S.Amdt. 4423

SA 4423. Mr. INHOFE (for Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Manchin))
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 IX, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF POSITION OF PRINCIPAL CYBER
ADVISOR.

(a) Designation of Principal Cyber Advisor.--Paragraph (1)
of section 932(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note)
is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Designation.--(A) The Secretary shall designate, from
among the personnel of the Office of the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy, a Principal Cyber Advisor to act as the
principal advisor to the Secretary on military cyber forces
and activities.
``(B) The Secretary may only designate an official under
this paragraph if such official was appointed to the position
in which such official serves by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate.''.
(b) Designation of Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor.--Section
905(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 391 note) is
amended by striking ``Secretary of Defense'' and inserting
``Under Secretary of Defense for Policy''.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall
brief the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
on such recommendations as the Deputy Secretary may have for
alternate reporting structures for the Principal Cyber
Advisor and the Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor within the
Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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