National Guard Cybersecurity Support Act

Bill: 117-s-70
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-01-27
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: 2021-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>National Guard Cybersecurity Support Act</b></p> <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 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 70 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 27, 2021 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the National Guard Cybersecurity Support Act . 2. 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 )). .