118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9689 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

a DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Cybersecurity 

3 Internship Program Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CYBERSE5 CURITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.′′. 

6 (a) PROGRAM.—Subtitle D of title XIII of the Home7 land Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 1334. CYBERSECURITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 

10 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a cy11 bersecurity internship program (in this section referred to 

12 as the ‘Program’) under which an eligible individual par13 ticipates in a paid cybersecurity internship at the Depart14 ment with duties aligned to such participant’s respective 

15 education, skills, and experience. 

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

17 the Program, an individual shall— 

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

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

20 ‘‘(3) be enrolled in a secondary school, tech21 nical, trade, or vocational school, or institution of 

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

23 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary shall, as prac24 ticable, ensure that participants selected for the Program 

25 for each intern class include students enrolled in each of 

26 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(1) Secondary schools. 

2 ‘‘(2) Junior or community colleges. 

3 ‘‘(3) Undergraduate degree programs. 

4 ‘‘(4) Postgraduate degree programs. 

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

6 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 

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

8 the date of the enactment of this section and annu9 ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 

10 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

11 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

12 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 

13 report on the Program. 

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

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

16 Program year, the following: 

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

18 the Secretary to raise awareness of the Pro19 gram among secondary schools and institutions 

20 of higher education, including among junior or 

21 community colleges, historically-Black colleges 

22 and universities, and other minority-serving in23 stitutions. 
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1 ‘‘(B) Information on specific recruiting ef2 forts by the Secretary to increase participation 

3 in the Program. 

4 ‘‘(C) The number of individuals partici5 pating in the Program, listed by the type of 

6 school or program in which the individual is en7 rolled at the time of participation, and informa8 tion on the nature of each such participation, 

9 including Department components supported, 

10 and the duties of each such individual. 

11 ‘‘(3) CONSOLIDATION.—Reports submitted 

12 under this subsection may be consolidated with the 

13 reports required under section 1333(e). 

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

15 ‘‘(1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI16 VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or 

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

18 institution’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 

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

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

21 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

22 meaning given that term in section 101 of the High23 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

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

25 term ‘junior or community college’ has the meaning 
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1 given that term in section 312 of the Higher Edu2 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058). 

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

4 term ‘minority-serving institution’ means an eligible 

5 institution of higher education described in section 

6 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

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

8 ‘‘(5) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec9 ondary school’ means a school or program that pro10 vides secondary education, as determined under 

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

12 education beyond grade 12. 

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

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

15 school’ has the meaning given that term in section 

16 411.167 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 

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

18 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
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1 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

2 1333 the following new item: 

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

Passed the House of Representatives December 10, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9689 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

gram, and for other purposes. establish a DHS Cybersecurity Internship Pro-