S.Amdt. 4260

SA 4260. Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Ernst,
Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Warner)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 B of title IX, add the following:

SEC. 926. ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFIED COMBATANT COMMAND FOR
CYBER OPERATIONS FORCES.

With the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the President shall, through the Secretary
of Defense, establish a unified combatant command for cyber
operations forces. The principal function of the command is
to prepare cyber operations forces to carry out assigned
missions and to execute such missions when directed.
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