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The bill also provides for the composition of the commission and the appointment of staff, and it requires the commission to hold public hearings and meetings to the extent that it is appropriate. The commission must also release public versions of its reports."}],"words":168},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Establishes in the legislative branch a ten-member National Commission to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol Complex and report findings and recommendations to the President and Congress.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H86F240E9EF834A71A52247D5C6D2D91A"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H744148B0A4424F9AB8CFB7D4362F3685"},{"label":"Sec. 10","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H1351ECFDE3734327A3FEAB50E5BC9A4D"}]},"core_areas":["Commission to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol Complex","Commission membership, powers, staff and reporting"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Establishes the National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex in the legislative branch.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H86F240E9EF834A71A52247D5C6D2D91A"}},{"text":"Directs the Commission to investigate the facts and circumstances of the attack, including the activities of intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies and the Armed Forces, and to identify, review and evaluate its causes and lessons learned.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H744148B0A4424F9AB8CFB7D4362F3685"}},{"text":"Sets the Commission at ten members: a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson appointed jointly by congressional leaders, and eight others appointed by the Speaker and the House and Senate majority and minority leaders, two each.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 5","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H72523FEA57B64A4297C861B33854542C"}},{"text":"Authorizes the Commission to hold hearings, take testimony, receive evidence, and issue subpoenas by agreement of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson or by a majority vote of its members.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 6","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H8C3AB98C08E34147BEB3A092005B9E6E"}},{"text":"Requires a final report to the President and Congress not later than December 31, 2021, and ends the Commission 60 days after that report is submitted.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 10","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H1351ECFDE3734327A3FEAB50E5BC9A4D"}},{"text":"Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the Act, available until expended.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 12","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H476B44602ECD4F47AF09965AE6345A8B"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 9","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3233/text/eh#H69396865AAF648D9BAC2DD2C658E53E3"},"heading":"Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act","effect":"Exempts the Commission from the Federal Advisory Committee Act, while requiring public hearings and meetings to the extent appropriate and release of public versions of its reports.","amount":null,"quote":"The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 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