; (C) how Congress can revise existing laws or enact new laws to improve access to administrative and survey data for evidence building; (D) how to incorporate evidence such as outcomes measurement, rigorous impact analysis, and implementation-aligned language into the lawmaking process; (E) how Congress can access and incorporate real-time, structured, integrated, and machine-readable data into the lawmaking process; (F) the potential need for and duties of a congressional Chief Data Officer, including whether the officer should be located in a stand-alone office or housed within another existing agency and how such an office would function with existing data and transformation units in Congress; and (G) ways to increase data and data privacy expertise in Congress through the incorporation of technologists, data scientists, data analysts, privacy experts, social scientists, and engineers to assist in policy evaluation and legislative drafting. (2) Adoption of recommendations Any recommendation considered by the Commission shall only be considered adopted by the Commission upon receiving the votes of at least two-thirds of the members of the Commission. (h) Reports (1) Interim reports The Commission may submit to the Speaker of the House and the majority leader of the Senate interim reports containing such findings, conclusions, and recommendations as have been agreed to by at least two-thirds of the members of the Commission. (2) Final report Not later than the final day of the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, the Commission shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House and the majority leader of the Senate on the activities and findings of the Commission. (i) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section, of which— (1) 50 percent shall be derived from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives; and (2) 50 percent shall be derived from the contingent fund of the Senate.