Sec. 1608. Study to determine the optimal strategy for structuring and manning elements of the Joint Force Headquarters–Cyber Organizations, Joint Mission Operations Centers, and Cyber Operations-Integrated Planning Elements
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The Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense shall conduct a study to determine the optimal strategy for structuring and manning elements of the following: Joint Force Headquarters Cyber Organizations. Joint Mission Operations Centers. Cyber Operations–Integrated Planning Elements. Joint Cyber Centers. The study conducted under paragraph
(1)shall include assessment of the following: Operational effects on the military services if each of the entities listed in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph
(1)are restructured from organizations that are service component organizations to joint organizations. Organizational effects on the military services if the billets associated with each of the entities listed in subparagraphs
(A)through
(C)of paragraph
(1)are transferred to United States Cyber Command and designated as joint billets for joint qualification purposes. Operational and organizational effects on the military services, United States Cyber Command, other combatant commands, and the Joint Staff if the entities listed in subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)of paragraph
(1)are realigned, restructured, or consolidated. Operational and organizational effects and advisement of standardizing a minimum set of roles and responsibilities of the Joint Cyber Centers, or the equivalent entity, of the combatant commands. Clarification of the relationship and differentiation between Cyber Operations–Integrated Planning Elements and Joint Cyber Centers of the combatant commands. A description of mission essential tasks for the entities listed in subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)of paragraph (1). A description of cyber activities in geographic and functional combatant command campaign plans and resources aligned to those activities. Not later than 180 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 120 days until March 31, 2024, the Principal Cyber Advisor shall provide the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing on the status of the study conducted under subsection (a). Not later than March 31, 2024, the Principal Cyber Advisor shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the study conducted under subsection (a). The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall contain the following: The findings of the Principal Cyber Advisor with respect to the study conducted under subsection (a). Details of the operational and organizational effects assessed under subsection (a)(2). A plan to carry out the transfer described in subsection (a)(2)(B) and the associated costs, as appropriate. A plan to realign, restructure, or consolidate the entities listed in subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)of subsection (a)(1). Such other matters as the Principal Cyber Advisor considers appropriate.