Commission on Civil Rights

Commission on Civil Rights salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds) For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $9,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to employ in excess of four full-time individuals under Schedule C of the Excepted Service exclusive of one special assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a): Provided further, That the Inspector General for the Commission on Civil Rights (CCR IG), as provided in Public Law 113–6, is authorized to close out all work related to pending or closed investigations, to complete pending investigations, and to terminate all activities related to the duties, responsibilities and authorities of the CCR IG: Provided further, That when the CCR IG concludes that all pending investigations have been completed, all work related to pending or closed investigations has been closed out, and all activities related to the duties, responsibilities and authorities of the CCR IG have ended, the CCR IG shall certify that conclusion to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Office of the CCR IG shall then be terminated: Provided further, That of the amounts made available in this paragraph, $70,000 shall be transferred directly to the Office of Inspector General of the Government Accountability Office upon enactment of this Act for salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the completion of pending investigations and the closing and termination of work and activities relating to the duties, responsibilities and authorities of the CCR IG.