[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2275. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2019 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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. TIER 1 EXERCISE OF SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES FOR 
                   A CYBER INCIDENT.

       (a) In General.--The Commander of the United States Cyber 
     Command, the Commander of United States Northern Command, and 
     such other commands or components of the Department of 
     Defense as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, 
     shall, consistent with the recommendations made by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States in the Government 
     Accountability Office report GAO-16-574, conduct a tier 1 
     exercise of support to civil authorities for a cyber 
     incident.
       (b) Elements.--The exercise required by subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) Department level leadership and decision-making for 
     providing cyber support to civil authorities.
       (2) Testing of the policy, guidance, doctrine and other 
     elements in the Department of Defense Cyber Incident 
     Coordinating Procedure.
       (3) Operational planning and execution by the Joint Staff 
     and supported and supporting combatant commands.
       (4) Coordination with, and incorporation of, as 
     appropriate, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation, and elements across Federal and 
     State governments and the private sector.
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