Text of Senate Amendment 6102

On 2026-06-24, Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6102" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6102

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3311] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6102. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title XVI, insert the following: SEC. ___. MODERNIZATION PROGRAM FOR FULL CONTENT INSPECTION. Section 1515 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is amended-- (1) in the section heading, by striking ``network boundary and cross-domain defense'' and inserting ``full content inspection''; (2) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by inserting ``and cross-domain'' after ``network boundary''; (3) in subsection (b)(2)-- (A) in subparagraph (A)-- (i) by inserting ``specified in subsection (a)'' after ``defense capabilities'' both places it appears; and (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``that support operational missions as defined by the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command'' before the period at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B): ``(B) By December 1, 2027, integrate the capabilities into the pilot program described in subparagraph (A) that leverages, where appropriate, investments in artificial intelligence to illuminate and actively counter foreign cyber aggression to Department of Defense networks.''; (D) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking ``deployment of modernized network boundary defense capabilities to the access points and cross-domain capabilities'' and inserting ``deployment of the same capabilities described in subsection (a) to the access points and cross-domain capabilities, and any other network interconnection point,''; and (E) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)-- (i) by striking ``modernized network boundary defense capabilities'' and inserting ``the same capabilities described in subsection (a)''; and (ii) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``To ensure the coverage of these capabilities is complete, the Secretary shall, acting through the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, create a list of remaining networks and enclaves.''; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(d) Semiannual Briefings.--Not less frequently than twice each year until December 31, 2028, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, and the Commander of the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command shall jointly provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on-- ``(1) the status of deployment of the modernization program required by subsection (a); ``(2) the results of the surveys conducted pursuant to subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (b)(2); ``(3) identification of and timeline for the remaining networks and enclaves to be incorporated into the program; and ``(4) any reprogramming requests necessary to expedite completion of the deployment to all remaining networks and enclaves identified.''. ______