§6913 Membership of the Commission

Summary

Creates a commission with 23 members. It includes nine House members picked by the Speaker (five from the majority party and four from the minority after the Speaker talks with the House minority leader), nine Senate members picked by the President of the Senate (five from the majority after consulting the Senate majority leader and four from the minority after consulting the Senate minority leader), one employee from the Department of State, one from the Department of Commerce, one from the Department of Labor (each picked by the President), and two at-large executive branch employees picked by the President. At the start of each odd-numbered Congress, the President of the Senate, acting on the majority leader’s recommendation, must choose a Senate member as Chair and the Speaker must choose a House member as Cochair. At the start of each even-numbered Congress, the Speaker must choose a House member as Chair and the President of the Senate, on the majority leader’s recommendation, must choose a Senate member as Cochair.