
A bipartisan group of senators introduced an amendment on Wednesday to the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 (S.2943) directing the president to elevate U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) to a Combatant Command, matching a similar move in the House version.Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Richard Blumenthal (D-Ct.), and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) co-sponsored the amendment that requires the president to establish the new…