HR 2184 · 115th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017

Introduced 2017-04-27· Sponsored by Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.(2017-04-27)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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 sing…

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4 Democrats4 Republicans