S.Amdt. 2746

SA 2746. Mr. BOOZMAN 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 USING THE CYBER SKILLS VALIDATION COURSE.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of each of
the military departments shall each submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility
and advisability of using the Cyber Skills Validation Course
for training members of the cyber forces of the National
Guard.
(b) Contents.--Each report submitted under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A comparison of the current timeline and per-person
cost for all training required for licensure or accreditation
versus a prospective cost and timeline using the Cyber Skills
Validation Course.
(2) Details on current training curriculum, training course
throughput expectations, manpower and infrastructure plans to
complete cyber training, and effects on cyber readiness
within the military departments.
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