I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4500 
To improve the management of cyber and information technology ranges 
and facilities of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2014 
Mr. KILMER (for himself, Ms. TSONGAS, and Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To improve the management of cyber and information tech-
nology ranges and facilities of the Department of De-
fense, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. CYBER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
RANGES. 
(a) MANAGEMENT OF CYBER RANGES AND FACILI-
TIES.—Subsection (b) of section 932 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 
113–66) is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
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‘‘(3) LIST OF CYBER AND INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY RANGES AND FACILITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Principal Cyber 
Advisor designated under subsection (c)(1) shall 
establish a comprehensive list of the cyber and 
information technology ranges and facilities of 
the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(B) TERMINOLOGY.—In establishing the 
list under subparagraph (A), the Principal 
Cyber Advisor shall denote whether each cyber 
and information technology range and facility 
is— 
‘‘(i) a ‘cyber range’, as defined by the 
Principal Cyber Advisor pursuant to sub-
section (c)(2)(C); or 
‘‘(ii) an ‘IT range’, as defined by the 
Principal Cyber Advisor pursuant to such 
subsection. 
‘‘(C) SUBMISSION.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015, the Principal Cyber Advisor shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees 
the list established under subparagraph (A). 
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‘‘(4) MANAGEMENT
OF
SYSTEMS.—The Prin-
cipal Cyber Advisor shall determine, on a case by 
case basis, whether a cyber and information tech-
nology range and facility listed under paragraph 
(3)(A) should be centrally managed under paragraph 
(5) to increase efficiency, provide capability or ca-
pacity to more elements of the Department of De-
fense, or both. 
‘‘(5) COORDINATING ENTITY.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 
270 days after the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015, the Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish an entity, or designate an element of the 
Department of Defense, to coordinate cyber and 
information technology ranges and facilities 
that the Principal Cyber Advisor determines 
should be centrally managed under paragraph 
(4). 
‘‘(B) DUTIES.—With respect to the cyber 
and information technology ranges and facilities 
designated under paragraph (4), the head of 
the entity established or designated under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be responsible for the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(ii) by not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2015, an initial report on the status, inte-
gration efforts, and usage of cyber and in-
formation technology ranges and facilities. 
‘‘(6) CYBER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
RANGES
AND
FACILITIES
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘cyber and information technology 
ranges and facilities’ means cyber ranges, test facili-
ties, test beds, and other means of the Department 
of Defense for testing, training, and developing soft-
ware, personnel, and tools for accommodating the 
mission of the Department.’’; and 
(2) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGY’’ after ‘‘CYBER’’. 
(b) COMMON TERMS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (c)(2) of such 
section is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) Establishing and maintaining a list of 
terms and definitions with respect to commonly 
used terms relating to cyber matters to improve 
the coordination and cooperation among the 
military departments and among other depart-
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ments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment.’’. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out section 
932(c)(2)(C) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66), as 
added by paragraph (1), the Principal Cyber Advisor 
shall— 
(A) establish the list of terms and defini-
tions by not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) use as a basis for such list Joint Pub-
lication 1–02, Department of Defense Dic-
tionary of Military and Associated Terms (as 
amended through 31 January 2011). 
(c) PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of the entity es-
tablished or designated under section 932(b)(5)(A) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66), as added by sub-
section (a), shall carry out one or more pilot pro-
grams to demonstrate commercially available, cloud- 
based cyber training, exercise, and test environments 
(both unclassified and classified) that are available 
to meet the mission of the Department of Defense 
while providing the defense laboratories, the Na-
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tional Guard, academia, and the private sector ac-
cess to such training, exercise, and test environ-
ments. 
(2) EVALUATION.—The pilot programs under 
paragraph (1) shall evaluate the costs and benefits 
with respect to the following matters: 
(A) Persistent capability. 
(B) Remote access. 
(C) Capability to transfer information 
across classification levels. 
(D) Reuse of environments. 
(E) Routine integration of new tech-
nologies. 
(F) Use of commercially available cloud- 
based solutions that are compliant with the 
Federal Risk and Authorization Management 
Program. 
(G) Pay-per-use utility pricing model. 
(H) Any other matters the head deter-
mines appropriate. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The head shall select, 
using competitive procedures, defense laboratories 
and federally funded research and development cen-
ters to carry out pilot programs under paragraph 
(1). 
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(4) FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES.—Based on the in-
formation learned under the pilot programs under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense may carry 
out any of the following activities: 
(A) Transition a pilot program to be car-
ried out by the Secretary for operations, main-
tenance, and continued use by cyber organiza-
tions of the Department. 
(B) Provide persistent year-round accessi-
bility of the environment for continued training 
during non-exercise periods. 
(C) Provide a ‘‘certification quality’’ envi-
ronment for initial and recurring training of all 
cyber teams. 
(D) Replicate the capability of a pilot pro-
gram to provide similar high-end training and 
exercise 
opportunities 
for 
non-Department 
cyber professionals, including in coordination 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(E) Sustain the research and development 
effort under a pilot program to continue updat-
ing network environments, targets and defended 
assets, and integration of new cyber tools. 
(F) Sustain technology infusion under a 
pilot program to apply and evaluate advanced 
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concepts and solutions to problems that affect 
multiple mission spaces of the Department. 
(G) Create a library of virtual cyber tem-
plates that are ready to be used on short notice 
without the capital expenditures that would oth-
erwise be required. 
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