; (vi) public health monitoring and testing; and (vii) all other preparedness and response policies and actions affecting hospitals, congregate care settings, schools, prisons, jails, and the State, local, Tribal, and territorial populations in general; and (R) other areas as determined relevant and appropriate by the Commission (by agreement of the chair and vice chair of the Commission); and (3) investigate and report to the President and Congress on its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to improve the ability of the Federal Government, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, and the private sector to— (A) prevent, respond to, and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics, whether naturally occurring or caused by State or non-State actors; and (B) if needed, mitigate the human, economic, and security costs of future epidemics and pandemics. 4. Composition of the Commission (a) Members The Commission shall be comprised of 10 members, of whom— (1) 1 member shall be appointed by the President, who shall serve as the chair of the Commission; (2) 1 member shall— (A) be appointed by the leader of the Senate who represents the major political party that the President does not represent, in consultation with the leader of the House of Representatives from the same political party; and (B) serve as the vice chair of the Commission; (3) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the Senate leadership of the Democratic Party; (4) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the Senate leadership of the Republican Party; (5) 2 members shall be appointed by the senior member of the leadership of the House of Representatives of the Republican Party