United States Congress, NDAA 2018 Sec. 1107 , September 18 2017. Unclassified.

630 1 "(5) The Office of the Inspector General of the 2 Department of Defense. 3 "(6) A Field Activity of the Department of De- 4 fense. 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 AND COMPUTER PROGRAM- 12 MING. 13 (a) BRIEFING ON WAIVER REQUIRED.—Not later than 14 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec- 15 retary of Defense shall provide the Committees on Armed 16 Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 17 briefing on the feasibility 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 posses- 23 sion of a baccalaureate degree as a condition of appoint- 24 ment to a position or category of positions in the Depart- 25 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 po- 2 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 po- 6 sitions or categories of positions whose primary duties in- 7 volve the following: 8 (1) Cybersecurity, including computer network 9 operations, computer network defense, computer net- 10 work attack, and computer network exploitation. 11 (2) Computer programming. 12 (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.

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