[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 123 (Thursday, July 20, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4119-S4120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 22--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF CONGRESS ON 
THE USE OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PERSONNEL ACT MOBILITY PROGRAM AND THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE PROGRAM TO OBTAIN 
PERSONNEL WITH CYBER SKILLS AND ABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

  Mr. ROUNDS submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Armed Services:

                            S. Con. Res. 22

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring),

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This concurrent resolution may be cited as the ``Whole of 
     Society Cyber Personnel Cooperation Resolution of 2017''.

     SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
                   PERSONNEL ACT MOBILITY PROGRAM AND DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE 
                   PROGRAM TO OBTAIN PERSONNEL WITH CYBER SKILLS 
                   AND ABILITIES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       It is the sense of Congress that--

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       (1) the Department of Defense should fully use the 
     Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program (IPAMP) and 
     the Department of Defense Information Technology Exchange 
     Program (ITEP) to obtain cyber personnel across the 
     Government by leveraging cyber capabilities found at the 
     State and local government level and in the private sector in 
     order to meet the needs of the Department for cybersecurity 
     professionals; and
       (2) the Department should implement at the earliest 
     practicable date a strategy that includes policies and plans 
     to fully use such programs to obtain such personnel for the 
     Department.

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