[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1502 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1502

    To establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2011

     Mr. Wolf (for himself, Mr. King of New York, and Mrs. Myrick) 
    introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 
              Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select)

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Team B Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) terrorism and domestic radicalization represent 
        evolving, dynamic, multidimensional threats that necessitate a 
        structured, iterative process to continuously revise plans, 
        operations, concepts, organizations, and capabilities; and
            (2) past Federal experience in competitive analysis 
        executed by experts drawn from outside the government has 
        helped the intelligence community and policymakers better 
        understand the nature of complex threats to the United States.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTERTERRORISM COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS COUNCIL.

    (a) Establishment.--Title I of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

            ``counterterrorism competitive analysis council

    ``Sec. 120.  (a) Establishment.--There is established a council to 
be known as the `Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council' (in 
this section referred to as the `Council').
    ``(b) Duties.--The Council shall--
            ``(1) advise the Director of National Intelligence on 
        matters of policy relating to the threats of international 
        terrorism and domestic radicalization based on all-source 
        information;
            ``(2) prepare a competitive analysis of each national 
        intelligence estimate concerning al-Qaeda and other foreign 
        terrorist organizations and submit such analysis to the 
        Director of National Intelligence and the National Intelligence 
        Council; and
            ``(3) annually submit to Congress a report in unclassified 
        form, which may include a classified annex, on trends in 
        counterterrorism and domestic radicalization, including a 
        summary of any competitive analysis prepared pursuant to 
        paragraph (2).
    ``(c) Members.--(1) The Council shall be composed of eight members 
appointed by the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation 
with the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
Members shall be selected on the basis of previous experience with 
matters of policy relating to international terrorism and domestic 
radicalization.
    ``(2)(A) The Director of National Intelligence may not appoint an 
individual to the Council if such individual has served as an officer 
or employee of the Federal Government within a five-year period of the 
date of appointment.
    ``(B) The Director of National Intelligence may not appoint an 
individual to the Council if--
            ``(i) such individual has served as an officer or employee 
        of the Federal Government within a 15-year period of the date 
        of appointment; and
            ``(ii) on the date of appointment, three of the members of 
        the Council have served as officers or employees of the Federal 
        Government within a 15-year period of the date of appointment.
    ``(3) The term of a member is five years, and a member may not 
serve more than two terms, except that a member appointed to fill a 
vacancy may serve two additional terms after the expiration of the term 
in which that vacancy occured.
    ``(4) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of a term shall be appointed for the remainder of that term.
    ``(5) Every two years, the Council shall select a chair and vice 
chair from among its members.
    ``(6) To the extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts, each 
member shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the annual rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 
5, United States Code.
    ``(7) Any member of the Council may, if authorized by the Council, 
take any action which the Council is authorized to take by this 
section.
    ``(d) Staff of Council.--(1) To the extent provided in advance in 
appropriation Acts, the Council shall appoint and fix the compensation 
of a Director and such additional staff as may be necessary to enable 
the Council to carry out its duties.
    ``(2) The Director and staff of the Council may be appointed 
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
governing appointments in the competitive service, and may be paid 
without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General 
Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay fixed for the Director 
and staff may not exceed the annual rate of basic pay for level V of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    ``(3) In accordance with rules adopted by the Council, and to the 
extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Council may 
procure the services of experts and consultants under section 3109(b) 
of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not to 
exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V 
of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    ``(e) Access to Intelligence Information.--(1) The Director of 
National Intelligence shall transmit to the Council each national 
intelligence estimate concerning al-Qaeda and other foreign terrorist 
organizations.
    ``(2) Upon request of the Council, the Director of National 
Intelligence shall make available to the Council any intelligence 
information in the possession of the intelligence community.
    ``(3) The Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that the 
appropriate executive departments and agencies cooperate with the 
Council in expeditiously providing to the members and staff appropriate 
security clearances in a manner consistent with existing procedures and 
requirements.
    ``(f) Applicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act.--Section 
14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), 
relating to the termination of advisory committees, shall not apply to 
the Council.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2012 through 2017. No amount is authorized to carry out this 
section for a fiscal year unless the appropriation for the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence for such fiscal year is reduced 
by an amount equal to the amount appropriated to carry out this section 
for such fiscal year''.
    (b) Initial Report.--The initial report required to be submitted 
under section 120(b)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947, as added 
by subsection (a), shall be filed not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 119B the following:

``Sec. 120. Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council.''.
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