630 1 2 3 4 '' 5 The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense '' 6 A Field Activity of the Department of Defense 5 '' 7 The Department of the Army 6 '' 8 The Department of the Navy 7 '' 9 The Department of the Air Force '' 8 SEC 1107 AUTHORITY FOR WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR 9 A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE FOR POSITIONS 10 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ON CY- 11 BERSECURITY 12 MING 13 a BRIEFING ON AND COMPUTER PROGRAM- WAIVER REQUIRED --Not later than 14 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act the Sec15 retary of Defense shall provide the Committees on Armed 16 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 17 briefing on the feasability and advisability of the enactment 18 into law of the waiver authority described in subsection b 19 and the authorities in subsections c through e 20 b WAIVER AUTHORITY --The waiver authority de- 21 scribed in this subsection is the authority of the Secretary 22 of Defense to waive any requirement in law for the posses23 sion of a baccalaureate degree as a condition of appoint24 ment to a position or category of positions in the Depart25 ment of Defense specified in subsection c if the Secretary HR 2810 PAP 631 1 determined that the duties of the position or category of po2 sitions could be appropriately discharged by individuals 3 demonstrating expertise other than a baccalaureate degree 4 c POSITIONS --The positions or categories of posi- 5 tions in the Department specified in this subsection are po6 sitions or categories of positions whose primary duties in7 volve the following 8 1 Cybersecurity including computer network 9 operations computer network defense computer net- 10 11 12 work attack and computer network exploitation 2 Computer programming d APPOINTMENT --An individual who does not pos- 13 sess a baccalaureate degree could be appointed to a position 14 covered by a waiver pursuant to subsection b only if the 15 Secretary determined that the expertise demonstrated by the 16 individual was sufficient for the appropriate discharge of 17 the duties of the position by the individual 18 e GUIDANCE --The Secretary would issue guidance 19 for purposes of this section setting forth the following 20 1 The positions or categories of positions in the 21 Department subject to the waiver authorized by sub- 22 section b 23 2 For each position or category of positions 24 the expertise required for appointment to such posi- 25 tion or category of positions HR 2810 PAP                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu