S.Amdt. 3274

SA 3274. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO CYBER WORKFORCE AND
LEADERSHIP.

(a) Modification Reporting Requirements for Senior Military
Advisor for Cyber Policy and Deputy Principal Cyber
Advisor.--Section 392a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``the Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy'' and inserting ``the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, the following:''
and all that follows through the period at the end and
inserting ``the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber
Policy''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy'' and inserting ``the Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Cyber Policy'';
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ``Under Secretary'' and
inserting ``Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber
Policy'';
(C) in clause (iii), by striking ``Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy'' and inserting ``Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Cyber Policy''; and
(D) by striking clause (iv).
(b) Military Deputy Principal Cyber Advisors.--Section 392a
of such title is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
``(d) Military Deputy Principal Cyber Advisors.--
``(1) Appointment.--For each Principal Cyber Advisory
appointed under subsection (c)(1)(A) for a service, the
secretary concerned shall appoint a member of the armed
forces from the respective service to act as a deputy to the
Principal Cyber Advisor for that service.
``(2) Requirement.--Each deputy appointed pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall be appointed from among flag officers of
the respective service.''.
(c)  Cyber Workforce Interchange Agreement.--The Secretary
of Defense shall plan and coordinate an interchange agreement
for the cyber workforce in the Cyber Excepted Service of the
Department of Defense that is similar to the Defense Civilian
Intelligence Personnel System Interchange Agreement that was
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(d) Establishment of Senior Executive Position Equivalents
Within Cyber Excepted Service.--The Secretary may establish
Senior Executive Service position (as defined in section
3132(a) of title 5, United States Code) equivalents,
including senior level and scientific and professional
positions as well as highly qualified experts, within the
Cyber Excepted Service in a manner similar to the Defense
Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) so that the
Department of Defense can recruit and retain civilians with
superior qualifications and experience with greater hiring
flexibility.
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