,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bc1     
#bjai,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself and ,mr4 
,peters7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a     
,,bill  ,to establish a consortia of    
universities to advise the ,secretary of
 ,defense on cybersecurity matters1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,national
 ,defense ,cybersecurity ,consortia ,act
 of #bjai4  #b4 ,consortia of           
universities to advise ,secretary of    
,defense on cybersecurity matters  7a7  
,establishment ,the ,secretary of       
,defense shall establish one or more    
consortia to advise and assist the      
,secretary on matters relating to       
cybersecurity4  7b7 ,membership ,the    
consortium or consortia established     
under subsection 7a7 shall consist of   
universities that have been designated  
as centers of academic excellence by the

 ,director of the ,national ,security   
,agency or the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security4  7c7 ,organization  7#a7     
,designation of administrative chair and
 terms ,for each consortium established 
under subsection 7a71 the ,secretary1   
based on recommendations from the       
members of the consortium1 shall        
designate one member of the consortium  
to function as an administrative chair  
of the consortium for a term with a     
specific duration specified by the      
,secretary4  7#b7 ,subsequent terms ,no 
member of a consortium designated under 
paragraph 7#a7 may serve as the         
administrative chair of that consortium 
for two consecutive terms4  7#c7 ,duties
 of administrative chair ,each          
administrative chair designated under   
paragraph 7#a7 for a consortium shall-- 
7,a7 act as the leader of the consortium
 for the term specified by the          
,secretary under paragraph 7#a72  7,b7  
be the liaison between the consortium   
and the ,secretary2  7,c7 distribute    

requests from the ,secretary for advice 
and assistance to appropriate members of
 the consortium and coordinate responses
 back to the ,secretary2 and  7,d7 act  
as a clearinghouse for ,department of   
,defense requests relating to advice and
 assistance on matters relating to      
cybersecurity and to provide feedback to
 the ,secretary from members of the     
consortium4  7d7 ,functions ,the        
functions of a consortium established   
under subsection 7a7 are as follows3    
7#a7 ,to provide to the ,secretary      
access to the expertise of the members  
of the consortium on matters relating to
 cybersecurity4  7#b7 ,to align the     
efforts of such members in support of   
the ,department4  7#c7 ,to act as a     
facilitator in responding to ,department
 requests relating to advice and        
assistance on matters relating to       
cybersecurity and to provide feedback to
 the ,secretary from members of the     
consortium4  7e7 ,procedures ,the       
,secretary shall establish procedures   

for organizations within the ,department
 to access the work product produced by 
and the research1 capabilities1 and     
expertise of a consortium established   
under subsection 7a7 and the            
universities that constitute the        
consortium4