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Union Calendar No. 697 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9689 

[Report No. 118–858] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS 

Cybersecurity Internship Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 

Ms. CLARKE of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Additional sponsor: Mr. GARBARINO

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

a DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 ‘‘DHS Cybersecurity 

5 Internship Program Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CYBERSE7 CURITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.′′. 

8 (a) PROGRAM.—Subtitle D of title XIII of the Home9 land Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the 

10 end the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 1334. CYBERSECURITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 

12 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a cy13 bersecurity internship program (in this section referred to 

14 as the ‘Program’) under which an eligible individual par15 ticipates in a paid cybersecurity internship at the Depart16 ment with duties aligned to such participant’s respective 

17 education, skills, and experience. 

18 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in 

19 the Program, an individual shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) be a citizen of the United States; 

21 ‘‘(2) be at least 16 years old; and 

22 ‘‘(3) be enrolled in a secondary school, tech23 nical, trade, or vocational school, or institution of 

24 higher education, in accordance with subsection (c). 


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1 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary shall, as prac2 ticable, ensure that participants selected for the Program 

3 for each intern class include students enrolled in each of 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) Secondary schools. 

6 ‘‘(2) Junior or community colleges. 

7 ‘‘(3) Undergraduate degree programs. 

8 ‘‘(4) Postgraduate degree programs. 

9 ‘‘(5) Technical, trade, or vocational schools. 

10 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) REPORTS.—Not later than one year after 

12 the date of the enactment of this section and annu13 ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 

14 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

16 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 

17 report on the Program. 

18 ‘‘(2) MATTERS.—Each report under paragraph 

19 (1) shall include, with respect to the most recent 

20 Program year, the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) A description of outreach efforts by 

22 the Secretary to raise awareness of the Pro23 gram among secondary schools and institutions 

24 of higher education, including among junior or 

25 community colleges, historically-Black colleges 


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1 and universities, and other minority-serving in2 stitutions. 

3 ‘‘(B) Information on specific recruiting ef4 forts by the Secretary to increase participation 

5 in the Program. 

6 ‘‘(C) The number of individuals partici7 pating in the Program, listed by the type of 

8 school or program in which the individual is en9 rolled at the time of participation, and informa10 tion on the nature of each such participation, 

11 including Department components supported, 

12 and the duties of each such individual. 

13 ‘‘(3) CONSOLIDATION.—Reports submitted 

14 under this subsection may be consolidated with the 

15 reports required under section 1333(e). 

16 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI18 VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or 

19 university’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B 

20 institution’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 

21 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 

22 ‘‘(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

23 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

24 meaning given that term in section 101 of the High25 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 


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1 ‘‘(3) JUNIOR OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The 

2 term ‘junior or community college’ has the meaning 

3 given that term in section 312 of the Higher Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058). 

5 ‘‘(4) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

6 term ‘minority-serving institution’ means an eligible 

7 institution of higher education described in section 

8 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

9 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 

10 ‘‘(5) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec11 ondary school’ means a school or program that pro12 vides secondary education, as determined under 

13 State law, except that the term does not include any 

14 education beyond grade 12. 

15 ‘‘(6) TECHNICAL, TRADE, OR VOCATIONAL

16 SCHOOL.—The term ‘technical, trade, or vocational 

17 school’ has the meaning given that term in section 

18 411.167 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

21 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

22 1333 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1334. Cybersecurity internship program.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 697 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9689 

[Report No. 118–858] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

gram, and for other purposes. establish a DHS Cybersecurity Internship ProDECEMBER 10, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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