S.Amdt. 2650

1. Adds SEC. 416. CYBER TRAINING AND RESEARCH AT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY, COLORADO at the end of title IV

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   (4) any public actions commenced by the Commission relating to the enforcement of disclosure requirements pertaining to the information security risks and related events.

   Inserted: SEC. 416. CYBER TRAINING AND RESEARCH AT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY, COLORADO.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) The training of cyber security leaders is a critical function of the United States Air Force Academy.

   Inserted: (2) The Center for Cyberspace Research at the United States Air Force Academy has been instrumental in educating and developing highly skilled cyber innovators for the Department of Defense.

   Inserted: (3) The Center for Cyberspace Research benefits greatly from interagency funding, information-sharing, and other collaboration, and it is in the national interest that such funding, information-sharing and collaboration continue.

   Inserted: (4) The Cyber Training Range operated by the Computer Science Department at the United States Air Force Academy provides realistic cyber training for cadets that will benefit the entire Air Force.

   Inserted: (5) The establishment of a civilian director for the Cyberspace Research Center and the Cyber Training Range as permanent faculty positions at the United States Air Force Academy will help assure that the Center and Range are both maintained and staffed with highly-experienced cyber experts.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the partner organizations for the Center for Cyberspace Research and the Cyber Training Range, including the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA), the Defense Information Assurance Program (DIAP) of the Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, and the National Reconnaissance Office, maintain their funding, information-sharing, and other collaborative commitments to the Center for Cyberspace Research and the Cyber Training Range.

   Inserted: (c) Civilian Director for Center for Cyberspace Research.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The head of the Center for Cyberspace Research at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, shall be the Director of the Center for Cyberspace Research, who shall be a civilian employee of the Air Force.

   Inserted: (2) Permanent billet in excepted service.--The position of Director of the Center for Cyberspace Research shall be a permanent civilian billet in the excepted service (as that term is defined in section 2103(a) of title 5, United States Code).

   Inserted: (3) Pay grade.--The level of pay of the person serving in the position of Director of the Center for Cyberspace Research shall be a level of pay not below that payable for paygrade GS-14 of the General Schedule.

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   Inserted: (d) Civilian Director for Cyber Training Range.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The head of the Cyber Training Range in the Computer Science Department of the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, shall be the Director of the Cyber Training Range, who shall be a civilian employee of Air Force.

   Inserted: (2) Permanent billet in excepted service.--The position of Director of the Cyber Training Range shall be a permanent civilian billet in the excepted service (as so defined).

   Inserted: (3) Pay grade.--The level of pay of the person serving in the position of Director of the Cyber Training Range shall be a level of pay not below that payable for paygrade GS-12 of the General Schedule.

   Inserted: (e) Amounts Available for Pay.--Amounts for the pay and allowances of the directors covered by subsections (c) and (d) shall be derived from amounts available to the Air Force for the pay and allowances of civilian employees of the Air Force.

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   At the end of title IV, add the following:

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