,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bije  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #i1 #bjaf 
,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself and ,mr4      
,king7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,president to   
develop a policy for determining when an
 action carried out in cyberspace       
constitutes an act of war against the   
,united ,states1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be   
cited as the ,cyber ,act of ,war ,act of
 #bjaf4  #b4 ,policy on when an action  
in cyberspace constitutes an act of war 
against the ,united ,states  7a7 ,policy
 required ,not later than #ahj days     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,president shall--  7#a7      
develop a policy for determining when an
 action carried out in cyberspace       
constitutes an act of war against the   
,united ,states2 and  7#b7 revise the   
,department of ,defense ,law of ,war    

,manual accordingly4  7b7               
,considerations ,in developing the      
policy required by subsection 7a77#a71  
the ,president shall consider the       
following3  7#a7 ,the ways in which the 
effects of a cyber attack may be        
equivalent to the effects of an attack  
using conventional weapons1 including   
with respect to physical destruction or 
casualties4  7#b7 ,intangible effects of
 significant scope1 intensity1 or       
duration4  7c7 ,report  7#a7 ,in general
 ,the ,president shall submit to the    
congressional defense committees the    
policy required by paragraph 7#a7 of    
subsection 7a7 and a copy of the ,law of
 ,war ,manual revised pursuant to       
paragraph 7#b7 of such subsection4  7#b7
 ,congressional defense committees ,in  
this subsection1 the term congressional 
defense committees has the meaning given
 that term in section #aja7;a7 of title 
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code4