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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1799 

To require the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense to 

conduct a study to determine the optimal strategy for structuring and 

manning elements of the Joint Force Headquarters–Cyber organizations, 

Joint Mission Operations Centers, and Cyber Operations–Integrated 

Planning Elements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 12, 2019 

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

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department 

of Defense to conduct a study to determine the optimal 

strategy for structuring and manning elements of the 

Joint Force Headquarters–Cyber organizations, Joint 

Mission Operations Centers, and Cyber Operations–Integrated Planning Elements, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defense Cybersecurity 

5 Personnel Authorizations and Inventory Oversight Act of 

6 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STUDY TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMAL STRATEGY 

2 FOR STRUCTURING AND MANNING ELE3 MENTS OF THE JOINT FORCE HEAD4 QUARTERS–CYBER ORGANIZATIONS, JOINT 

5 MISSION OPERATIONS CENTERS, AND CYBER 

6 OPERATIONS–INTEGRATED PLANNING ELE7 MENTS. 

8 (a) STUDY.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Principal Cyber Advisor 

10 of the Department of Defense shall conduct a study 

11 to determine the optimal strategy for structuring 

12 and manning elements of the following: 

13 (A) Joint Force Headquarters–Cyber orga14 nizations. 

15 (B) Joint Mission Operations Centers. 

16 (C) Cyber Operations–Integrated Planning 

17 Elements. 

18 (2) ELEMENTS.—The study conducted under 

19 subsection (a) shall include assessment of the fol20 lowing: 

21 (A) Operational effects on the military 

22 services if the entities listed in subparagraphs 

23 (A) through (C) of paragraph (1) are restruc24 tured from organizations that are service com25 ponent organizations to joint organizations. 


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1 (B) Organizational effects on the military 

2 services if the billets associated with the entities 

3 listed in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 

4 paragraph (1) are transferred to United States 

5 Cyber Command and designated as joint billets 

6 for joint qualification purposes. 

7 (b) REPORT.— 

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

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Prin10 cipal Cyber Advisor shall submit to the Committee 

11 on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 

12 on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

13 a report on the study conducted under subsection 

14 (a). 

15 (2) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under 

16 paragraph (1) shall contain the following: 

17 (A) The findings of the Principal Cyber 

18 Advisor with respect to the study conducted 

19 under subsection (a). 

20 (B) Details of the operational and organi21 zational effects assessed under subsection 

22 (a)(2). 

23 (C) A plan to carry out the transfer de24 scribed in subsection (a)(2)(B) and the associ25 ated costs. 


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1 (D) Such other matters as the Principal 

2 Cyber Advisor considers appropriate. 

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