S.Amdt. 824

SA 824. Mr. THUNE 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 E of title V, add the following:

SEC. ___. CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE ARMY SENIOR
RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS.

(a) Training Program Required.--The Secretary of the Army
shall, in consultation with the Commander of the United
States Cyber Command and the Superintendent of the United
States Military Academy, establish within the Army Senior
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (SROTC) program a training
program on cybersecurity. The training program shall be known
as ``Army Cyber R.O.T.C.''.
(b) Elements.--
(1) In general.--The training program required by
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(A) Expansion of Military Science instruction provided to
Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to include
coursework and summer training opportunities for students on
cybersecurity.
(B) Modification of the Cadet Talent Management system of
the Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to
incorporate cybersecurity potential.
(C) Establishment of criteria for the selection of Cyber
Operations Officers among Army Senior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps students.
(2) Preservation of academic and other requirements.--
Nothing in the training program shall be construed to relieve
a student participating in the training program of the
obligation to meet academic and other requirements otherwise
generally applicable to students participating in the Army
Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.
(c) Scope of Program.--The training program required by
subsection (a) shall be designed to promote partnerships
between units participating in the training program and the
Centers of Academic Excellence of the National Security
Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
(d) Initial Implementation.--The Secretary shall implement
the training program required by subsection (a) during the
2018-2019 academic year by carrying out the training program
in that academic year at not fewer than five civilian
educational institutions participating in the Army Senior
Reserve Officers' Training Corps program that are selected by
the Secretary for purposes of the implementation of the
training program.
(e) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the training program required by
subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--The report shall set forth the following:
(A) A description of the training program, including the
elements of the training program pursuant to subsection (b)
and the manner in which the training program will be
implemented pursuant to subsection (d).
(B) An assessment of the current need of the Army for
Reserve officers with cybersecurity expertise, and of the
challenges faced by the Army in developing Reserve officers
with such expertise.
(C) Any other matters with respect to the training by or
for the Army of Reserve officers in cybersecurity matters
that the Secretary considers appropriate.
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