S.Amdt. 4226

SA 4226. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 C of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1641. PILOT PROGRAM ON TRAINING FOR NATIONAL GUARD
PERSONNEL ON CYBER SKILLS FOR THE PROTECTION OF
INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

(a) In General.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau
shall carry out within the National Guard Bureau a pilot
program to provide National Guard personnel with training on
cyber skills for the protection of industrial control systems
associated with critical infrastructure that utilizes the
Industrial Control System cyber assessment expertise assigned
to a National Guard Cyber Operations Group.
(b) Duration.--The duration of the pilot program shall be
three years.
(c) Scope of Training.--The training provided pursuant to
the pilot program shall be designed to permit personnel who
receive such training to assist National Guard Cyber
Protection Teams in carrying out activities to protect
systems and infrastructure described in subsection (a) from
cyber attacks in situations where such activities are
otherwise authorized.
(d) Consultation.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau
shall consult with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security
for National Protection and Programs, Department of Energy
national laboratories, and appropriate institutions of higher
education and other organizations and entities in the private
sector in carrying out the pilot program.
(e) Relationship With Existing Training Programs.--In
conducting the pilot program, the Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall not duplicate, and shall consult with and may
leverage, existing training programs, including training
available through the national cybersecurity and
communications integration center established under section
227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148).
(f) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than six months after the
completion of the pilot program, the Chief of the National
Guard Bureau shall submit to the officials, and the
committees of Congress, specified in paragraph (2) a report
that sets forth the following:
(A) An evaluation of the training needs of the National
Guard Cyber Protection Teams in protecting industrial control
systems from cyber attacks.
(B) An assessment whether new training capabilities are
necessary for the remainder of the National Guard Cyber
Protection Teams.
(C) Any other assessments, conclusions, and recommendations
that the Chief of the National Guard Bureau considers
appropriate in light of the pilot program.
(2) Officials and committees of congress.--The officials,
and the committees of Congress, specified in this paragraph
are the following:
(A) The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and the Secretary of Energy.
(B) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee
on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(C) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce
of the House of Representatives
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