[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 824. Mr. THUNE 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. ___. CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE ARMY SENIOR 
                   RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS.

       (a) Training Program Required.--The Secretary of the Army 
     shall, in consultation with the Commander of the United 
     States Cyber Command and the Superintendent of the United 
     States Military Academy, establish within the Army Senior 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps (SROTC) program a training 
     program on cybersecurity. The training program shall be known 
     as ``Army Cyber R.O.T.C.''.
       (b) Elements.--
       (1) In general.--The training program required by 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (A) Expansion of Military Science instruction provided to 
     Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to include 
     coursework and summer training opportunities for students on 
     cybersecurity.
       (B) Modification of the Cadet Talent Management system of 
     the Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to 
     incorporate cybersecurity potential.
       (C) Establishment of criteria for the selection of Cyber 
     Operations Officers among Army Senior Reserve Officers' 
     Training Corps students.
       (2) Preservation of academic and other requirements.--
     Nothing in the training program shall be construed to relieve 
     a student participating in the training program of the 
     obligation to meet academic and other requirements otherwise 
     generally applicable to students participating in the Army 
     Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.
       (c) Scope of Program.--The training program required by 
     subsection (a) shall be designed to promote partnerships 
     between units participating in the training program and the 
     Centers of Academic Excellence of the National Security 
     Agency and the Department of Homeland Security.
       (d) Initial Implementation.--The Secretary shall implement 
     the training program required by subsection (a) during the 
     2018-2019 academic year by carrying out the training program 
     in that academic year at not fewer than five civilian 
     educational institutions participating in the Army Senior 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps program that are selected by 
     the Secretary for purposes of the implementation of the 
     training program.
       (e) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report on the training program required by 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Elements.--The report shall set forth the following:
       (A) A description of the training program, including the 
     elements of the training program pursuant to subsection (b) 
     and the manner in which the training program will be 
     implemented pursuant to subsection (d).
       (B) An assessment of the current need of the Army for 
     Reserve officers with cybersecurity expertise, and of the 
     challenges faced by the Army in developing Reserve officers 
     with such expertise.
       (C) Any other matters with respect to the training by or 
     for the Army of Reserve officers in cybersecurity matters 
     that the Secretary considers appropriate.
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