Modernization program for full content inspection

Section 1515 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (118–31; 10 U.S.C. 2224 note) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking network boundary and cross-domain defense and inserting full content inspection; (2) in subsection (a), by inserting and cross-domain after network boundary; (3) in subsection (b)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by inserting specified in subsection (a) after defense capabilities both places in appears; and (ii) in clause (ii), by inserting that support operational missions as defined by the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command before the period at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph (B): (B) By December 1, 2026, integrate the capabilities into the pilot program required by subparagraph (A) that leverages, where appropriate, investments in artificial intelligence to illuminate and actively counter foreign cyber aggression to Department of Defense networks.; (D) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by striking deployment of modernized network boundary defense capabilities to the access points and cross-domain capabilities and inserting deployment of the same capabilities described in subsection (a) to the access points and cross-domain capabilities, and any other network interconnection point,; and (E) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated by subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking modernized network boundary defense capabilities and inserting the same capabilities described in subsection (a); and (ii) by adding at the end the following new sentence: To ensure the coverage of these capabilities is complete, the Secretary shall, acting through the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, create a list of remaining networks and enclaves.; and (4) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) Briefings Not later than November 1, 2026, and not less frequently than once each year thereafter until December 31, 2028, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, the Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, and the Commander of the Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command shall jointly provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the status of deployment of the modernization program required by subsection (a), the results of the surveys conducted pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (b)(2), and identification of remaining networks and enclaves to be incorporated into the program..