[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4226. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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 C of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1641. PILOT PROGRAM ON TRAINING FOR NATIONAL GUARD 
                   PERSONNEL ON CYBER SKILLS FOR THE PROTECTION OF 
                   INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH 
                   CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

       (a) In General.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
     shall carry out within the National Guard Bureau a pilot 
     program to provide National Guard personnel with training on 
     cyber skills for the protection of industrial control systems 
     associated with critical infrastructure that utilizes the 
     Industrial Control System cyber assessment expertise assigned 
     to a National Guard Cyber Operations Group.
       (b) Duration.--The duration of the pilot program shall be 
     three years.
       (c) Scope of Training.--The training provided pursuant to 
     the pilot program shall be designed to permit personnel who 
     receive such training to assist National Guard Cyber 
     Protection Teams in carrying out activities to protect 
     systems and infrastructure described in subsection (a) from 
     cyber attacks in situations where such activities are 
     otherwise authorized.
       (d) Consultation.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
     shall consult with the Under Secretary of Homeland Security 
     for National Protection and Programs, Department of Energy 
     national laboratories, and appropriate institutions of higher 
     education and other organizations and entities in the private 
     sector in carrying out the pilot program.
       (e) Relationship With Existing Training Programs.--In 
     conducting the pilot program, the Chief of the National Guard 
     Bureau shall not duplicate, and shall consult with and may 
     leverage, existing training programs, including training 
     available through the national cybersecurity and 
     communications integration center established under section 
     227 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 148).
       (f) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than six months after the 
     completion of the pilot program, the Chief of the National 
     Guard Bureau shall submit to the officials, and the 
     committees of Congress, specified in paragraph (2) a report 
     that sets forth the following:
       (A) An evaluation of the training needs of the National 
     Guard Cyber Protection Teams in protecting industrial control 
     systems from cyber attacks.
       (B) An assessment whether new training capabilities are 
     necessary for the remainder of the National Guard Cyber 
     Protection Teams.
       (C) Any other assessments, conclusions, and recommendations 
     that the Chief of the National Guard Bureau considers 
     appropriate in light of the pilot program.
       (2) Officials and committees of congress.--The officials, 
     and the committees of Congress, specified in this paragraph 
     are the following:
       (A) The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, and the Secretary of Energy.
       (B) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
       (C) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Homeland Security, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
     of the House of Representatives
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