[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4597-S4598]
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SA 713. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Murphy) 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:
Section 1042 is amended to read as follows:
SEC. 1042. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION
OPERATIONS AND CYBER-ENABLED INFORMATION
OPERATIONS.
(a) Integration of Department of Defense Information
Operations and Cyber-enabled Information Operations.--
(1) Establishment of cross-functional task force.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
cross-functional task force consistent with section 911(c)(1)
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) to integrate
across the organizations of the Department of Defense
responsible for information operations, military deception,
public affairs, electronic warfare, and cyber operations to
produce integrated strategy, planning, and budgeting to
counter, deter, and conduct strategic information operations
and cyber-enabled information operations.
(B) Duties.--The task force shall carry out the following:
(i) Development of a strategic framework for the conduct by
the Department of Defense of information operations,
including cyber-enabled information operations, coordinated
across all relevant Department of Defense entities, including
both near-term and long-term guidance for the conduct of such
coordinated operations.
(ii) Development and dissemination of a common operating
paradigm across the organizations specified in subparagraph
(A) of the influence, deception, and propaganda activities of
key malign actors, including in cyberspace.
(iii) Development of guidance for, and promotion of, the
liaison capability of the Department to interact with the
private sector, including social media, on matters related to
the influence activities of malign actors.
(iv) Serve as the primary Department of Defense liaison
with the Global Engagement Center and other relevant Federal
entities in carrying out the purpose set forth in section
1287(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note).
(2) Head of cross-functional task force.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall appoint as
the head of the task force such individual as the Secretary
considers appropriate from among individuals serving
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in the Department as an Under Secretary of Defense or in such
other position within the Department of lesser order of
precedence.
(B) Responsibilities.--The responsibilities of the head of
the task force are as follows:
(i) Oversight of strategic policy and guidance.
(ii) Overall resource allocation for the integration of
information operations and cyber operations of the
Department.
(iii) Ensuring the task force faithfully pursues the
purpose set forth in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and
carries out its duties as set forth in subparagraph (B) of
such paragraph.
(iv) Carrying out such activities as are required of the
head of the task force under subsections (b) and (c).
(v) Coordination with the head of the Global Engagement
Center in support of the execution of the purpose set forth
in section 1287(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656
note).
(b) Requirements and Plans for Information Operations.--
(1) Combatant command planning and regional strategy.--(A)
The Secretary shall require each commander of a combatant
command to develop, in coordination with the relevant
regional Assistant Secretary of State or Assistant
Secretaries of State and with the assistance of the
Coordinator of the Global Engagement Center and the head of
the task force appointed under subsection (a)(2)(A), a
regional information strategy and interagency coordination
plan for carrying out the strategy, where applicable.
(B) The Secretary shall require each commander of a
combatant command to develop such requirements and specific
plans as may be necessary for the conduct of information
operations in support of the strategy required in
subparagraph (A), including plans for deterring information
operations, particularly in the cyber domain, by malign
actors against the United States, allies of the United
States, and interests of the United States.
(2) Implementation plan for department of defense strategy
for operations in the information environment.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the head of the task force shall--
(i) review the Department of Defense Strategy for
Operations in the Information Environment, dated June 2016;
and
(ii) submit to the congressional defense committees a plan
for implementation of such strategy.
(B) Elements.--The implementation plan shall include, at a
minimum, the following:
(i) An accounting of the efforts undertaken in support of
the strategy described in subparagraph (A)(i) since it was
issued in June 2016.
(ii) A description of any updates or changes to such
strategy that have been made since it was first issued, as
well as any expected updates or changes in light of the
establishment of the task force.
(iii) A description of the role of the Department as part
of a broader whole-of-government strategy for strategic
communications, including assumptions about the roles and
contributions of other Government departments and agencies to
such a strategy.
(iv) Defined actions, performance metrics, and projected
timelines to achieve the following specified tasks:
(I) Train, educate, and prepare commanders and their
staffs, and the Joint Force as a whole, to lead, manage, and
conduct operations in the information environment.
(II) Train, educate, and prepare information operations
professionals and practitioners to enable effective
operations in the information environment.
(III) Manage information operations professionals,
practitioners, and organizations to meet emerging operational
needs.
(IV) Establish a baseline assessment of current ability of
the Department to conduct operations in the information
environment, including an identification of the types of
units and organizations currently responsible for building
and employing information-related capabilities and an
assignment of appropriate roles and missions for each type of
unit or organization.
(V) Develop the ability of the Department and operating
forces to engage, assess, characterize, forecast, and
visualize the information environment.
(VI) Develop and maintain the proper capabilities and
capacity to operate effectively in the information
environment in coordination with implementation of related
cyber and other strategies.
(VII) Develop and maintain the capability to assess
accurately the effect of operations in the information
environment.
(VIII) Adopt, adapt, and develop new science and technology
for the Department to operate effectively in the information
environment.
(IX) Develop and adapt information environment-related
concepts, policies, and guidance.
(X) Ensure doctrine relevant to operations in the
information environment remains current and responsive based
on lessons learned and best practices.
(XI) Develop, update, and de-conflict authorities and
permissions, as appropriate, to enable effective operations
in the information environment.
(XII) Establish and maintain partnerships among Department
and interagency partners, including the Global Engagement
Center, to enable more effective whole-of-government
operations in the information environment.
(XIII) Establish and maintain appropriate interaction with
entities that are not part of the Federal Government,
including entities in industry, entities in academia,
federally funded research and development centers, and other
organizations, to enable operations in the information
environment.
(XIV) Establish and maintain collaboration between and
among the Department and international partners, including
partner countries and nongovernmental organizations, to
enable more effective operations in the information
environment.
(XV) Foster, enhance, and leverage partnership capabilities
and capacities.
(v) An analysis of any personnel, resourcing, capability,
authority, or other gaps that will need to be addressed to
ensure effective implementation of the strategy described in
subparagraph (A)(i) across all relevant elements of the
Department.
(vi) An investment framework and projected timeline for
addressing any gaps identified under clause (v).
(vii) Such other matters as the Secretary of Defense
considers relevant.
(C) Periodic status reports.--Not later than 90 days after
the date on which the implementation plan is submitted under
subparagraph (A)(ii) and not less frequently than once every
90 days thereafter until the date that is three years after
the date of such submittal, the head of the task force shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
describing the status of the efforts of the Department to
accomplish the tasks specified under clauses (iv) and (vi) of
subparagraph (B).
(c) Training and Education.--Consistent with the elements
of the implementation plan required under clauses (i) and
(ii) of subsection (b)(2)(B)(4), the head of the task force
shall establish programs to provide training and education to
such members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of
the Department of Defense as the Secretary considers
appropriate to ensure understanding of the role of
information in warfare, the central goal of all military
operations to affect the perceptions, views, and
decisionmaking of adversaries, and the effective management
and conduct of operations in the information environment.
(d) Establishment of Defense Intelligence Officer for
Information Operations and Cyber Operations.--The Secretary
shall establish a position within the Department of Defense
known as the ``Defense Intelligence Officer for Information
Operations and Cyber Operations''.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``head of the task force'' means the head
appointed under subsection (a)(2)(A).
(2) The term ``implementation plan'' means the plan
required by subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii).
(3) The term ``task force'' means the cross-functional task
force established under subsection (a)(1)(A).
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