[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4202. Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
Gardner, Mr. Warner, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. Bennet) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 end of subtitle B of title IX, add the following:

     SEC. 926. ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFIED COMBATANT COMMAND FOR 
                   CYBER OPERATIONS FORCES.

       With the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint 
     Chiefs of Staff, the President shall, through the Secretary 
     of Defense, establish a unified combatant command for cyber 
     operations forces. The principal function of the command is 
     to prepare cyber operations forces to carry out assigned 
     missions.
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