S.Amdt. 1952

SA 1952. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1628. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CYBER WARFARE.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) As an instrument of power, information is a powerful
tool to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp an adversary's
ability to make and share decisions.
(2) Within the information environment, actions taken in
cyberspace are increasingly part of the battlefield.
(3) State and non-state adversaries deliver propaganda
through publically available social media capabilities.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) military information support operations should support
Department of Defense communications efforts and act to
augment efforts to degrade adversary combat power, reduce
recruitment, minimize collateral damage, and maximize local
support for operations; and
(2) the Secretary of Defense should develop advanced
concepts to degrade adversary organizations using both
traditional and emerging forms of communication and
information related-capabilities.
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