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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 278
5	5	To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct a study on the
6	6	feasibility of establishing a Cyber Defense National Guard.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY11, 2023
9	9	Ms. J
10	10	ACKSONLEEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
11	11	Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To require the Director of National Intelligence to conduct
14	14	a study on the feasibility of establishing a Cyber Defense
15	15	National Guard.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cyber Defense Na-4
20	20	tional Guard Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF CYBER DEFENSE 6
22	22	NATIONAL GUARD. 7
23	23	(a) S
24	24	TUDY.—The Director of National Intelligence, 8
25	25	in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-9
26	26	retary of Homeland Security, shall conduct a study on the 10
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29	29	•HR 278 IH
30	30	feasibility of establishing a Cyber Defense National 1
31	31	Guard. 2
32	32	(b) C
33	33	ONTENTS.—The study required under sub-3
34	34	section (a) shall include an analysis of— 4
35	35	(1) the cost of creating a Cyber Defense Na-5
36	36	tional Guard; 6
37	37	(2) the number of persons who would be needed 7
38	38	to defend the critical infrastructure of the United 8
39	39	States from a cyber attack or manmade intentional 9
40	40	or unintentional catastrophic incident; 10
41	41	(3) the sources of potential members of a Cyber 11
42	42	Defense National Guard, including industry, aca-12
43	43	demic institutions, research facilities, and Federal 13
44	44	contractors; 14
45	45	(4) which elements of the Federal Government 15
46	46	would be best equipped to recruit, train, and manage 16
47	47	a Cyber Defense National Guard; 17
48	48	(5) the criteria required for persons to serve in 18
49	49	a Cyber Defense National Guard; 19
50	50	(6) if an incident disrupts communications in a 20
51	51	region or area, what resources can be pre-positioned 21
52	52	and training instilled to assure the effectiveness and 22
53	53	responsiveness of a Cyber Defense National Guard; 23
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56	56	•HR 278 IH
57	57	(7) the minimum requirements for consider-1
58	58	ation for inclusion in a Cyber Defense National 2
59	59	Guard; 3
60	60	(8) the impact of the effectiveness of a Cyber 4
61	61	Defense National Guard of the possibility that the 5
62	62	population of potential recruits may be dominated by 6
63	63	men and women without military, intelligence, law 7
64	64	enforcement, or government work experience; 8
65	65	(9) the recruitment and vetting costs for a 9
66	66	Cyber Defense National Guard; 10
67	67	(10) the frequency of cyber defense and unit co-11
68	68	hesion training; 12
69	69	(11) how well military discipline is able to be 13
70	70	adapted for use for creating command and control 14
71	71	systems and protocols for a Cyber Defense National 15
72	72	Guard; 16
73	73	(12) the logistics of allowing governors to use 17
74	74	the Cyber Defense National Guard in States during 18
75	75	times of cyber emergency; 19
76	76	(13) the advantages and disadvantages of cre-20
77	77	ating a Cyber Defense National Guard on the cyber 21
78	78	security of the United States; and 22
79	79	(14) whether a force trained to defend the net-23
80	80	works of the United States in the event of a major 24
81	81	attack or natural or manmade disaster will benefit 25
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84	84	•HR 278 IH
85	85	overall efforts to defend the interests of the United 1
86	86	States. 2
87	87	(c) R
88	88	EPORT.— 3
89	89	(1) S
90	90	UBMISSION.—Not later than 240 days 4
91	91	after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-5
92	92	rector of National Intelligence, in consultation with 6
93	93	the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 7
94	94	Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committee 8
95	95	on Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Se-9
96	96	curity, the Permanent Select Committee on Intel-10
97	97	ligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 11
98	98	House of Representatives and the Committee on 12
99	99	Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Secu-13
100	100	rity and Governmental Affairs, the Select Committee 14
101	101	on Intelligence, and the Committee on the Judiciary 15
102	102	of the Senate a report containing the results of the 16
103	103	study required under subsection (a). 17
104	104	(2) F
105	105	ORM.—The report required under para-18
106	106	graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, 19
107	107	but may include a classified annex. 20
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