[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3615-S3616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 628. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for

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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 II, add the following:

     SEC. ___. CYBERSECURITY COORDINATOR AT NATIONAL SECURITY 
                   COUNSEL.

       Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3021 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
       ``(h) Cybersecurity Coordinator.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President shall designate an 
     employee of the National Security Council to be the 
     Cybersecurity Coordinator.
       ``(2) Reporting.--The Cybersecurity Coordinator shall 
     report directly to the President.
       ``(3) Responsibilities.--The responsibilities of the 
     Cybersecurity Coordinator are as follows:
       ``(A) To coordinate the interagency process for addressing 
     the defense of information infrastructure operated by 
     agencies in the case of a large-scale attack on information 
     infrastructure.
       ``(B) To review agency information security programs and 
     ensure that they are complementary.
       ``(C) To ensure each agency provides reporting on the 
     adequacy of protections for privacy and civil liberties.
       ``(D) To ensure, in consultation with the agencies, that 
     the efforts of agencies related to the development of 
     regulations, rules, requirements, or other actions applicable 
     to the national information infrastructure are complimentary.
       ``(E) To coordinate, certify, and provide guidance for the 
     budgetary process for each agency so that resources are 
     streamlined and consistent across the necessary agencies.
       ``(F) To provide a report of information security 
     vulnerabilities presented by each agency, as well as a review 
     of the compliance efforts of each agency.
       ``(G) To ensure information security resilience and 
     compliance for each agency.
       ``(H) To establish a national strategy for improving agency 
     information security.''.
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