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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6249. Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mrs. Blackburn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title XVI, insert the
following:
SEC. __. ADDRESSING STOLEN SENSITIVE DATA.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Classified information.—The term “classified
information” has the meaning given such term in section 805
of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3164).
(2) Covered data.—The term “covered data” means includes
the following:
(A) Financial, medical, and biometric data of United States
persons.
(B) Intellectual property of United States persons.
(C) Trade secrets of United States persons.
(3) United states person.—The term “United States
person” has the meaning given such term in section 101 of
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C.
1801).
(b) Addressing Stolen Sensitive Data.—
(1) Strategies to identify.—The President shall, acting
through the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National
Intelligence, develop strategies to identify—
(A) covered data and classified information unlawfully held
by foreign entities;
(B) whether such data and information were encrypted; and
(C) whether such data and information have been decrypted
by such foreign entities.
(2) Strategies to address.—The President shall, acting
through the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National
Intelligence, develop strategies regarding how to address
stolen covered data and classified information.
(3) Destruction, manipulation, or recovery.—
(A) Determination of economic and national security
interest.—The Secretary and the Director shall jointly
determine whether the destruction, manipulation, or recovery
of covered data and classified information identified
pursuant to the strategies developed under paragraph (1)
would be in the economic and national security interest of
the United States.
(B) Destruction, manipulation, or recovery.—In a case in
which the Secretary and the Director jointly determine under
subparagraph (A) that destroying, manipulating, or recovering
covered data or classified information is in the economic and
national security interested of the United States, the
Secretary and the Director may jointly—
(i) pursuant to strategies required by paragraph (1),
identify encrypted covered data and classified information
that is unlawfully held by a foreign entity that has not been
decrypted by the foreign entity;
(ii) pursuant to the strategies required by paragraph (2),
attempt to destroy, manipulate, or recover the data and
information identified pursuant to clause (i); and
(iii) when practicable, inform the lawful owners of covered
data or classified information—
(I) of the intent of the Secretary or the Director, as the
case may be, to destroy, manipulate, or recover the covered
data or classified information; and
(II) upon successful destruction, manipulation, or recovery
of the covered data or classified information.
(c) Report.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Director
shall jointly submit to Congress a report on the strategies
developed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c) and
the actions taken under paragraph (3) of such subsection.
(2) Recommendations.—The report submitted pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall include such recommendations as the
Secretary and the Director may have for legislative or
administrative action to carry out subsection (c).
(3) Form.—The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.