S.Amdt. 2275

SA 2275. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2019 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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. TIER 1 EXERCISE OF SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES FOR
A CYBER INCIDENT.

(a) In General.--The Commander of the United States Cyber
Command, the Commander of United States Northern Command, and
such other commands or components of the Department of
Defense as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate,
shall, consistent with the recommendations made by the
Comptroller General of the United States in the Government
Accountability Office report GAO-16-574, conduct a tier 1
exercise of support to civil authorities for a cyber
incident.
(b) Elements.--The exercise required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) Department level leadership and decision-making for
providing cyber support to civil authorities.
(2) Testing of the policy, guidance, doctrine and other
elements in the Department of Defense Cyber Incident
Coordinating Procedure.
(3) Operational planning and execution by the Joint Staff
and supported and supporting combatant commands.
(4) Coordination with, and incorporation of, as
appropriate, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and elements across Federal and
State governments and the private sector.
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