; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Establishment of Commission. Sec. 5. Duties of the Commission. Sec. 6. Powers of the Commission. Sec. 7. Commission personnel matters. Sec. 8. Termination of the Commission. Sec. 9. Authorization of appropriations. 2. Findings Congress finds that: (1) Federal regulation serves important goals and has achieved important objectives. The accumulation of Federal regulations over the decades, however, is of concern. The Code of Federal Regulations currently contains over 180,000 pages of regulations, many of which may be outdated, no longer needed, or duplicative. (2) Unneeded or inefficient regulation reduces the ability of United States employers and workers to generate and obtain more jobs and higher wages. It also increases the expenses of United States households and hinders the overall performance and competitiveness of the United States economy in the global marketplace. (3) Unneeded or inefficient regulation is particularly problematic as United States employers, workers, and households continue to respond to and seek to recover from the Coronavirus SARS–CoV–2 pandemic of 2019–2020. (4) A timely and prioritized review of existing regulations to identify those that can and should be modified, consolidated, harmonized, or repealed to promote higher jobs and wages, reduce household expenses, and improve economic performance and competitiveness in and by the United States is needed. (5) Such a review, moreover, is needed to accelerate and strengthen the recovery of United States employers, workers, and households from the Coronavirus SARS–CoV–2 pandemic and ensure that Federal regulations do not inhibit or impede preparedness for and effective responses to future pandemics. (6) The establishment of an expert commission, charged to conduct such a review and recommend to Congress legislation to effectuate a prioritized set of regulatory modifications, consolidations, harmonizations, and repeals, can ensure that such a review will be completed in the