Sen. Mike Porfirio

Filed: 4/18/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3240
2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3240, AS AMENDED,
3by inserting at the end of the bill the following:
4 "Section 15. The Military Code of Illinois is amended by
5adding 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
9State, on a reserve basis, a volunteer civilian cybersecurity
10auxiliary force, known as the Illinois Cyber Auxiliary Force
11(ICAF), that is capable of being expanded and trained to
12educate and protect from cyber incidents State, county, and
13local government entities and critical infrastructure,
14including election systems, businesses, and the citizens of
15this State. In the case of a disaster proclaimed by the
16Governor, or caused by illicit actors or imminent danger, the

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1Governor, as Commander-in-Chief, shall expand the ICAF as the
2exigency of the occasion requires.
3 (b) The ICAF shall be operated as an interagency effort
4between the Illinois Department of Military Affairs (IDMA),
5the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of
6Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS), and the Department of Innovation
7and 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
3potential members of the ICAF. While performing training and
4other volunteer duties such as public engagement, current and
5potential auxiliary members shall serve in an unpaid volunteer
6status.
7 (d) The ICAF shall use funds appropriated by the General
8Assembly for the actual and necessary expenses incurred by the
9ICAF for administration, training, and deployment of the ICAF,
10at the discretion of the Director of IEMA-OHS or the
11Director's designee. Expenses for administration, training,
12and deployment may include, but are not limited to, permanent
13or temporary State employees or contractual internal or
14external administrative staff, travel and subsistence
15expenses, the purchase or rental of equipment and hardware,
16and local operational support.
17 (e) The Director of IEMA-OHS shall adopt rules consistent
18with the provisions of law governing the membership,
19organization, administration, equipment, and maintenance of
20the ICAF.
21 (f) ICAF members may not be called or ordered into the
22military service of the United States.
23 (g) No person shall be accepted into the ICAF who is not a
24United States national or a lawful permanent resident.
25Applicants shall be subject to an appropriate background
26check, in accordance with rules adopted by the Director of

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