[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3311]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6102. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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. ___. MODERNIZATION PROGRAM FOR FULL CONTENT INSPECTION.

       Section 1515 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``network boundary 
     and cross-domain defense'' and inserting ``full content 
     inspection'';
       (2) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by inserting 
     ``and cross-domain'' after ``network boundary'';
       (3) in subsection (b)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by inserting ``specified in subsection (a)'' after 
     ``defense capabilities'' both places it appears; and
       (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``that support 
     operational missions as defined by the Department of Defense 
     Cyber Defense Command'' before the period at the end;
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
     subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;
       (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
     subparagraph (B):
       ``(B) By December 1, 2027, integrate the capabilities into 
     the pilot program described in subparagraph (A) that 
     leverages, where appropriate, investments in artificial 
     intelligence to illuminate and actively counter foreign cyber 
     aggression to Department of Defense networks.'';
       (D) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by subparagraph 
     (B), by striking ``deployment of modernized network boundary 
     defense capabilities to the access points and cross-domain 
     capabilities'' and inserting ``deployment of the same 
     capabilities described in subsection (a) to the access points 
     and cross-domain capabilities, and any other network 
     interconnection point,''; and
       (E) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by subparagraph 
     (B)--
       (i) by striking ``modernized network boundary defense 
     capabilities'' and inserting ``the same capabilities 
     described in subsection (a)''; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``To 
     ensure the coverage of these capabilities is complete, the 
     Secretary shall, acting through the Director of the Defense 
     Information Systems Agency and the Chief Information Officer 
     of the Department of Defense, create a list of remaining 
     networks and enclaves.''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Semiannual Briefings.--Not less frequently than twice 
     each year until December 31, 2028, the Chief Information 
     Officer of the Department of Defense, the Director of the 
     Defense Information Systems Agency, and the Commander of the 
     Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command shall jointly 
     provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing 
     on--
       ``(1) the status of deployment of the modernization program 
     required by subsection (a);
       ``(2) the results of the surveys conducted pursuant to 
     subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (b)(2);
       ``(3) identification of and timeline for the remaining 
     networks and enclaves to be incorporated into the program; 
     and
       ``(4) any reprogramming requests necessary to expedite 
     completion of the deployment to all remaining networks and 
     enclaves identified.''.
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