[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2602 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2602

     To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the scope of 
  affirmation of authority for cyber operations to include defense of 
  critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2025

  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 amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the scope of 
  affirmation of authority for cyber operations to include defense of 
  critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense, 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. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF AFFIRMATION OF AUTHORITY FOR CYBER 
              OPERATIONS TO INCLUDE DEFENSE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 
              OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) Scope of Affirmation of Authority.--Subsection (b) of section 
394 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``defense 
of critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense,'' after 
``force protection,''.
    (b) Amendment to Definitions.--Subsection (f) of such section 394 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (3) and (4), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
        paragraph (2):
            ``(2) The term `critical infrastructure of the Department 
        of Defense' means any asset of the Department of Defense of 
        such extraordinary importance to the functioning of the 
        Department and the operation of the armed forces that the 
        incapacitation or destruction of such asset by a cyber attack 
        would have a debilitating effect on the ability of the 
        Department to fulfill its missions.''.
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