A bill to improve the planning, programming, and budget coordination for operations of cyber mission force of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2601 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2601

   To improve the planning, programming, and budget coordination for 
 operations of cyber mission force of the Armed Forces, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To improve the planning, programming, and budget coordination for 
 operations of cyber mission force of the Armed Forces, 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. PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND BUDGET COORDINATION FOR 
              OPERATIONS OF CYBER MISSION FORCE.

    Section 167b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsections:
    ``(f) Planning, Programming, and Budgeting.--(1)(A) In addition to 
the activities of a combatant command for which funding may be 
requested under section 166(b) of this title, the Commander of the 
United States Cyber Command shall, subject to the authority, direction, 
and control of the Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of 
Defense, be responsible for directly controlling and managing the 
planning, programming, budgeting, and execution of resources to train, 
equip, operate, and sustain the cyber mission force, which shall 
include the following:
            ``(i) Preparation of a program objective memorandum and 
        budget estimate submission for the resources required to train, 
        equip, operate, and sustain the cyber mission force.
            ``(ii) Preparation of budget materials pertaining to the 
        United States Cyber Command for inclusion in the budget 
        justification materials that are submitted to Congress in 
        support of the budget of the Department of Defense for a fiscal 
        year, as submitted with the budget of the President under 
        section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, that is 
        separate from any other military department or component of the 
        Department of Defense.
    ``(B) The responsibilities assigned to the Commander of the United 
States Cyber Command pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall not include the 
following:
            ``(i) Military pay and allowances.
            ``(ii) Funding for facility support that is provided by the 
        military departments.
    ``(2)(A) Before the budget proposal for the United States Cyber 
Command for any fiscal year is submitted to the Secretary of Defense, 
the Commander of the United States Cyber Command shall consult with the 
Secretaries of the military departments concerning funding for units of 
the reserve components within the cyber mission force. If the Secretary 
of a military department does not concur in the recommended level of 
funding with respect to any such unit that is under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the military department, the Commander shall include 
with the budget proposal submitted to the Secretary of Defense the 
views of the Secretary of the military department concerning such 
funding.
    ``(B) Before the budget proposal for a military department for any 
fiscal year is submitted to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
the military department shall consult with the Commander of the United 
States Cyber Command concerning funding for cyber mission forces within 
the reserve component in the military personnel budget for that 
military department. If the Commander does not concur in the 
recommended level of funding with respect to individual augmentees or 
units within the reserve component, the Secretary of the military 
department shall include with the budget proposal submitted to the 
Secretary of Defense the views of the Commander.''.
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