S.Amdt. 1912

SA 1912. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 appropriate place in subtitle B of title XVI, insert
the following:

SEC. ___. ASSESSMENT OF MAJOR THEATER OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR
CYBER RISK TO MISSIONS.

(a) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
conduct an assessment of major theater operational plans for
cyber risk to missions.
(b) Requirements.--
(1) Mission impact.--The assessment under subsection (a)
shall include an assessment of the mission impact of cyber-
attacks that degrade, deny, or destroy United States
capabilities.
(2) Manner conducted.--Assessments under paragraph (1)
shall be conducted by the commanders of the combatant
commands and acquisition organizations together, and include
the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Defense
Continuity and Mission Assurance for assessing mission risk
in relation to the cyber resilience of the infrastructure on
which force generation and projection depend.
(3) Sustainable analysis and methods.--The Secretary shall
ensure that assessments under this section result in
sustainable analyses and methods of determining cyber risk
and mission assurance to the mission plans of the combatant
command.
(4) Use of existing exercises and assessments.--The
assessments under this section may build upon existing cyber
table-top and other exercises and assessments.
(5) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure that
assessments under this section are coordinated with the
Commander of the United States Cyber Command.
(6) Institutionalized.--The Secretary shall ensure that the
analyses under this section are institutionalized as part of
continuing plans, preparations, and exercises.
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