S.Amdt. 2436

SA 2436. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed 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 end of part I of subtitle C of title XVI, add the
following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON STRENGTHENING NATO CYBER DEFENSE.

(a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that
the Department of Defense should continue to cooperate with
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and key
Organization allies in order to promote the common defense in
the cyberspace domain as well as to deter cyberattacks.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March 31, 2019, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report detailing the Department's
efforts to enhance the United States' leadership and
collaboration with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
with respect to the development of a comprehensive, cross-
domain strategy to build cyber-defense capacity and deter
cyber attacks among Organization member countries.
(2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
address the following:
(A) Improving cyber situational awareness among
Organization member countries.
(B) Implementation of the cyber operational-domain roadmap
of the Organization with respect to doctrine, political
oversight and governance, planning, rules of engagement, and
integration across member countries.
(C) Planned cooperative efforts to combat information
warfare across Organization member countries.
(D) The development of cyber capabilities, including
cooperative development efforts and technology transfer.
(E) Supporting stronger cyber partnerships with non-
Organization member countries as appropriate.
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