1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cyber Defense National Guard Act . 2. Study on establishment of Cyber Defense National Guard (a) Study The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a Cyber Defense National Guard. (b) Contents The study required under subsection (a) shall include an analysis of— (1) the cost of creating a Cyber Defense National Guard; (2) the number of persons who would be needed to defend the critical infrastructure of the United States from a cyber attack or manmade intentional or unintentional catastrophic incident; (3) the sources of potential members of a Cyber Defense National Guard, including industry, academic institutions, research facilities, and Federal contractors; (4) which elements of the Federal Government would be best equipped to recruit, train, and manage a Cyber Defense National Guard; (5) the criteria required for persons to serve in a Cyber Defense National Guard; (6) if an incident disrupts communications in a region or area, what resources can be pre-positioned and training instilled to assure the effectiveness and responsiveness of a Cyber Defense National Guard; (7) the minimum requirements for consideration for inclusion in a Cyber Defense National Guard; (8) the impact of the effectiveness of a Cyber Defense National Guard of the possibility that the population of potential recruits may be dominated by men and women without military, intelligence, law enforcement, or government work experience; (9) the recruitment and vetting costs for a Cyber Defense National Guard; (10) the frequency of cyber defense and unit cohesion training; (11) how well military discipline is able to be adapted for use for creating command and control systems and protocols for a Cyber Defense National Guard; (12) the logistics of allowing governors to use the Cyber Defense National Guard in States during times of cyber emergency