[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4303. Mr. PORTMAN 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 526. PLAN TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR CYBERSPACE CAREER 
                   FIELDS IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE AIR 
                   FORCE.

       (a) Plan Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall submit to Congress a report setting forth a plan for 
     meeting the increased demand for cyberspace career fields in 
     the reserve components of the Air Force, in accordance with 
     the recommendations of the National Commission on the 
     Structure of the Air Force.
       (b) Elements.--The plan shall take into account the 
     following:
       (1) The availability of qualified local workforces.
       (2) Potential synergies with private sector companies 
     involved in cyberspace or educational institutions with 
     established cyberspace-related academic programs.
       (3) The potential for or proven record of Total Force 
     Integration with associated units or organizations in the 
     regular Air Force.
       (c) Metrics.--The plan shall include appropriate metrics 
     for use in the evaluation of the implementation of the plan.
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