Cybersecurity Opportunity Act
USA117th CongressS-2305| Senate
| Updated: 1/20/2022
Jon Ossoff
Democratic Senator
Georgia
Cosponsors (8)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Cybersecurity Opportunity Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to award grants to specified institutions of higher education for establishing or expanding cybersecurity education programs and opportunities. Eligible institutions include minority-serving institutions and historically Black colleges and universities, and grant recipients may use the funds to increase research, education, technical, partnership, and innovation capacity for cybersecurity programs, research, and training experiences.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Latest Companion Bill Action
HR 117-5593Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-59.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256.
Science, Technology, Communications
Computer security and identity theftEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingHigher educationMinority educationPublic-private cooperation
Cybersecurity Opportunity Act
USA117th CongressS-2305| Senate
| Updated: 1/20/2022
Cybersecurity Opportunity Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to award grants to specified institutions of higher education for establishing or expanding cybersecurity education programs and opportunities. Eligible institutions include minority-serving institutions and historically Black colleges and universities, and grant recipients may use the funds to increase research, education, technical, partnership, and innovation capacity for cybersecurity programs, research, and training experiences.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Latest Companion Bill Action
HR 117-5593Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-59.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256.
Jon Ossoff
Democratic Senator
Georgia
Cosponsors (8)
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Science, Technology, Communications
Related Bills
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Computer security and identity theftEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingHigher educationMinority educationPublic-private cooperation