US HB955 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
Pending: House Intelligence Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Cyber Defense National Guard Act This bill requires the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress regarding the feasibility of establishing a Cyber Defense National Guard. The report must address: (1) the number of persons who would be needed to defend the critical infrastructure of the United States from a cyber attack or man-made intentional or unintentional catastrophic incident; (2) elements of the federal government that would be best equipped to recruit, train, and manage such a National Guard; (3) resources that can be pre-positioned and training that can be instilled to assure responsiveness if an incident disrupts communications in a region or area; (4) logistics of allowing governors to use such a National Guard in states during times of cyber emergency; and (5) whether a force trained to defend U.S. networks in a major attack or natural or man-made disaster will benefit overall efforts to defend the interests of the United States.

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Title

Cyber Defense National Guard Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-02-07HouseReferred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
2017-02-07HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB54 (Related) 2017-01-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.

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