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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the scope of affirmation of authority for cyber operations to include defense of critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the scope of affirmation of authority for cyber operations to include defense of critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands the Department of Defense's authority for cyber operations to include defending the department's critical infrastructure. It defines critical infrastructure as assets of extraordinary importance to the Department whose incapacitation or destruction by cyber attack would severely impair the department's ability to carry out its missions. The bill amends title 10 of the United States Code to add this expanded scope to existing cyber operations authorities.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mike Rounds’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $30,350
- NULL $26,450
- APOLLO $19,250
- ROCKET MORTGAGE $15,700
- APOLLO MGMT. $13,200
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Actions (2)
- Jul 31, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
- Jul 31, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 31, 2025
Mr. Rounds introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the scope of affirmation of authority for cyber operations to include defense of critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF SCOPE OF AFFIRMATION OF AUTHORITY FOR CYBER OPERATIONS TO INCLUDE DEFENSE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Scope of Affirmation of Authority.—Subsection (b) of section 394 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting “defense of critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense,” after “force protection,”.
(b) Amendment to Definitions.—Subsection (f) of such section 394 is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs
(3) and (4), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph (2):
“(2) The term ‘critical infrastructure of the Department of Defense’ means any asset of the Department of Defense of such extraordinary importance to the functioning of the Department and the operation of the armed forces that the incapacitation or destruction of such asset by a cyber attack would have a debilitating effect on the ability of the Department to fulfill its missions.”. <all>
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