[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2493. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Coons) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe 
(for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed 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 end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1052. BRIEFING ON USE AND EXPANSION OF HACKING FOR 
                   DEFENSE IN SUPPORT OF INNOVATION AND 
                   ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       Not later than February 28, 2019, the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall provide the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a briefing on proposals for use or expansion 
     of the so-called ``Hacking for Defense'' program in order to 
     support the innovation and entrepreneurial efforts of the 
     Department of Defense, including the following:
       (1) A description of the manner in which the Hacking for 
     Defense program is currently being employed within the 
     Department.
       (2) A description and assessment of proposals for manners 
     in which the Hacking for Defense program could be leveraged 
     or expanded in order to do the following:
       (A) Provide advanced warfighter solutions.
       (B) Address readiness deficiencies.
       (C) Reinvigorate, modernize, and enhance the innovation 
     education of the Department with institutions of higher 
     education and professional education programs in the United 
     States and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
     countries.
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