1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Enhance Partner Cyber Capabilities Act . 2. Findings (1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (commonly known as NATO ) remains a critical alliance for the United States and a cost-effective, flexible means of providing security to the most important allies of the United States. (2) The regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin is actively working to erode democratic systems of NATO member states, including the United States. (3) According to the report of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence dated January 6, 2017, on the Russian Federation’s hack of the United States presidential election: Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election represent the most recent expression of Moscow’s longstanding desire to undermine the US-led liberal democratic order. . (4) As recently as May 4, 2017, the press reported a massive cyber hack of French President Emmanuel Macron’s campaign, likely attributable to Russian actors. (5) It is in the core interests of the United States to enhance the offensive and defensive cyber capabilities of NATO member states to deter and defend against Russian cyber and influence operations. (6) Enhanced offensive cyber capabilities would enable the United States to demonstrate strength and deter the Russian Federation from threatening NATO, while reassuring allies, without a provocative buildup of conventional military forces. 3. Sense of Congress on cyber strategy of the Department of Defense It is the sense of Congress that— (1) the Secretary of Defense should update the cyber strategy of the Department of Defense (as that strategy is described in the Department of Defense document titled The Department of Defense Cyber Strategy dated April 15, 2015)