text: 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.''.
target: Team B Act - Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council to: (1) advise the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) on all policy matters relating to 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 each analysis to the DNI and the National Intelligence Council; and (3) report annually to Congress on trends in counterterrorism and domestic radicalization.
feat_title: To establish the Counterterrorism Competitive Analysis Council.