S.Amdt. 2509

SA 2509. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. Cantwell)
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 CYBER FORCES OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF
THE ARMED FORCES AND CYBERSPACE.

(a) In General.--Not less than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the use by the Department of Defense of members of the
reserve components of the Armed Forces for cyber warfare,
cybersecurity, and other matters relating to the Department
and cyberspace.
(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) Details on the current use by the Department of the
cyber forces of the reserve components and the plans of the
Secretary for the future use of such forces.
(2) Details of the accompanying assignments and attachments
across the Department.
(3) An evaluation of the insertion of members of the cyber
forces of the reserve components into command structures of
the Department.
(4) Analysis of legal limitations on actions relating to
the cyber forces of the reserve components with respect to
their authorities under title 10, United States Code, and
title 32, United States Code.
(5) An evaluation of the capabilities of such cyber forces,
with particular focus on capabilities related to responding
to threats and attacks on infrastructure.
(6) Details of potential or planned steps for the
Department to take to ensure that the special legal, skills,
and command structure attributes of the reserve components
are best put to use in the defense of the United States.
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