A bill 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.

Bill: 116-s-4833
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-10-21
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Infrastructure development

Military civil functions

Military education and training

National Guard and reserves

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-21
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill authorizes members of the National Guard to perform, at the request of a state and in connection with training or other duty, cybersecurity operations or missions to protect critical infrastructure.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4833 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 21 (legislative day, October 19), 2020 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 cybersecurity operations and missions to protect critical infrastructure by members of the National Guard in connection with training or other duty.

1. Cybersecurity operations and missions to protect critical infrastructure by members of the National Guard in connection with training or other duty Section 502(f)(1) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding after the flush matter at the end the following new sentence: Such training or other duty may include cybersecurity operations or missions undertaken by the member's unit at the request of the Governor of the State concerned to protect critical infrastructure (as that term is defined in the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c )). .