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Sen. Mike Porfirio
Filed: 4/18/2024
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3240
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3240, AS AMENDED, |
3 | | by inserting at the end of the bill the following:
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4 | | "Section 15. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by |
5 | | adding Section 29.1 as follows:
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6 | | (20 ILCS 1805/29.1 new) |
7 | | Sec. 29.1. Creation of Illinois Cyber Auxiliary Force. |
8 | | (a) The Governor may organize and maintain within this |
9 | | State, on a reserve basis, a volunteer civilian cybersecurity |
10 | | auxiliary force, known as the Illinois Cyber Auxiliary Force |
11 | | (ICAF), that is capable of being expanded and trained to |
12 | | educate and protect from cyber incidents State, county, and |
13 | | local government entities and critical infrastructure, |
14 | | including election systems, businesses, and the citizens of |
15 | | this State. In the case of a disaster proclaimed by the |
16 | | Governor, or caused by illicit actors or imminent danger, the |
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1 | | Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, shall expand the ICAF as the |
2 | | exigency of the occasion requires. |
3 | | (b) The ICAF shall be operated as an interagency effort |
4 | | between the Illinois Department of Military Affairs (IDMA), |
5 | | the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of |
6 | | Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS), and the Department of Innovation |
7 | | and Technology (DoIT). |
8 | | (1) IEMA-OHS shall have oversight of the entire |
9 | | program and act as the lead agency for the ICAF for mission |
10 | | and project development. The Homeland Security Advisor |
11 | | shall be the final approval for ICAF missions. IEMA-OHS |
12 | | shall be responsible for the evaluation and exercising of |
13 | | the ICAF. |
14 | | (2) DoIT shall evaluate threats and recommend missions |
15 | | to the Homeland Security Advisor. DoIT shall develop |
16 | | standards and training for ICAF members, while ensuring |
17 | | their training and credentials meet mission requirements. |
18 | | DoIT cyber navigators may provide liaison support to the |
19 | | ICAF. |
20 | | (3) IDMA shall focus on recruiting, manning, and |
21 | | mission assignments. IDMA shall provide key sustainment |
22 | | requirements, such as pay and reimbursement for missions |
23 | | utilizing existing State Active Duty systems and |
24 | | processes. The Adjutant General, in cooperation with the |
25 | | Homeland Security Advisor, shall request activation of |
26 | | ICAF for cyber incident response. IDMA shall stock and |
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1 | | issue uniform articles as required. |
2 | | (c) Appropriate training shall be provided to current and |
3 | | potential members of the ICAF. While performing training and |
4 | | other volunteer duties such as public engagement, current and |
5 | | potential auxiliary members shall serve in an unpaid volunteer |
6 | | status. |
7 | | (d) The ICAF shall use funds appropriated by the General |
8 | | Assembly for the actual and necessary expenses incurred by the |
9 | | ICAF for administration, training, and deployment of the ICAF, |
10 | | at the discretion of the Director of IEMA-OHS or the |
11 | | Director's designee. Expenses for administration, training, |
12 | | and deployment may include, but are not limited to, permanent |
13 | | or temporary State employees or contractual internal or |
14 | | external administrative staff, travel and subsistence |
15 | | expenses, the purchase or rental of equipment and hardware, |
16 | | and local operational support. |
17 | | (e) The Director of IEMA-OHS shall adopt rules consistent |
18 | | with the provisions of law governing the membership, |
19 | | organization, administration, equipment, and maintenance of |
20 | | the ICAF. |
21 | | (f) ICAF members may not be called or ordered into the |
22 | | military service of the United States. |
23 | | (g) No person shall be accepted into the ICAF who is not a |
24 | | United States national or a lawful permanent resident. |
25 | | Applicants shall be subject to an appropriate background |
26 | | check, in accordance with rules adopted by the Director of |