) Four members appointed by the minority leader of the 
          Senate.
      (b) Qualifications.--Members of the Commission shall include 
  individuals with expertise in information technology and security, 
  civil liberties issues, and law enforcement issues.
      (c) Deadline for Appointment.--Members shall be appointed not later 
  than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
      (d) Terms.--Each member shall be appointed for the life of the 
  Commission.
      (e) Pay.--Members shall serve without pay, but each member shall 
  receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in 
  accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 
  of title 5, United States Code.
      (f) Chairperson.--The Assistant to the President for Homeland 
  Security shall be the Chairperson of the Commission.
  
  SEC. 5. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF OF COMMISSION; EXPERTS AND 
                CONSULTANTS.
  
      (a) Executive Director.--The Commission shall have an Executive 
  Director who shall be appointed by the Commission. The Executive 
  Director shall be paid at the rate of basic pay for level IV of the 
  Executive Schedule.
      (b) Staff.--The Commission may appoint and fix the pay of 
  additional personnel as it considers appropriate.
      (c) Applicability of Certain Civil Service Laws.--The Executive 
  Director and staff of the Commission may be appointed without regard to 
  the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 
  in the competitive service, and may be paid without regard to the 
  provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title 
  relating to classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that 
  an individual so appointed may not receive pay in excess of the annual 
  rate of basic pay for GS-15 of the General Schedule.
      (d) Experts and Consultants.--The Commission may procure temporary 
  and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
  States Code.
      (e) Staff of Federal Agencies.--Upon request of the Commission, the 
  head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable 
  basis, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the 
  Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties under this Act.
  
  SEC. 6. HEARINGS AND SESSIONS.
  
      The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, hold 
  hearings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony, and receive 
  evidence as the Commission considers appropriate. The Commission shall 
  hold a minimum of eight hearings, including hearings in California, New 
  York, Texas, Illinois, and Florida.
  
  SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL POWERS OF COMMISSION.
  
      (a) Powers of Members and Agents.--Any member or agent of the 
  Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action that 
  the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
      (b) Obtaining Official Data.--The Commission may secure directly 
  from any department or agency of the United States information 
  necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the 
  Chairperson of the Commission, the head of that department or agency 
  shall furnish that information to the Commission.
      (c) Gifts, Bequests, and Devises.--The Commission may accept, use, 
  and dispose of gifts, bequests, or devises of services or property, 
  both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 
  work of the Commission. Gifts, bequests, or devises of money and 
  proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts, bequests, or 
  devises shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be available for 
  disbursement upon order of the Commission.
      (d) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in the 
  same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and 
  agencies of the United States.
      (e) Administrative Support Services.--Upon the request of the 
  Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to the 
  Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support 
  services necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities 
  under this Act.
      (f) Subpoena Power.--
              (1) In general.--The Commission may issue subpoenas 
          requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the 
          production of any evidence relating to any matter under 
          investigation by the Commission. The attendance of witnesses 
          and the production of evidence may be required from any place 
          within the United States at any designated place of hearing 
          within the United States.
              (2) Failure to obey a subpoena.--If a person refuses to 
          obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1), the Commission may 
          apply to a United States district court for an order requiring 
          that person to appear before the Commission to give testimony, 
          produce evidence, or both, relating to the matter under 
          investigation. The application may be made within the judicial 
          district where the hearing is conducted or where that person is 
          found, resides, or transacts business. Any failure to obey the 
          order of the court may be punished by the court as civil 
          contempt.
              (3) Service of subpoenas.--The subpoenas of the Commission 
          shall be served in the manner provided for subpoenas issued by 
          a United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil 
          Procedure for the United States district courts.
              (4) Service of process.--All process of any court to which 
          application is made under paragraph (2) may be served in the 
          judicial district in which the person required to be served 
          resides or may be found.
      (g) Immunity.--The Commission is an agency of the United States for 
  the purpose of part V of title 18, United States Code (relating to 
  immunity of witnesses). Except as provided in this subsection, a person 
  may not be excused from testifying or from producing evidence pursuant 
  to a subpoena on the ground that the testimony or evidence required by 
  the subpoena may tend to incriminate or subject that person to criminal 
  prosecution. A person, after having claimed the privilege against self-
  incrimination, may not be criminally prosecuted by reason of any 
  transaction, matter, or thing which that person is compelled to testify 
  about or produce evidence relating to, except that the person may be 
  prosecuted for perjury committed during the testimony or made in the 
  evidence.
  
  SEC. 8. REPORT.
  
      The Commission shall transmit a report to the President and 
  Congress not later than 14 months after the date of the enactment of 
  this Act containing a detailed statement of the findings and 
  conclusions of the Commission, together with recommendations for 
  legislation and administrative actions that the Commission considers 
  appropriate.
  
  SEC. 9. TERMINATION.
  
      The Commission shall terminate 30 days after submitting its final 
  report pursuant to section 8.
  
  SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
  necessary to carry out this Act.
target: Commission on Homeland Security Act - Establishes a Commission on Homeland Security to study procedures to protect the security of the United States, including: (1) the efficiency and effectiveness with which Federal departments and agencies perform their security missions; (2) the adequacy of Federal personnel resources to perform such missions; (3) the adequacy and effectiveness of Federal controls over financial and information systems; (4) the accuracy, reliability, and security of personal identification information and systems used by the Federal Government under existing law; (5) how effectively Federal departments and agencies are organized to perform security missions; and (6) the effectiveness of relationships among, and activities of, the Government, the States, and municipalities to protect security.
feat_title: To establish the Commission on Homeland Security.