21 September 1998
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[Congressional Record: July 30, 1998 (Senate)]
[Page S9375-S9389]
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[DOCID:cr30jy98-107]
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999
The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
Amendments Nos. 3420 through 3464, En Bloc
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Amendment no. 3430
(Purpose: To reduce funds available for Navy S-3 Weapon System
Improvement program and to provide funds for a cyber-security program)
On page 99, insert in the appropriate place the following
new general provisions:
Sec. 8104. Within the amounts appropriated under Title IV
of this Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Navy'', the amount available for S-3 Weapon
System Improvement is hereby reduced by $8,000,000: Provided,
Within the amounts appropriated under Title IV of this Act
under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Air Force'', the amount available for a cyber-
security program is hereby increased by $8,000,000: Provided
further, That the funds are made available for the cyber-
security program to conduct research and development on
issues relating to security information assurance and to
facilitate the transition of information assurance technology
to the defense community.
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, the Department of Defense and many other
government agencies are increasing their use and reliance on
information technology for a wide variety of applications.
The growing frequency and increasing sophistication of attacks on the
Defense Department's computer networks is cause for concern. Other
government agencies, as well as the private sector, are also subject to
these attacks on their network infrastructure.
Last year, the Administration organized an exercise to test the
Pentagon's ability to deal with cyber attacks. In this exercise,
several computer specialists from the National Security Agency targeted
computers used by our military forces in the United States and our
forces in the Pacific. Using computers, modems, and software technology
widely available on the Internet, these friendly ``hackers'' were able
to penetrate unclassified military computer networks in Hawaii,
Washington, D.C., Chicago, St. Louis and Colorado.
We need to do more to protect the Defense Department networks that
are critical for the operation of our military forces around the world.
My amendment, which is fully offset, adds $8 million to the Air Force
Information Systems Security Program. The additional funds will be used
for research by the Air Force and will rely on the expertise of two
federally funded research and development centers currently working on
issues of information security. These efforts will facilitate the
development of information security technology for the Armed Forces,
and I urge the Senate to approve it.
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[Congressional Record: August 31, 1998 (Senate)]
[Page S9695-S9713]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr31au98-39]
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999
(The text of the bill, H.R. 4103, the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 1999, as passed by the Senate on July 30, 1998, is
as follows:)
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 4103) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the
following amendment:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1999, for military functions
administered by the Department of Defense, and for other
purposes, namely:
[Snip]
Sec. 8117. Within the amounts appropriated under title IV
of this Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test
and Evaluation, Navy'', the amount available for S-3 Weapon
System Improvement is hereby reduced by $8,000,000: Provided,
That within the amounts appropriated under title IV of this
Act under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Air Force'', the amount available for a cyber-
security program is hereby increased by $8,000,000: Provided
further, That the funds are made available for the cyber-
security program to conduct research and development on
issues relating to security information assurance and to
facilitate the transition of information assurance technology
to the defense community.
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