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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10332 
To require the Secretary of Defense to designate the Joint Force Head-
quarters-Department of Defense Information Network as a subordinate 
unified command under the United States Cyber Command, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2024 
Mr. BACON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Defense to designate the Joint 
Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information 
Network as a subordinate unified command under the 
United States Cyber Command, 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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Cyber Defense 
Modernization Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INFORMATION NET-
WORK SUBORDINATE UNIFIED COMMAND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall designate the Joint Force Headquarters-Department 
of Defense Information Network as a subordinate unified 
command under the United States Cyber Command. 
(b) DESIGNATION NOTICE.—On the date on which 
the Secretary of Defense makes the designation required 
by subsection (a), the Secretary shall issue to the Sec-
retary of each military department (as defined in section 
101(a) of title 10, United States Code), the Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Under Secretaries of the De-
partment of Defense, the Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau, the General Counsel of the Department of Defense, 
the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, 
the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the 
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, the Chief In-
formation Officer of the Department of Defense, the As-
sistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and 
Low Intensity Conflict, the Chief Digital and Artificial In-
telligence Officer of the Department of Defense, the com-
mander of each combatant command, and the head of each 
Defense Agency and Department of Defense Field Activity 
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(as such terms are defined, respectively, in section 101(a) 
of title 10, United States Code) a notice regarding— 
(1) the designation of the Joint Force Head-
quarters-Department of Defense Information Net-
work as a subordinate unified command under the 
United States Cyber Command; and 
(2) the mission of the Joint Force Head-
quarters-Department of Defense Information Net-
work as the lead organization for the network oper-
ations, security, and defense of the Department of 
Defense Information Network. 
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