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.

Bill: 117-s-4615
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-07-26
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Department of State, to expand military cybersecurity cooperation with Jordan. </p> <p>These efforts may include (1) bilateral cybersecurity training activities; (2) establishing a regional cybersecurity center; (3) actively defending military networks, infrastructure, and systems; (4) eradicating malicious cyber activity; and (5) leveraging U.S. commercial and military cybersecurity technology and services.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4615 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. Military cybersecurity cooperation with Kingdom of Jordan (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in coordination with the Commander of United States Cyber Command, the Commander of United States Central Command, and the Secretary of State, seek to engage their counterparts within the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan for the purpose of expanding cooperation of military cybersecurity activities. (b) Cooperation efforts The efforts to expand cooperation required by subsection (a) may include the following efforts between the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan: (1) Bilateral cybersecurity training activities and exercises. (2) Efforts to— (A) actively defend military networks, infrastructure, and systems; (B) eradicate malicious cyber activity that has compromised those networks, infrastructure, and systems; and (C) leverage United States commercial and military cybersecurity technology and services to harden and defend those networks, infrastructure, and systems. (3) Establishment of a regional cybersecurity center. (c) Briefings (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Secretary of State, provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a briefing on the implementation of this section. (2) Contents The briefing required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An overview of efforts undertaken pursuant to this section. (B) A description of the feasibility and advisability of expanding cooperation with the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan on military cybersecurity. (C) Identification of any challenges and resources that need to be addressed so as to expand cooperation with the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan on military cybersecurity. (D) Any other matter the Secretary considers relevant. (3) Appropriate committees of Congress defined In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.