Sen. Mike Porfirio
Filed: 4/18/2024
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3240 | ||||||
2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3240, AS AMENDED, | ||||||
3 | by inserting at the end of the bill the following: | ||||||
4 | "Section 15. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by | ||||||
5 | adding Section 29.1 as follows: | ||||||
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 |
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1 | IEMA-OHS, before admittance into the ICAF. Notwithstanding any | ||||||
2 | other provision of this Code, no person shall be disqualified | ||||||
3 | from acceptance into the ICAF on the basis that the person is | ||||||
4 | an employee of the State or a political subdivision of the | ||||||
5 | State, or an employee or proprietor of a private entity that | ||||||
6 | conducts business with the State or a political subdivision of | ||||||
7 | the State. | ||||||
8 | (h) The Director of IEMA-OHS may accept the resignation of | ||||||
9 | any ICAF member at any time. ICAF members serve at the pleasure | ||||||
10 | of the Governor and may be removed from the auxiliary in | ||||||
11 | accordance with adopted rules. The Director of IEMA-OHS may | ||||||
12 | require reimbursement for training, equipment, and uniforms if | ||||||
13 | an ICAF member does not serve the full term of the member's | ||||||
14 | membership agreement and the member's inability to serve out | ||||||
15 | the term of the membership agreement was not due to a | ||||||
16 | disability or a similar disabling medical condition. | ||||||
17 | (i) The Governor, may authorize the Director of IEMA-OHS | ||||||
18 | to employ individuals or units of the ICAF as compensated | ||||||
19 | State employees using IDMA State Active Duty procedures to | ||||||
20 | protect State, county, and local government entities and | ||||||
21 | critical infrastructure, including election systems, or for | ||||||
22 | training as the Governor determines necessary. ". |