[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8101]
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  SA 4581. Mrs. GILLIBRAND 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, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. MATTERS CONCERNING CYBER PERSONNEL EDUCATION 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--The Director of National Intelligence 
     shall--
       (1) assess current cyber education curricula and 
     requirements for civilian personnel of the intelligence 
     community, including cyberspace and information environment-
     related scholarship-for-service programs, including--
       (A) the CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service (SFS);
       (B) the Stokes Educational Scholarship Program; and
       (C) the OnRamp II Scholarship Program;
       (2) recommend--
       (A) cyberspace domain and information security curriculum 
     requirements of undergraduate- and graduate-level accredited 
     institutions;
       (B) under which Federal department or agency such a 
     curriculum could be administered; and
       (C) interim efforts to improve the coordination of existing 
     cyberspace and information environment education programs; 
     and
       (3) identify--
       (A) any counterintelligence risks or threats to the 
     intelligence community that establishment of such a 
     curriculum could create; and
       (B) a cost estimate for the establishment of such a 
     curriculum.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than May 31, 2022, the Director 
     shall provide the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the House of Representatives a briefing and, not later than 
     September 30, 2022, the Director shall submit to such 
     committees a report on--
       (A) the findings of the Director in carrying out subsection 
     (a);
       (B) such recommendations as the Director may have for 
     personnel education needs in the cyberspace domain; and
       (C) any legislative or administrative action the Director 
     identifies as necessary to effectively meet cyber personnel 
     education requirements.
       (2) Form.--In presenting and submitting findings under 
     paragraph (1), the Director may--
       (A) when providing the briefing required by such paragraph, 
     present such findings in a classified setting; and
       (B) when submitting the report required by such paragraph, 
     include such findings in a classified annex.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Education.--The term ``education'' includes formal 
     education requirements, such as degrees and certification in 
     targeted subject areas.
       (2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
     community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of 
     the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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