S.Amdt. 4182Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 4182
Sponsored by
Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
Submitted November 2, 2021
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SA 4182. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 title X, insert the following: SEC. ___. INFORMATION WARFARE AND CYBER EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND REQUIREMENTS FOR CIVILIAN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. (a) In General.--The Director of National Intelligence shall-- (1) assess current general information warfare and cyber education curriculum and requirements for civilian elements of the intelligence community and other civilian personnel as the Director considers appropriate, including-- (A) acquisition personnel; (B) information environment and cyberspace personnel; (C) non-information environment and cyberspace personnel; (D) cyberspace and information environment-related scholarship-for-service programs, including-- (i) the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS); (ii) the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program (DoD CySP); (iii) the Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program; (iv) the Stokes Educational Scholarship Program; and (v) the OnRamp II Scholarship Program; and (2) determine-- (A) the cyberspace domain and information security requirements of an undergraduate- and graduate-level professional education college on par with the war colleges for the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (B) what curriculum such a college should instruct; (C) whether such a college should be joint; (D) where such a college should be located; (E) under which Federal agency such a college should be administered; and (F) interim efforts to improve the coordination of existing cyber and information environment education programs; and (3) assess the global current and future cyber and information security environment and its effect on the national security of the United States, including-- (A) the cyber workforce capacity of rival state armed forces and non-state actors and potential cyber operations to enable their warfighting capabilities and threaten the national security of the United States; and (B) the composition of civilian and military cyber workforces of rival state and non-state actors and how rival state and non-state actors use cyber operations to undermine the economic strength, political will, and military might of the United States. (b) Report Required.-- (1) In general.--Not later than May 31, 2022, the Director shall provide the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a briefing and, not later than December 1, 2022, the Director shall submit to such committees a report on-- (A) the findings of the Director in carrying out subsection (a); (B) an implementation plan to achieve future information security and cyber education requirements at appropriate locations; (C) such recommendations as the Director may have for personnel needs in information warfare and the cyberspace domain; and (D) such legislative or administrative action as the Director identifies as necessary to effectively meet cyber personnel requirements. (2) Form.--In presenting and submitting findings under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to subsection (a)(3), the Director may-- (A) when providing the briefing required by such paragraph, present such findings in a classified setting; and (B) when submitting the report required by such paragraph, include such findings in a classified annex. (c) Definitions.--In this section: (1) The term ``education'' includes formal education requirements, such as degrees and certification in targeted subject areas, but also general training, including-- (A) reskilling; (B) knowledge, skills, and abilities; and (C) nonacademic professional development. (2) The term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). ______