[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7933]
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  SA 4423. Mr. INHOFE (for Mr. Rounds (for himself and Mr. Manchin)) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 
submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 IX, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. MODIFICATION OF POSITION OF PRINCIPAL CYBER 
                   ADVISOR.

       (a) Designation of Principal Cyber Advisor.--Paragraph (1) 
     of section 932(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Designation.--(A) The Secretary shall designate, from 
     among the personnel of the Office of the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Policy, a Principal Cyber Advisor to act as the 
     principal advisor to the Secretary on military cyber forces 
     and activities.
       ``(B) The Secretary may only designate an official under 
     this paragraph if such official was appointed to the position 
     in which such official serves by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate.''.
       (b) Designation of Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor.--Section 
     905(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 391 note) is 
     amended by striking ``Secretary of Defense'' and inserting 
     ``Under Secretary of Defense for Policy''.
       (c) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall 
     brief the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
     on such recommendations as the Deputy Secretary may have for 
     alternate reporting structures for the Principal Cyber 
     Advisor and the Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor within the 
     Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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