Sec. 1637. Independent assessment of establishment of a National Cyber Director
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Not later than December 1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall seek to enter into an agreement with an independent organization with relevant expertise in cyber policy and governmental organization to conduct and complete an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of establishing a National Cyber Director. The assessment required under subsection
(a)shall include a review of and development of recommendations germane to the following, including the development of proposed legislative text for the establishment of a National Cyber Director: The authorities necessary to bring capabilities and capacities together across the interagency, all levels of government, and the private sector. A definition of the roles of the National Cyber Director in planning, preparing, and directing integrated cyber operations in response to a major cyber attack on the United States, including intelligence operations, law enforcement actions, cyber effects operations, defensive operations, and incident response operations. The authorities necessary to align resources to cyber priorities. The structure of the office of the National Cyber Director and position within government. Not later than March 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on— the findings of the independent organization with respect to the assessment carried out under subsection (a); and the recommendations developed as part of such assessment under subsection (b). The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in a publicly releasable and unclassified format, but may include a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.