; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 1708. Independent evaluation regarding potential establishment of United States Cyber Force and further evolution of current model for management and execution of cyber mission (a) Agreement (1) In general The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Public Administration (in this section referred to as the National Academy ) for the National Academy to conduct the evaluation under subsection (b) and submit the report under subsection (e). (2) Timing The Secretary shall seek to enter into the agreement described in paragraph (1) by not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Evaluation (1) In general Under an agreement between the Secretary and the National Academy entered into pursuant to subsection (a), the National Academy shall conduct an evaluation regarding the advisability of— (A) establishing a separate Armed Force dedicated to operations in the cyber domain (in this section referred to as the United States Cyber Force ); or (B) refining and further evolving the current organization approach, which is based on the Special Operations Command model for United States Cyber Command. (2) Scope The evaluation conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include consideration of— (A) the potential establishment of a United States Cyber Force as a separate Armed Force commensurate with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force, for the purpose of organizing, training, and equipping the personnel required to enable and conduct operations in the cyber domain through positions aligned to the United States Cyber Command and the other unified combatant commands