[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3713]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2746. Mr. BOOZMAN 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 part I of subtitle C of title XVI, add the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON USING THE CYBER SKILLS VALIDATION COURSE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of each of 
     the military departments shall each submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility 
     and advisability of using the Cyber Skills Validation Course 
     for training members of the cyber forces of the National 
     Guard.
       (b) Contents.--Each report submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A comparison of the current timeline and per-person 
     cost for all training required for licensure or accreditation 
     versus a prospective cost and timeline using the Cyber Skills 
     Validation Course.
       (2) Details on current training curriculum, training course 
     throughput expectations, manpower and infrastructure plans to 
     complete cyber training, and effects on cyber readiness 
     within the military departments.
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