[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5234]
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SA 989. Mr. ROUNDS 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 C of title XVI, add the following:
SEC. 1630C. CYBERSECURITY OF INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS.
(a) Designation of Integrating Official.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate
one official to be responsible for all matters relating to
integrating cybersecurity and industrial control systems
within the Department of Defense. Such official shall be
responsible for all such matters at all levels of command,
from the Department to the facility using industrial control
systems.
(2) Responsibilities.--The responsibilities of the official
designated under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(A) Developing, implementing, and be accountable for plans,
programs, and policies to improve the cybersecurity of
industrial control systems. Such plans, programs, and
policies shall be applicable at all levels of command and
apply to both the Department and the facility using the
industrial control system.
(B) Developing Department-wide certification standards for
integration of industrial control systems and taking into
consideration frameworks set forth by the National Institute
of Standards and Technology for the cybersecurity of such
systems.
(b) Pilot Programs.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall consider
carrying out one or more pilot programs to assess the
feasibility and advisability of implementing various
solutions for protecting industrial control systems against
cyber attacks and discerning the specific criteria that a
solution should demonstrate in order to be certified for
military use.
(2) Priority.--In carrying out a pilot program under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to the
determination of certification criteria for military energy
industrial control systems.
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