[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 142 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6034]
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  SA 3274. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO CYBER WORKFORCE AND 
                   LEADERSHIP.

       (a) Modification Reporting Requirements for Senior Military 
     Advisor for Cyber Policy and Deputy Principal Cyber 
     Advisor.--Section 392a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Policy'' and inserting ``the 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, the following:'' 
     and all that follows through the period at the end and 
     inserting ``the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber 
     Policy''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)(A)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Policy'' and inserting ``the Assistant Secretary 
     of Defense for Cyber Policy'';
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``Under Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber 
     Policy'';
       (C) in clause (iii), by striking ``Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Policy'' and inserting ``Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense for Cyber Policy''; and
       (D) by striking clause (iv).
       (b) Military Deputy Principal Cyber Advisors.--Section 392a 
     of such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(d) Military Deputy Principal Cyber Advisors.--
       ``(1) Appointment.--For each Principal Cyber Advisory 
     appointed under subsection (c)(1)(A) for a service, the 
     secretary concerned shall appoint a member of the armed 
     forces from the respective service to act as a deputy to the 
     Principal Cyber Advisor for that service.
       ``(2) Requirement.--Each deputy appointed pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) shall be appointed from among flag officers of 
     the respective service.''.
       (c)  Cyber Workforce Interchange Agreement.--The Secretary 
     of Defense shall plan and coordinate an interchange agreement 
     for the cyber workforce in the Cyber Excepted Service of the 
     Department of Defense that is similar to the Defense Civilian 
     Intelligence Personnel System Interchange Agreement that was 
     in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (d) Establishment of Senior Executive Position Equivalents 
     Within Cyber Excepted Service.--The Secretary may establish 
     Senior Executive Service position (as defined in section 
     3132(a) of title 5, United States Code) equivalents, 
     including senior level and scientific and professional 
     positions as well as highly qualified experts, within the 
     Cyber Excepted Service in a manner similar to the Defense 
     Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) so that the 
     Department of Defense can recruit and retain civilians with 
     superior qualifications and experience with greater hiring 
     flexibility.
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