[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2623 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2623

  To establish a National Commission to Review the National Response 
           Since the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2011

    Mr. King of New York (for himself and Mr. Wolf) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a National Commission to Review the National Response 
           Since the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``9/11 Commission Review Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established in the legislative branch a National 
Commission to Review the National Response Since the Terrorist Attacks 
of September 11, 2001 (referred to as the ``9/11 Review Commission'').

SEC. 3. PURPOSES OF THE 9/11 REVIEW COMMISSION.

    The 9/11 Review Commission shall conduct a comprehensive review of 
the implementation of the recommendations proposed in the report issued 
by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 
(commonly known as the ``9/11 Commission''), as established pursuant to 
section 601 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 
(Public Law 107-306). The review of the 9/11 Review Commission shall--
            (1) assess the progress and challenges in carrying out the 
        recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, including any relevant 
        legislation, Executive order, regulation, plan, policy, 
        practice, or procedure implemented since the attacks of 
        September 11, 2001;
            (2) analyze the trends of domestic terror attacks since the 
        attacks of September 11, 2001, including the growing influence 
        of domestic radicalization and its causes, and recommendations 
        on how Federal, State, and local agencies can deter and 
        mitigate such radicalization;
            (3) investigate whether there exists evidence that was not 
        considered by the 9/11 Commission of any conduct, 
        relationships, or other factors which served in any manner to 
        contribute to, facilitate, support, or assist the hijackers who 
        carried out the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and
            (4) provide additional recommendations with regard to 
        protecting United States homeland security, ensuring 
        interagency intelligence sharing, and other matters relating to 
        counterterrorism policy.

SEC. 4. COMPOSITION OF THE 9/11 REVIEW COMMISSION.

    The 9/11 Review Commission shall be composed of a chairman, to be 
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and a vice 
chairman, to be appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY OF 9/11 REVIEW COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Evidence.--The 9/11 Review Commission, or any 
panel acting on the authority of the 9/11 Review Commission, may--
            (1) hold hearings, take testimony, receive evidence, and 
        administer oaths; and
            (2) subject to subsection (b)(1), require, by subpoena or 
        otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and 
        the production of such books, records, correspondence, 
        memoranda, electronic communications, papers, and documents, as 
        the 9/11 Review Commission or such designated panel may 
        determine advisable.
    (b) Subpoena Authority.--
            (1) Issuance.--Upon the agreement of the chairman and the 
        vice chairman, the chairman may issue a subpoena to compel the 
        production of documents or sworn testimony.
            (2) Process.--Subpoenas issued pursuant to this subsection 
        shall be signed by the chairman or any person designated by the 
        chairman, and may be served by any person designated by the 
        chairman.
            (3) Enforcement.--
                    (A) In general.--In the event that any person fails 
                to obey a subpoena issued pursuant to paragraph (1), 
                the United States district court for the judicial 
                district in which the subpoenaed person resides, is 
                served, or may be found, or where the subpoena is 
                returnable, may issue an order requiring such person to 
                appear at any designated place to testify or to produce 
                documentary or other evidence. Any person failing to 
                obey the order of the court may be held in contempt of 
                the court.
                    (B) Additional enforcement.--In the case of any 
                failure of any witness to comply with any subpoena or 
                to testify when summoned under authority of this 
                section, the chairman may certify a statement of fact 
                constituting such failure to the appropriate United 
                States attorney, who may bring the matter before the 
                grand jury for its action, under the same statutory 
                authority and procedures as if the United States 
                attorney had received a certification under sections 
                102 through 104 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
                States (2 U.S.C. 192-194).
    (c) Information From Federal Agencies.--
            (1) In general.--The 9/11 Review Commission is authorized 
        to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, 
        agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, 
        or instrumentality of the Government, information, suggestions, 
        estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this Act. Each 
        such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, 
        independent establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the 
        extent authorized by law, furnish such information, 
        suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the 9/11 
        Review Commission, upon request made by the chairman or the 
        vice chairman.
            (2) Receipt, handling, storage, and dissemination.--
        Information shall only be received, handled, stored, and 
        disseminated by the 9/11 Review Commission, including its 
        staff, in accordance with all applicable statutes, regulations, 
        and Executive orders.
    (d) Advisory Panels.--The chairman may establish advisory panels 
composed of individuals, including such experts as the chairman 
determines appropriate, who may undertake investigations, evaluate 
evidence, make findings, and provide recommendations to the 9/11 Review 
Commission.
    (e) Contracting.--The 9/11 Review Commission may, to such extent 
and in such amounts as are provided in by appropriations, enter into 
contracts to enable the Commission to discharge its duties under this 
title.
    (f) Assistance From Federal Agencies.--
            (1) General services administration.--The Administrator of 
        General Services shall provide to the 9/11 Review Commission, 
        on a reimbursable basis, administrative support and other 
        services for the performance of the 9/11 Review Commission's 
        functions.
            (2) Other departments and agencies.--In addition to the 
        assistance prescribed in paragraph (1), the heads of Federal 
        departments and agencies may provide to the 9/11 Review 
        Commission such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other 
        support services as such heads may determine advisable and as 
        may be authorized by law.
    (g) Postal Services.--The 9/11 Review Commission may use the United 
States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as 
Federal departments and agencies.

SEC. 6. COMPENSATION.

    The chairman and vice chairman of the 9/11 Review Commission may 
receive compensation in an amount not to exceed the daily equivalent of 
the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, for each day during which the chairman or vice chairman, as the 
case may be, is engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the 
9/11 Review Commission.

SEC. 7. APPOINTMENT OF STAFF.

    (a) In General.--The chairman, in consultation with the vice 
chairman and in accord with any rule agreed upon by the 9/11 Review 
Commission, may appoint and fix the compensation of a staff director 
and such other personnel as may be necessary to enable the 9/11 Review 
Commission to carry out its functions, without regard to the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the 
competitive service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to 
classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of 
pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the equivalent of that 
payable for a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--While away from their homes or regular places 
of business in the performance of services for the 9/11 Review 
Commission, members and staff of the Commission shall be allowed travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner 
as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are 
allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Staff as Federal Employees.--
            (1) In general.--Any staff receiving compensation under 
        this section shall be employees under section 2105 of title 5, 
        United States Code, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 
        85, 87, 89, and 90 of such title.
            (2) Members of commission.--Paragraph (1) shall not be 
        construed to apply to the chairman or vice chairman.
    (d) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to 
the 9/11 Review Commission without reimbursement from the 9/11 Review 
Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights, status, and 
privileges of his or her regular employment without interruption.
    (e) Consultant Services.--The 9/11 Review Commission is authorized 
to procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance with 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed 
the daily rate paid to a person occupying a position at level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 8. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS AND STAFF.

    The appropriate Federal agencies or departments shall provide to 
the 9/11 Review Commission, to the extent possible, personnel with 
appropriate security clearances. No person shall be provided with 
access to classified information under this Act without the appropriate 
security clearances.

SEC. 9. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
shall not apply to the 9/11 Review Commission.
    (b) Public Meetings and Release of Public Versions of Reports.--The 
9/11 Review Commission shall--
            (1) hold public hearings and meetings to the extent 
        appropriate; and
            (2) release public versions of the reports required under 
        this Act.
    (c) Public Hearings.--Any public hearings of the 9/11 Review 
Commission shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the 
protection of information provided to or developed for or by the 9/11 
Review Commission as required by any applicable statute, regulation, or 
Executive order.

SEC. 10. REPORTS OF 9/11 REVIEW COMMISSION.

    (a) Interim Reports.--The 9/11 Review Commission may submit to the 
President and provide to Congress interim reports containing its 
findings, conclusions, and recommendations, and may submit with such 
reports any classified annexes.
    (b) Final Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the 9/11 Review Commission shall submit to the 
President and appropriate congressional committees (as such term is 
defined in section 101 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
101)) a final report, together with a classified annex if such is 
determined appropriate, containing such findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations for corrective measures as have been agreed to by the 
chairman and vice chairman.
    (c) Termination.--
            (1) In general.--The 9/11 Review Commission, and all the 
        authorities of this Act, shall terminate 30 days after the date 
        on which the final report is submitted under subsection (b).
            (2) Administrative activities before termination.--The 9/11 
        Review Commission may use the 30-day period referred to in 
        paragraph (1) for the purpose of concluding its activities, 
        including providing testimony to Congress concerning its 
        reports and disseminating the final report.

SEC. 11. FUNDING.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out this Act.
    (b) Duration of Availability.--Amounts made available to the 9/11 
Review Commission under this section shall remain available until the 
termination of the 9/11 Review Commission.
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