[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1478 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1478

To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive plan to 
   support civil authorities in response to cyber attacks by foreign 
                    powers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2015

  Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive plan to 
   support civil authorities in response to cyber attacks by foreign 
                    powers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Defense Cyber Support 
to Civil Authorities Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO SUPPORT CIVIL 
              AUTHORITIES IN RESPONSE TO CYBER ATTACKS BY FOREIGN 
              POWERS.

    (a) Plan Required.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        develop a comprehensive plan for the United States Cyber 
        Command to support civil authorities in responding to cyber 
        attacks by foreign powers (as defined in section 101 of the 
        Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801)) 
        against the United States or a United States person.
            (2) Elements.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) A plan for internal Department of Defense 
                collective training activities that are integrated with 
                exercises conducted with other agencies and State and 
                local governments.
                    (B) Plans for coordination with the heads of other 
                Federal agencies and State and local governments 
                pursuant to the exercises required under subparagraph 
                (A).
                    (C) Note of any historical frameworks that are 
                used, if any, in the formulation of the plan required 
                by paragraph (1), such as Operation Noble Eagle.
                    (D) Descriptions of the roles, responsibilities, 
                and expectations of Federal, State, and local 
                authorities as the Secretary understands them.
                    (E) Descriptions of the roles, responsibilities, 
                and expectations of the active components and reserve 
                components of the Armed Forces.
                    (F) A description of such legislative and 
                administrative action as may be necessary to carry out 
                the plan required by paragraph (1).
    (b) Comptroller General of the United States Review of Plan.--The 
Comptroller General of the United States shall review the plan 
developed under subsection (a)(1).
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