Department of Defense Principal Cyber Advisors Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 12, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Department of Defense Principal Cyber Advisors Act of 2019
This bill requires each military department to designate a Principal Cyber Advisor, responsible for advising each department on cyber forces, cyber programs, and cybersecurity matters, including those relating to weapons systems, enabling infrastructure, the defense industrial base, and Department of Defense information services. The bill directs each department to review its current governance model for cybersecurity no later than January 1, 2021.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 12, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Jun 12, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 12, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 116-593 | CONSUMER PERSPECTIVES: POLICY PRINCIPLES FOR A FEDERAL DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK94 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 1, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1790 | National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to improve cyber governance structures in the Department of Defense and to require designation of principal advisors on military cyber force matters, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Department of Defense Principal Cyber Advisors Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Defense
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government studies and investigations
- Military command and structure
- Military education and training
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- Public contracts and procurement
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
