S.Amdt. 4303

SA 4303. Mr. PORTMAN 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 V, add the following:

SEC. 526. PLAN TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR CYBERSPACE CAREER
FIELDS IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE AIR
FORCE.

(a) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a plan for
meeting the increased demand for cyberspace career fields in
the reserve components of the Air Force, in accordance with
the recommendations of the National Commission on the
Structure of the Air Force.
(b) Elements.--The plan shall take into account the
following:
(1) The availability of qualified local workforces.
(2) Potential synergies with private sector companies
involved in cyberspace or educational institutions with
established cyberspace-related academic programs.
(3) The potential for or proven record of Total Force
Integration with associated units or organizations in the
regular Air Force.
(c) Metrics.--The plan shall include appropriate metrics
for use in the evaluation of the implementation of the plan.
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