[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2603 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2603

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to designate the Assistant 
 Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy as principal staff assistant to 
 the Secretary of Defense on matters within the responsibility of the 
              Assistant Secretary, 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 designate the Assistant 
 Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy as principal staff assistant to 
 the Secretary of Defense on matters within the responsibility of the 
              Assistant Secretary, 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. DESIGNATION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR CYBER 
              POLICY AS PRINCIPAL STAFF ASSISTANT.

    Section 138(b)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before the first sentence; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the 
Secretary of Defense, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber 
Policy--
            ``(i) shall serve as a principal staff assistant to the 
        Secretary of Defense on matters within the responsibility of 
        the Assistant Secretary;
            ``(ii) shall report directly to the Secretary without 
        intervening authority; and
            ``(iii) may communicate views on matters within the 
        responsibility of the Assistant Secretary directly to the 
        Secretary without obtaining the approval or concurrence of any 
        other official within the Department of Defense.''.
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