Defense Support for Cyber Emergencies Response Act

Bill: 118-s-2153
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2153 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 22, 2023 Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide for the use of members of the Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve to respond to significant cyber events.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defense Support for Cyber Emergencies Response Act . 2. Selected Reserve and Ready Reserve order to active duty to respond to a significant cyber incident Section 12304 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the subsection heading for subsection (a), by striking Authority and inserting Operational missions and other emergencies ; (2) by redesignating subsections (c) through (j) as subsections (d) through (k), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: (c) Support for covered cyber incidents The Secretary of Defense may, without the consent of the member affected, order any unit, and any member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, of the Selected Reserve or Individual Ready Reserve to active duty for a continuous period of not more than 365 days when the Secretary of Defense determines it is necessary to augment the active forces for a Department of Defense response to a covered incident. ; (4) in paragraph (1) of subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section, by inserting or subsection (c) after subsection (b) ; (5) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; (B) by striking Whenever any and inserting (1) Whenever any ; and (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Whenever any unit of the Selected Reserve or any member of the Selected Reserve not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, or any member of the Individual Ready Reserve, is ordered to active duty under authority of subsection (c), the service of all units or members so ordered to active duty may be terminated by— (A) order of the Secretary of Defense; or (B) law. ; and (6) in subsection (k) (as so redesignated)— (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: (2) The term covered incident means— (A) a cyber incident involving a Department of Defense information system, or a breach of a Department of Defense system that involves personally identifiable information, that the Secretary of Defense determines is likely to result in demonstrable harm to the national security interests, foreign relations, or the economy of the United States, or to the public confidence, civil liberties, or public health and safety of the people of the United States; (B) a cyber incident or collection of related cyber incidents that the President determines is likely to result in demonstrable harm to the national security interests, foreign relations, or economy of the United States or to the public confidence, civil liberties, or public health and safety of the people of the United States; or (C) a significant incident declared pursuant to section 2233 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 677b ). .