Section 2. To effectuate the said policy and to achieve the aims and objectives of this Act, there is created a commission to be known as the Commission on National Integration, hereinafter called the Commission, which shall be composed of a Chairman and two other members. The Chairman of the Commission who shall also be known as the Commission on National Integration and the two other members who shall be known as the Associate Commissioners on National Integration or Associate Commissioners shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments and each of them shall be selected solely upon the basis of expert knowledge of the customs and social organizations of the said National Cultural Minorities and their economic, educational, religious, and political problems.

Whenever the word "Commission" is used in any part of this Act, it shall be held to mean also the Commissioner or Chairman of the Commission on National Integration.

The Commissioner on National Integration shall have the rank and pay of a Secretary of Department and shall be a member of the Cabinet. Each of the Associate Commissioners shall receive an annual compensation of seven thousand eight hundred pesos.

There shall be in the Commission such employees as may be necessary who shall be appointed by the Chairman in accordance with the Civil Service Law and Rules.