Sec. 212. Governance of fifth-generation wireless networking in the Department of Defense
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In carrying out the responsibilities established in section 142 of title 10, United States Code, the Chief Information Officer
(CIO)of the Department of Defense shall— lead the cross-functional team established pursuant to subsection (c); and serve as the senior designated official for fifth-generation wireless networking (commonly known as 5G ) policy, oversight, guidance, research, and coordination in the Department. The Chief Information Officer shall have, with respect to authorities referenced in subsection (a), the following responsibilities: Proposing governance, management, and organizational policy for fifth-generation wireless networking to the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the heads of the constituent organizations of the cross-functional team established pursuant to subsection (c). Leading the cross-functional team established pursuant to subsection (c). The Secretary of Defense shall, in accordance with section 911(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 10 U.S.C. 111 note), establish a cross-functional team for fifth-generation wireless networking in order— to advance the adoption of commercially available next generation wireless communication technologies, capabilities, security, and applications by the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base; and to support public-private partnership between the Department and industry regarding fifth-generation wireless networking. The purpose of the cross-functional team established pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall be the— oversight of the implementation of the strategy developed as required by section 254 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ) for harnessing fifth-generation wireless networking technologies, coordinated across all relevant elements of the Department; coordination of research and development, implementation and acquisition activities, warfighting concept development, spectrum policy, industrial policy and commercial outreach and partnership relating to fifth-generation wireless networking in the Department, and interagency and international engagement; integration of the Department’s fifth-generation wireless networking programs and policies with major Department initiatives, programs, and policies surrounding secure microelectronics and command and control; and oversight, coordination, execution, and leadership of initiatives to advance fifth-generation wireless network technologies and associated applications developed for the Department. The Secretary of Defense, through the cross-functional team established under subsection (c), shall define the roles of the organizations within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense intelligence components, military services, defense agencies and field activities, combatant commands, and the Joint Staff, for fifth-generation wireless networking policy and programs within the Department. Not later than March 15, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the establishment of the cross-functional team pursuant to subsection
(c)and the roles and responsibilities defined pursuant to subsection (d). Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing the Chief Information Officer immediate responsibility for the Department’s activities in fifth-generation wireless networking experimentation and science and technology development. The activities described in paragraph
(1)shall remain within the purview of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, but shall inform and be informed by the activities of the cross-functional team established pursuant to subsection (c).
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