Review - S 2153 Introduced – Cybersecurity Reserve Response

In June, Sen Peters (D,MI) introduced S 2153, the Defense Support for Cyber Emergencies Response Act. The bill would amend 10 USC 12304, to specifically allow DOD to recall “any unit of the Selected Reserve or any member of the Selected Reserve not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, or any member of the Individual Ready Reserve” to respond to certain cyber incidents. No funding is authorized by the legislation.

Moving Forward

Peters is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee to which this bill was assigned for consideration. This means that there should be sufficient influence to see this bill considered in Committee. Since the provisions of this bill have been include (§522) in the version of HR 2670, the FY 2024 NDAA, passed in the Senate, no further action is expected on this bill unless §522 does not make it into the final version of the bill approved out of conference.

 

For more details about the provisions of the legislation, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/s-2153-introduced - subscription required.