[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3408]
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  SA 1912. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 subtitle B of title XVI, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. ___. ASSESSMENT OF MAJOR THEATER OPERATIONAL PLANS FOR 
                   CYBER RISK TO MISSIONS.

       (a) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     conduct an assessment of major theater operational plans for 
     cyber risk to missions.
       (b) Requirements.--
       (1) Mission impact.--The assessment under subsection (a) 
     shall include an assessment of the mission impact of cyber-
     attacks that degrade, deny, or destroy United States 
     capabilities.
       (2) Manner conducted.--Assessments under paragraph (1) 
     shall be conducted by the commanders of the combatant 
     commands and acquisition organizations together, and include 
     the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Defense 
     Continuity and Mission Assurance for assessing mission risk 
     in relation to the cyber resilience of the infrastructure on 
     which force generation and projection depend.
       (3) Sustainable analysis and methods.--The Secretary shall 
     ensure that assessments under this section result in 
     sustainable analyses and methods of determining cyber risk 
     and mission assurance to the mission plans of the combatant 
     command.
       (4) Use of existing exercises and assessments.--The 
     assessments under this section may build upon existing cyber 
     table-top and other exercises and assessments.
       (5) Coordination.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
     assessments under this section are coordinated with the 
     Commander of the United States Cyber Command.
       (6) Institutionalized.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
     analyses under this section are institutionalized as part of 
     continuing plans, preparations, and exercises.
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