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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9689 

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 

A BILL 

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, 

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: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 1334. CYBERSECURITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 

2 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a cy3 bersecurity internship program (in this section referred to 

4 as the ‘Program’) under which an eligible individual par5 ticipates in a paid cybersecurity internship at the Depart6 ment with duties aligned to such participant’s respective 

7 education, skills, and experience. 

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

9 the Program, an individual shall— 

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

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

12 ‘‘(3) be enrolled in a secondary school, tech13 nical, trade, or vocational school, or institution of 

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

15 ‘‘(c) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary shall, as prac16 ticable, ensure that participants selected for the Program 

17 for each intern class include students enrolled in each of 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) Secondary schools. 

20 ‘‘(2) Junior or community colleges. 

21 ‘‘(3) Undergraduate degree programs. 

22 ‘‘(4) Postgraduate degree programs. 

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

24 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 

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

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1 ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 

2 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

3 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

4 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 

5 report on the Program. 

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

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

8 Program year, the following: 

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

10 the Secretary to raise awareness of the Pro11 gram among secondary schools and institutions 

12 of higher education, including among junior or 

13 community colleges, historically-Black colleges 

14 and universities, and other minority-serving in15 stitutions. 

16 ‘‘(B) Information on specific recruiting ef17 forts by the Secretary to increase participation 

18 in the Program. 

19 ‘‘(C) The number of individuals partici20 pating in the Program, listed by the type of 

21 school or program in which the individual is en22 rolled at the time of participation, and informa23 tion on the nature of each such participation, 

24 including Department components supported, 

25 and the duties of each such individual. 


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1 ‘‘(3) CONSOLIDATION.—Reports submitted 

2 under this subsection may be consolidated with the 

3 reports required under section 1333(e). 

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

5 ‘‘(1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI6 VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or 

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

8 institution’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 

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

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

11 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

12 meaning given that term in section 101 of the High13 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

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

15 term ‘junior or community college’ has the meaning 

16 given that term in section 312 of the Higher Edu17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058). 

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

19 term ‘minority-serving institution’ means an eligible 

20 institution of higher education described in section 

21 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

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

23 ‘‘(5) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec24 ondary school’ means a school or program that pro25 vides secondary education, as determined under 


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

2 education beyond grade 12. 

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

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

5 school’ has the meaning given that term in section 

6 411.167 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations.’’. 

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

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

9 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

10 1333 the following new item: 

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

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