; (2) issue reports, guidelines, and memoranda; (3) hold or host conferences and symposia; (4) enter into cooperative agreements with third-party experts to obtain relevant advice or expertise, and oversee staff; (5) establish subcommittees; and (6) establish rules of procedure. (e) Gifts The Committee may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. (f) Travel expenses The members of the Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the Committee. (g) Staff (1) In general The chair of the Committee may, without regard to the civil service laws (including regulations), appoint and terminate an executive director and such other additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to perform its duties, except that the employment of an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the Commission. (2) Compensation The chair of the Committee may fix the compensation of the executive director and other personnel without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive director and other personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that title. (h) Report Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Committee terminates, the Committee shall submit to the Secretary a report containing— (1) recommendations for statistical efforts relating to the database established under section 5, including how additional data may potentially be collected, consistent with civil rights protections, to understand eviction trends by race, gender, disability status, ethnicity, age, and immigration status