117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To authorize the National Cyber Director to accept details from other elements of the Federal Government on nonreimbursable basis, and for other purposes.
November 23, 2021
Mr. Neguse introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform
To authorize the National Cyber Director to accept details from other elements of the Federal Government on nonreimbursable basis, 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. Authority for National Cyber Director to accept details on nonreimbursable basis.
Section 1752(e) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (8) as subparagraphs (A) through (H), respectively, and indenting such subparagraphs two ems to the right;
(2) in the matter before subparagraph (A), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking “The Director may” and inserting the following:
“(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may”;
(A) as redesignated by paragraph (2), by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (H) as subparagraphs (D) through (I), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph (C):
“(C) accept officers or employees of the United States or member of the Armed Forces on a detail from an element of the intelligence community or from another element of the Federal Government on a nonreimbursable basis, as jointly agreed to by the heads of the receiving and detailing elements, for a period not to exceed three years;”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING DETAILS.—Paragraph (1)(C) shall not be construed to impose any limitation on any other authority for reimbursable or nonreimbursable details. A nonreimbursable detail made under such paragraph shall not be considered an augmentation of the appropriations of the receiving element of the Office of the National Cyber Director.”.