,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,bacon introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to provide senior officials of 
the ,department of ,defense with secure 
mobile phones1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,defense ,secure ,mobile ,phones
 ,act of #bjbe4  #b4 ,secure mobile     
phones for senior officials and         
personnel performing sensitive functions
  7a7 ,in general ,beginning not later  
than #ij days after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of ,defense shall ensure that each      
wireless mobile phone the ,department of
 ,defense provides to a senior official 
of the ,department or any other employee
 of the ,department who performs        
sensitive national security functions1  
as determined by the ,secretary1 and all

 related telecommunications services are
 acquired under contracts or other      
agreements that require the enhanced    
cybersecurity protections described in  
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,protections       
described ,the enhanced cybersecurity   
protections described in this subsection
 enhanced cybersecurity protections for 
wireless mobile phones and related      
telecommunication services that         
includes-- 7#a7 encryption of data on   
the wireless mobile phones and of all   
telecommunications to and from the      
wireless mobile phones through such     
telecommunication services2  7#b7       
capabilities to mitigate or obfuscate   
persistent device identifiers1 including
 periodic rotation of network or        
hardware identifiers to reduce the risk 
of inappropriate tracking of the        
activity or location of the wireless    
mobile phones2 and  7#c7 the capability 
to continuously monitor the wireless    
mobile phones4  7c7 ,report ,not later  
than #ahj days after the enactment of   

this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense   
shall submit to the congressional       
defense committees a report containing--
 7#a7 a list of the contracts or other  
agreements entered into pursuant to     
subsection 7a72  7#b7 the criteria used 
by the ,secretary to determine which    
employees of the ,department of ,defense
 performs sensitive national security   
functions for the purposes of subsection
 7a71 and the total number of such      
employees2 and  7#c7 the total costs of 
wireless mobile phones and              
telecommunication services required by  
subsection 7a74