National Guard Cybersecurity Support Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 70 To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize cybersecurity operations and missions to protect critical infrastructure by members of the National Guard in connection with training or other duty. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 27, 2021 Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize cyberse- curity operations and missions to protect critical infra- structure by members of the National Guard in connec- tion with training or other duty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Guard Cyber- 4 security Support Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:23 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S70.IS S70 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 70 IS SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS AND MISSIONS TO 1 PROTECT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE BY 2 MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN CON- 3 NECTION WITH TRAINING OR OTHER DUTY. 4 Section 502(f)(1) of title 32, United States Code, is 5 amended by adding after the flush matter at the end the 6 following new sentence: ‘‘Such training or other duty may 7 include cybersecurity operations or missions undertaken 8 by the member’s unit at the request of the Governor of 9 the State concerned to protect critical infrastructure (as 10 that term is defined in the Critical Infrastructures Protec- 11 tion Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 5195c)).’’. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:23 Feb 06, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S70.IS S70 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS