I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1502 
To establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council. 
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 Intel-
ligence (Permanent Select) 
A BILL 
To establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis 
Council. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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 rep-
resent evolving, dynamic, multidimensional threats 
that necessitate a structured, iterative process to 
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continuously revise plans, operations, concepts, orga-
nizations, and capabilities; and 
(2) past Federal experience in competitive anal-
ysis executed by experts drawn from outside the gov-
ernment has helped the intelligence community and 
policymakers better understand the nature of com-
plex threats to the United States. 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTERTERRORISM COM-
PETITIVE ANALYSIS COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title I of the National Secu-
rity 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 estab-
lished 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 inter-
national terrorism and domestic radicalization based 
on all-source information; 
‘‘(2) prepare a competitive analysis of each na-
tional intelligence estimate concerning al-Qaeda and 
other foreign terrorist organizations and submit 
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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 competi-
tive 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 experi-
ence with matters of policy relating to international ter-
rorism 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 Gov-
ernment within a five-year period of the date of appoint-
ment. 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(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 mem-
ber may not serve more than two terms, except that a 
member appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two addi-
tional terms after the expiration of the term in which that 
vacancy occured. 
‘‘(4) Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occur-
ring 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 appropria-
tion Acts, each member shall be paid at a rate not to ex-
ceed the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu-
tive 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 au-
thorized to take by this section. 
‘‘(d) STAFF OF COUNCIL.—(1) To the extent pro-
vided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Council shall 
appoint and fix the compensation of a Director and such 
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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 com-
petitive 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. 
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‘‘(2) Upon request of the Council, the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence shall make available to the Council any 
intelligence information in the possession of the intel-
ligence community. 
‘‘(3) The Director of National Intelligence shall en-
sure that the appropriate executive departments and agen-
cies cooperate with the Council in expeditiously providing 
to the members and staff appropriate security clearances 
in a manner consistent with existing procedures and re-
quirements. 
‘‘(f) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT.—Section 14(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), relating to the termi-
nation 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 re-
duced 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 Se-
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curity 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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