[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1520. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 subtitle B of title XVI, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
                   SUPPORT CIVIL AUTHORITIES IN RESPONSE TO CYBER 
                   ATTACKS BY FOREIGN POWERS.

       (a) Plan Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     develop a comprehensive plan for the United States Cyber 
     Command to support civil authorities in responding to cyber 
     attacks by foreign powers (as defined in section 101 of the 
     Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 
     1801)) against the United States or a United States person.
       (2) Elements.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A plan for internal Department of Defense collective 
     training activities that are integrated with exercises 
     conducted with other agencies and State and local 
     governments.
       (B) Plans for coordination with the heads of other Federal 
     agencies and State and local governments pursuant to the 
     exercises required under subparagraph (A).
       (C) Note of any historical frameworks that are used, if 
     any, in the formulation of the plan required by paragraph 
     (1), such as Operation Noble Eagle.
       (D) Descriptions of the roles, responsibilities, and 
     expectations of Federal, State, and local authorities as the 
     Secretary understands them.
       (E) Descriptions of the roles, responsibilities, and 
     expectations of the active components and reserve components 
     of the Armed Forces.
       (F) A description of such legislative and administrative 
     action as may be necessary to carry out the plan required by 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Comptroller General of the United States Review of 
     Plan.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     review the plan developed under subsection (a)(1).
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