Sec. 1741. MATTERS CONCERNING THE COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND CYBERSPACE AND LIMITATION OF FUNDING FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY

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## SEC. 1741 MATTERS CONCERNING THE COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND CYBERSPACE AND LIMITATION OF FUNDING FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY ###

(a)Prohibitions The Secretary of Defense may not— ####

(1)eliminate, divest, downsize, reorganize, or seek to reduce the number of students educated at the College of Information and Cyberspace of the National Defense University, or ####

(2)obligate or expend more than 60 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2021 for the National Defense University, until 60 days after the date on which the congressional defense committees receive the report required by subsection (d). ###

(b)Assessment The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Principal Cyber Advisor, the Principal Information Operations Advisor of the Department of Defense, the Chief Information Officer of the Department, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department, and the Commander of United States Cyber Command, shall assess requirements for joint professional military education and civilian leader education in the information environment and cyberspace domain to support the Department and other national security institutions of the Federal Government. ###

(c)Further Assessment, Determination, and Review The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, the Principal Cyber Advisor, the Principal Information Operations Advisor of the Department of Defense, the Chief Information Officer of the Department, the Chief Financial Officer of the Department, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Commander of United States Cyber Command, shall— ####

(1)determine whether the importance, challenges, and complexity of the modern information environment and cyberspace domain warrant— #####

(A)a college at the National Defense University, a college independent of the National Defense University whose leadership is responsible to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, or an independent public or private university; and #####

(B)the provision of resources, services, and capacity at levels that are the same as, or decreased or enhanced in comparison to, those resources, services, and capacity in place at the College of Information and Cyberspace on January 1, 2019; ####

(2)review the plan proposed by the National Defense University for eliminating the College of Information and Cyberspace and reducing and restructuring the information and cyberspace faculty, course offerings, joint professional military education and degree and certificate programs, and other services provided by the College and the effects of such changes on the military and civilian personnel requirements of the cyber workforce; ####

(3)assess the changes made to the College of Information and Cyberspace since January 1, 2019, and the actions necessary to reverse those changes, including relocating the College and its associated budget, faculty, staff, students, and facilities outside of the National Defense University; and ####

(4)determine the Department of Defense’s overall personnel requirement for cyber and information educated military and civilian personnel. ###

(d)Report Required Not later than March 1, 2021, the Secretary shall present to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a briefing, and not later than May 1, 2021, the Secretary shall submit to such committees a report, on— ####

(1)the findings of the Secretary with respect to the assessments, determinations, and reviews conducted under subsections

(b)and (c); and ####

(2)such recommendations as the Secretary may have for higher education needs in the information environment and cyberspace domain.