US Congress House Bill 2184 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Pending: House Science, Space, And Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act of 2017

Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-27	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2017-04-27	House	Introduced in House

SB754 (Related) 2018-06-05 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 440.
HB2810 (Related) 2017-12-12 - Became Public Law No: 115-91. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2184/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2184/BILLS-115hr2184ih.pdf