S.Amdt. 628

SA 628. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 for

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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 C of title II, add the following:

SEC. ___. CYBERSECURITY COORDINATOR AT NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNSEL.

Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3021 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
``(h) Cybersecurity Coordinator.--
``(1) In general.--The President shall designate an
employee of the National Security Council to be the
Cybersecurity Coordinator.
``(2) Reporting.--The Cybersecurity Coordinator shall
report directly to the President.
``(3) Responsibilities.--The responsibilities of the
Cybersecurity Coordinator are as follows:
``(A) To coordinate the interagency process for addressing
the defense of information infrastructure operated by
agencies in the case of a large-scale attack on information
infrastructure.
``(B) To review agency information security programs and
ensure that they are complementary.
``(C) To ensure each agency provides reporting on the
adequacy of protections for privacy and civil liberties.
``(D) To ensure, in consultation with the agencies, that
the efforts of agencies related to the development of
regulations, rules, requirements, or other actions applicable
to the national information infrastructure are complimentary.
``(E) To coordinate, certify, and provide guidance for the
budgetary process for each agency so that resources are
streamlined and consistent across the necessary agencies.
``(F) To provide a report of information security
vulnerabilities presented by each agency, as well as a review
of the compliance efforts of each agency.
``(G) To ensure information security resilience and
compliance for each agency.
``(H) To establish a national strategy for improving agency
information security.''.
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