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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4615 

To require the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage with the Ministry 

of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan for the purpose of expanding 

cooperation of military cybersecurity activities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 26, 2022 

Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage with 

the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan for 

the purpose of expanding cooperation of military cybersecurity activities, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. MILITARY CYBERSECURITY COOPERATION 

4 WITH KINGDOM OF JORDAN. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

7 shall, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for 

8 Policy, in coordination with the Commander of United 


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1 States Cyber Command, the Commander of United States 

2 Central Command, and the Secretary of State, seek to en3 gage their counterparts within the Ministry of Defence of 

4 the Kingdom of Jordan for the purpose of expanding co5 operation of military cybersecurity activities. 

6 (b) COOPERATION EFFORTS.—The efforts to expand 

7 cooperation required by subsection (a) may include the fol8 lowing efforts between the Department of Defense and the 

9 Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan: 

10 (1) Bilateral cybersecurity training activities 

11 and exercises. 

12 (2) Efforts to— 

13 (A) actively defend military networks, in14 frastructure, and systems; 

15 (B) eradicate malicious cyber activity that 

16 has compromised those networks, infrastruc17 ture, and systems; and 

18 (C) leverage United States commercial and 

19 military cybersecurity technology and services 

20 to harden and defend those networks, infra21 structure, and systems. 

22 (3) Establishment of a regional cybersecurity 

23 center. 

24 (c) BRIEFINGS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Sec4 retary of State, provide to the appropriate commit5 tees of Congress a briefing on the implementation of 

6 this section. 

7 (2) CONTENTS.—The briefing required by para8 graph (1) shall include the following: 

9 (A) An overview of efforts undertaken pur10 suant to this section. 

11 (B) A description of the feasibility and ad12 visability of expanding cooperation with the 

13 Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan 

14 on military cybersecurity. 

15 (C) Identification of any challenges and re16 sources that need to be addressed so as to ex17 pand cooperation with the Ministry of Defence 

18 of the Kingdom of Jordan on military cyberse19 curity. 

20 (D) Any other matter the Secretary con21 siders relevant. 

22 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS

23 DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate 

24 committees of Congress’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Armed Services and 

2 the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen3 ate; and 

4 (B) the Committee on Armed Services and 

5 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

6 of Representatives. 

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