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To support meeting our Nation's growing cybersecurity workforce needs by expanding the cybersecurity education pipeline.

USA115th CongressHR-2184| House 
| Updated: 4/27/2017
Michael T. McCaul

Michael T. McCaul

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (8)
James R. Langevin (Democratic)John Ratcliffe (Republican)Patrick Meehan (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Mac Thornberry (Republican)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)

Science, Space, and Technology Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017 This bill amends the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to require the federal cyber scholarship-for-service program that the National Science Foundation (NSF) coordinates with the Department of Homeland Security to include scholarship recipients who are students pursuing an associate's degree in a cybersecurity field without the intent of transferring to a bachelor's degree program and who either have a bachelor's degree already or are veterans of the Armed Forces. The post-award employment obligations of scholarship recipients pursuing a doctoral or master's degree may include work at an institution of higher education or for a local educational agency teaching cybersecurity skills. Scholarship eligibility factors are revised to include: (1) an individual's skills and abilities under the National Institute of Standards and Technology's national cybersecurity awareness and education program, and (2) students pursuing a degree on a less than full-time but not less than half-time basis. The NSF must work with the Office of Personnel Management to consolidate information about cyber scholarships programs and job opportunities into a single online resource center. The NSF may carry out a program to improve cybersecurity education at the K-12 level. The NSF may: (1) grant exceptions from the post-award employment obligations to students who agree to work in a critical infrastructure mission at a federal government corporation or a state, local, or tribal government-affiliated component of a critical infrastructure sector; or (2) develop a pilot program to enhance critical infrastructure protection training for students pursuing careers in cybersecurity.
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Timeline
Apr 27, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 27, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • April 27, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • April 27, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 115-2810: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
  • S 115-754: Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017
Computer security and identity theftEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHigher educationScience and engineering educationStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula

To support meeting our Nation's growing cybersecurity workforce needs by expanding the cybersecurity education pipeline.

USA115th CongressHR-2184| House 
| Updated: 4/27/2017
Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017 This bill amends the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to require the federal cyber scholarship-for-service program that the National Science Foundation (NSF) coordinates with the Department of Homeland Security to include scholarship recipients who are students pursuing an associate's degree in a cybersecurity field without the intent of transferring to a bachelor's degree program and who either have a bachelor's degree already or are veterans of the Armed Forces. The post-award employment obligations of scholarship recipients pursuing a doctoral or master's degree may include work at an institution of higher education or for a local educational agency teaching cybersecurity skills. Scholarship eligibility factors are revised to include: (1) an individual's skills and abilities under the National Institute of Standards and Technology's national cybersecurity awareness and education program, and (2) students pursuing a degree on a less than full-time but not less than half-time basis. The NSF must work with the Office of Personnel Management to consolidate information about cyber scholarships programs and job opportunities into a single online resource center. The NSF may carry out a program to improve cybersecurity education at the K-12 level. The NSF may: (1) grant exceptions from the post-award employment obligations to students who agree to work in a critical infrastructure mission at a federal government corporation or a state, local, or tribal government-affiliated component of a critical infrastructure sector; or (2) develop a pilot program to enhance critical infrastructure protection training for students pursuing careers in cybersecurity.
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Timeline
Apr 27, 2017
Introduced in House
Apr 27, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  • April 27, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • April 27, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Michael T. McCaul

Michael T. McCaul

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (8)
James R. Langevin (Democratic)John Ratcliffe (Republican)Patrick Meehan (Republican)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Mac Thornberry (Republican)Cedric L. Richmond (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)Scott R. Tipton (Republican)

Science, Space, and Technology Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

Related Bills

  • HR 115-2810: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
  • S 115-754: Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computer security and identity theftEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHigher educationScience and engineering educationStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula