The Defense Support for Cyber Emergencies Response Act would allow the Secretary of Defense to order members of the military's Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve to active duty for up to 365 days without their consent to respond to major cyber incidents. The bill defines a "covered incident" as a significant cyber attack on Department of Defense systems that could harm national security, the economy, public health, or civil liberties, as well as cyber incidents that the President determines pose similar threats or are declared significant under existing homeland security law. This legislation affects reserve military personnel who could be called up during cyber emergencies to support active-duty forces. The bill amends current law to create this new authority without establishing specific funding amounts or requiring congressional approval for each activation, though the Secretary of Defense would retain the power to terminate such orders at any time.
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