S.Amdt. 4392

SA 4392. 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. TRAINING FOR MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES ON CYBER
SKILLS FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL
SYSTEMS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop and
implement a program of training for members of the Armed
forces on cyber skills for the protection of industrial
control systems that utilizes industrial control system cyber
assessment expertise and training capabilities within the
Department of Defense. The program of training shall include
applied hands on training from Department units currently
performing industrial control systems assessments. Such
training shall be designed to enable members receiving such
training to carry out activities to

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protect such systems from cyber attacks of significant
consequence in situations where such authority already
exists.
(b) Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense shall consult
with, and as appropriate leverage the expertise and
capabilities of the Department of Homeland Security and the
Department of Energy national laboratories, and institutions
of higher education and other appropriate organizations and
entities in the private sector in carrying out the program.
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