To require a plan to meet the demand for cyberspace career fields in the reserve components of the Armed Forces.

SA 712. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 B of title V, add the following:

SEC. ___. PLAN TO MEET DEMAND FOR CYBERSPACE CAREER FIELDS IN
THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Plan Required.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report setting forth a plan for meeting
the increased demand for cyberspace career fields in the
reserve components of the Armed Forces.
(b) Elements.--The plan shall take into account the
following:
(1) The availability of qualified local workforces.
(2) Potential best practices of private sector companies
involved in cyberspace and of educational institutions with
established cyberspace-related academic programs.
(3) The potential for Total Force Integration throughout
the defense cyber community.
(4) Recruitment strategies to attract individuals with
critical cyber training and skills to join the reserve
components.
(c) Metrics.--The plan shall include appropriate metrics
for use in the evaluation of the implementation of the plan.
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