,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjag,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,permanent ,select ,committee on    
,intelligence  ,a ,,bill  ,to require   
the ,director of ,national ,intelligence
 to conduct a study on the feasibility  
of establishing a ,cyber ,defense       
,national ,guard4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,cyber   
,defense ,national ,guard ,act4  #b4    
,study on establishment of ,cyber       
,defense ,national ,guard  7a7 ,study   
,the ,director of ,national             
,intelligence1 in consultation with the 
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 shall
 conduct a study on the feasibility of  
establishing a ,cyber ,defense ,national
 ,guard4  7b7 ,contents ,the study      
required under subsection 7a7 shall     
include an analysis of-- 7#a7 the cost  
of creating a ,cyber ,defense ,national 

,guard2  7#b7 the number of persons who 
would be needed to defend the critical  
infrastructure of the ,united ,states   
from a cyber attack or manmade          
intentional or unintentional            
catastrophic incident2  7#c7 the sources
 of potential members of a ,cyber       
,defense ,national ,guard1 including    
industry1 academic institutions1        
research facilities1 and ,federal       
contractors2  7#d7 which elements of the
 ,federal ,government would be best     
equipped to recruit1 train1 and manage a
 ,cyber ,defense ,national ,guard2  7#e7
 the criteria required for persons to   
serve in a ,cyber ,defense ,national    
,guard2  7#f7 if an incident disrupts   
communications in a region or area1 what
 resources can be pre-positioned and    
training instilled to assure the        
effectiveness and responsiveness of a   
,cyber ,defense ,national ,guard2  7#g7 
the minimum requirements for            
consideration for inclusion in a ,cyber 
,defense ,national ,guard2  7#h7 the    

impact of the effectiveness of a ,cyber 
,defense ,national ,guard of the        
possibility that the population of      
potential recruits may be dominated by  
men and women without military1         
intelligence1 law enforcement1 or       
government work experience2  7#i7 the   
recruitment and vetting costs for a     
,cyber ,defense ,national ,guard2  7#aj7
 the frequency of cyber defense and unit
 cohesion training2  7#aa7 how well     
military discipline is able to be       
adapted for use for creating command and
 control systems and protocols for a    
,cyber ,defense ,national ,guard2  7#ab7
 the logistics of allowing governors to 
use the ,cyber ,defense ,national ,guard
 in ,states during times of cyber       
emergency2  7#ac7 the advantages and    
disadvantages of creating a ,cyber      
,defense ,national ,guard on the cyber  
security of the ,united ,states2 and    
7#ad7 whether a force trained to defend 
the networks of the ,united ,states in  
the event of a major attack or natural  

or manmade disaster will benefit overall
 efforts to defend the interests of the 
,united ,states4  7c7 ,report  7#a7     
,submission ,not later than #bdj days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,director of ,national        
,intelligence1 in consultation with the 
,secretary of ,defense and the          
,secretary of ,homeland ,security1 shall
 submit to the ,committee on ,armed     
,services1 the ,committee on ,homeland  
,security1 the ,permanent ,select       
,committee on ,intelligence1 and the    
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,armed ,services1 the     
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs1 the ,select     
,committee on ,intelligence1 and the    
,committee on the ,judiciary of the     
,senate a report containing the results 
of the study required under subsection  
7a74  7#b7 ,form ,the report required   
under paragraph 7#a7 shall be submitted 
in unclassified form1 but may include a 

classified annex4