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S. 2601Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

A bill to improve the planning, programming, and budget coordination for operations of cyber mission force of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Sponsored by Mike RoundsSen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)
Introduced July 31, 2025

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This bill amends the law governing the Department of Defense’s cyber forces to give the commander of U.S. Cyber Command direct authority over the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of resources for the cyber mission force. It separates the cyber budget from other service budgets, clarifies what costs the cyber commander does not handle, and sets up a consultation process between the cyber commander and the service secretaries for reserve‑component funding. The changes aim to improve coordination and oversight of cyber operations across the Armed Forces.

Key Provisions

  • Adds a new subsection (f) to 10 U.S.C. §167b that makes the commander of U.S. Cyber Command directly responsible for planning, programming, budgeting, and executing resources to train, equip, operate, and sustain the Armed Forces’ cyber mission force, under the direction of the Department of Defense’s Principal Cyber Advisor.
  • Requires the cyber commander to prepare a program objective memorandum and budget estimate for the cyber mission force and to include those figures in the Department of Defense’s annual budget justification to Congress, separate from other military components.
  • Specifies that the cyber commander’s budgeting duties do not cover military pay, allowances, or facility support that are funded by the individual services.
  • Mandates that before submitting budget proposals, the cyber commander must consult with the service secretaries about reserve‑component cyber units, and any disagreements must be documented in the budget submission; likewise, service secretaries must consult the cyber commander on reserve cyber funding and note any disagreements.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

July 31, 2025

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July 31, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

July 31, 2025

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Introduced in SenateIssued July 31, 2025

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2601

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

July 31, 2025

Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To improve the planning, programming, and budget coordination for operations of cyber mission force of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

1.

Planning, programming, and budget coordination for operations of cyber mission force

Section 167b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:

(f)

Planning, programming, and budgeting

(1)
(A)

In addition to the activities of a combatant command for which funding may be requested under section 166(b) of this title, the Commander of the United States Cyber Command shall, subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense, be responsible for directly controlling and managing the planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of resources to train, equip, operate, and sustain the cyber mission force, which shall include the following:

(i)

Preparation of a program objective memorandum and budget estimate submission for the resources required to train, equip, operate, and sustain the cyber mission force.

(ii)

Preparation of budget materials pertaining to the United States Cyber Command for inclusion in the budget justification materials that are submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the Department of Defense for a fiscal year, as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, that is separate from any other military department or component of the Department of Defense.

(B)

The responsibilities assigned to the Commander of the United States Cyber Command pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall not include the following:

(i)

Military pay and allowances.

(ii)

Funding for facility support that is provided by the military departments.

(2)
(A)

Before the budget proposal for the United States Cyber Command for any fiscal year is submitted to the Secretary of Defense, the Commander of the United States Cyber Command shall consult with the Secretaries of the military departments concerning funding for units of the reserve components within the cyber mission force. If the Secretary of a military department does not concur in the recommended level of funding with respect to any such unit that is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department, the Commander shall include with the budget proposal submitted to the Secretary of Defense the views of the Secretary of the military department concerning such funding.

(B)

Before the budget proposal for a military department for any fiscal year is submitted to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the military department shall consult with the Commander of the United States Cyber Command concerning funding for cyber mission forces within the reserve component in the military personnel budget for that military department. If the Commander does not concur in the recommended level of funding with respect to individual augmentees or units within the reserve component, the Secretary of the military department shall include with the budget proposal submitted to the Secretary of Defense the views of the Commander.

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