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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 21— DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL MATTERS · § 430d

§ 430d. Cyber intelligence capability

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(a)Requirement.— Not later than October 1, 2026, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall ensure that the Department of Defense has a dedicated cyber intelligence capability in support of the military cyber operations requirements for the warfighting missions of the United States Cyber Command, the other combatant commands, the military departments, the Defense Agencies, the Joint Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense with respect to foundational, scientific and technical, and all-source intelligence on cyber technology development, capabilities, concepts of operation, operations, and plans and intentions of cyber threat actors.
(b)Nonduplication.— In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary may not unnecessarily duplicate intelligence activities of the Department of Defense.
(c)Resources.—
(1)The Secretary shall ensure the defense budget materials submitted for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2027 include a request for funds necessary to carry out subsection (a).
(2)The Secretary shall carry out subsection
(a)using funds made available for the United States Cyber Command under the Military Intelligence Program.
(3)The National Security Agency may not provide information technology services for the dedicated cyber intelligence capability under subsection
(a)unless such services are provided under the Military Intelligence Program or the Information Systems Security Program.
(d)Defense Budget Materials Defined.— In this section, the term “defense budget materials”, with respect to a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that fiscal year.
(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1612(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2167.)
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