“ ESTABLISHMENT. There is established a commission to be known as the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the United States Intelligence Community (hereafter in this title referred to as the ``Commission ́ ́) . SEC. 902. COMPOSITION AND QUALIFICATIONS. (a) MEMBERSHIP— (1) The Commission shall be composed of 17 members, as follows: (A) Nine members shall be appointed by the President from private life, no more than four of whom shall have previously held senior leadership positions in the intelligence community and no more than five of whom shall be members of the same political party. ”

“ Whether counterintelligence policies and practices are adequate to ensure that employees of intelligence agencies are sensitive to security problems, and whether intelligence agencies themselves have adequate authority and capability to address perceived security problems. (17) The manner in which the size, missions, capabilities, and resources of the United States intelligence community compare to those of other countries. ”

“ All members of the Commission who are Members of Congress shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as Members of Congress. (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES— Each member of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Commission. ”

“ No member of the professional staff may be a current officer or employee of an intelligence agency, except that up to three current employees of intelligence agencies who are on rotational assignment to the Executive Office of the President may serve on the Commission staff, subject to the approval of the Commission as a whole. ”

“ DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES— Upon request of the Chairman of the Commission, the head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any personnel of that department or agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out its administrative and clerical functions. ”