[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4568-S4569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 623. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 __ of title __, add the following
new section:
SEC. ___. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CYBER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out
a pilot program to be known as the ``Cyber Workforce
Development Pilot Program'' (in this section referred to as
the ``Pilot Program'') under which the Secretary shall
provide funds, in addition to other funds that may be
available, for the recruitment, training,
professionalization, and retention of personnel in the cyber
workforce of the Department of Defense.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Pilot Program shall be to
assess the effectiveness of carrying out a full-scale talent
management program to ensure that the cyber workforce of the
Department of Defense has the capacity, in both personnel and
skills, needed to effectively perform its cyber missions and
the kinetic missions affected by cyber activities.
(c) Management.--The Pilot Program shall be managed by the
Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, in
consultation with the Principal Cyber Advisor to the
Secretary of Defense.
(d) Guidance.--The Chief Information Officer, in
consultation with the Principal Cyber Advisor to the
Secretary of Defense, shall issue guidance for the
administration of the Pilot Program. Such guidance shall
include provisions that--
(1) identify areas of need in the cyber workforce that
funds under the Pilot Program may be used to address,
including--
(A) changes to the types of skills needed in the cyber
workforce;
(B) capabilities to develop the cyber workforce and assist
members of the cyber workforce in achieving qualifications
and professionalization through activities such as training,
education, and exchange programs;
(C) incentives to retain qualified, experienced cyber
workforce personnel; and
(D) incentives for attracting new, high-quality personnel
to the cyber workforce;
(2) describe the process under which entities may submit an
application to receive funds under the Pilot Program;
(3) describe the evaluation criteria to be used for
approving or prioritizing applications for funds under the
Pilot Program in any fiscal year; and
(4) describe measurable objectives of performance for
determining whether funds under the Pilot Program are being
used in compliance with this section.
(e) Considerations.--When selecting entities to provide
training and education services under the Pilot Program,
consideration shall be given to whether the entity providing
such services is a Center of Academic Excellence in
Information Assurance Education (as that term is defined in
section 2200e of title 10, United States Code).
(f) Annual Report.--Not later than 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the
Pilot Program, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the operation of
the Pilot Program during such fiscal year. Each report shall
include, for the fiscal year covered by such report, the
following:
(1) A description of the expenditures made under the Pilot
Program (including expenditures following a transfer of funds
under the Pilot Program to a military department or Defense
Agency) in such fiscal year, including the purpose of such
expenditures.
(2) A description and assessment of improvements in the
Department of Defense cyber workforce resulting from such
expenditures.
(3) Recommendations for additional authorities to fulfill
the purpose of the Pilot Program.
(4) A statement of the funds that remain available under
the Pilot Program at the end of such fiscal year.
(g) Termination.--The Pilot Program and the annual
reporting requirement under subsection (f) shall each
terminate on the date that is five years after the date on
which funds are first appropriated for the Pilot Program and
any funds not obligated or expended under the Pilot Program
on that date
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shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury of the
United States.
(h) Cyber Workforce Defined.--In this section, the term
``cyber workforce'' means the following:
(1) Personnel in positions that require the performance of
cybersecurity or other cyber-related functions as so
identified pursuant to the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
Assessment Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-113; 5 U.S.C. 301
note).
(2) Military personnel or civilian employees of the
Department of Defense who are not described in paragraph (1)
but who--
(A) are assigned functions that contribute significantly to
cyber operations; and
(B) are designated as temporary members of the cyber
workforce by the Chief Information Officer of the Department
of Defense, or by the head of a military department or
Defense Agency, for the limited purpose of receiving training
for the performance of cyber-related functions.
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