; (B) affordable credit; and (C) adequate risk management tools; (2) agricultural asset transfer strategies in use as of the date of the enactment of this Act and improvements to such strategies; (3) incentives that may facilitate agricultural asset transfers to the next generation of farmers and ranchers, including recommendations for new Federal tax policies to facilitate lifetime and estate transfers; (4) the causes of the failures of such transitions, if any; and (5) the status of programs and incentives providing assistance with respect to such transitions in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and opportunities for the revision or modernization of such programs. (c) Membership (1) Composition The Commission shall be composed of 10 members as follows: (A) 3 members appointed by the Secretary. (B) 3 members appointed by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. (C) 3 members appointed by the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives. (D) The Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture. (2) Federal government employment In addition to the Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture, the membership of the Commission may include 1 or more employees of the Department of Agriculture or other Federal agencies. (3) Date of appointments The appointment of a member of the Commission shall be made not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (4) Term; vacancies (A) Term A member shall be appointed for the life of the Commission. (B) Vacancies A vacancy on the Commission— (i) shall not affect the powers of the Commission