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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4962 

To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants for cybersecurity 

curriculum for secondary schools, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 31, 2019 

Mr. KATKO (for himself and Miss RICE of New York) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants for 

cybersecurity curriculum for secondary schools, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cybersecurity Cur5 riculum Enhancement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION GRANTS. 

7 (a) CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 

8 180 days after the date of enactment of the Act, the Sec9 retary of Education, in consultation with Secretary of 

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1 tute of Standards and Technology to develop requirements 

2 that a cybersecurity education curriculum shall meet for 

3 purposes of a grant under this section. 

4 (b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Not later than 1 year 

5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 

6 shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to award 

7 States, local educational agencies, and nonprofit organiza8 tions for cybersecurity education curriculum for secondary 

9 schools. 

10 (c) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this 

11 section shall not exceed $500,000 for any fiscal year. 

12 (d) APPLICATIONS.—To receive a grant under this 

13 section, an eligible entity shall submit an application to 

14 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con15 taining such information as the Secretary may require, 

16 which shall include how the eligible entity’s proposed cy17 bersecurity education curriculum will be aligned to the Na18 tional Institute of Standards and Technology Special Pub19 lication 800–181, National Initiative for Cybersecurity 

20 Workforce Framework. 

21 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Each eligible enti22 ty that receives a grant under this section shall submit 

23 to the Secretary a report, on an annual basis, that in24 cludes— 

25 (1) a description of how the grant was used; 


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1 (2) the number of students who enrolled and 

2 completed a secondary school program in which the 

3 curriculum was used; and 

4 (3) the number of teachers using the cybersecu5 rity education curriculum. 

6 (f) APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be 

7 appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal 

8 year 2020 and for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 

9 (g) CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION.—In this section: 

10 (1) CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION.—The term 

11 ‘‘cybersecurity education’’ means education on en12 suring the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and 

13 safety of information systems used in critical infra14 structure sectors, including control systems and 

15 operational technology. 

16 (2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu17 cational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘Sec18 retary’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 

19 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

20 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

21 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

22 the 50 several States. 

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