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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 263 

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program 

to award grants to institutions of higher education for the establishment 

or expansion of cybersecurity professional development programs, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 5, 2007 

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the 

Committees on Education and Labor and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish 

a program to award grants to institutions of higher 

education for the establishment or expansion of 

cybersecurity professional development programs, 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 Edu5 cation Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 

2 CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PROGRAMS AND 

3 EQUIPMENT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu5 rity, acting through the Assistant Secretary of 

6 Cybersecurity, shall establish, in conjunction with the Na7 tional Science Foundation, a program to award grants to 

8 institutions of higher education (and consortia thereof) 

9 for— 

10 (1) the establishment or expansion of 

11 cybersecurity professional development programs; 

12 (2) the establishment or expansion (or both) of 

13 associate degree programs in cybersecurity; and 

14 (3) the purchase of equipment to provide train15 ing in cybersecurity for either professional develop16 ment programs or degree programs. 

17 (b) ROLES.— 

18 (1) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

19 The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Sec20 retary and in consultation with the Director of the 

21 National Science Foundation, shall establish the 

22 goals for the program established under this section 

23 and the criteria for awarding grants. 

24 (2) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—The Di25 rector of the National Science Foundation shall op26 erate the program established under this section 


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1 consistent with the goals and criteria established 

2 under paragraph (1), including soliciting applicants, 

3 reviewing applications, and making and admin4 istering awards. The Director may consult with the 

5 Assistant Secretary in selecting awardees. 

6 (3) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall transfer to 

7 the National Science Foundation the funds nec8 essary to carry out this section. 

9 (c) AWARDS.— 

10 (1) PEER REVIEW.—All awards under this sec11 tion shall be provided on a competitive, merit-re12 viewed basis. 

13 (2) FOCUS.—In making awards under this sec14 tion, the Director shall, to the extent practicable, en15 sure geographic diversity and the participation of 

16 women and underrepresented minorities. 

17 (3) PREFERENCE.—In making awards under 

18 this section, the Director— 

19 (A) shall give preference to applications 

20 submitted by consortia of institutions, to en21 courage as many students and professionals as 

22 possible to benefit from the program established 

23 under this section; and 

24 (B) shall give preference to any application 

25 submitted by a consortium of institutions that 


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1 includes at least one institution that is eligible 

2 to receive funds under title III or V of the 

3 Higher Education Act of 1965. 

4 (d) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DE5 FINED.—In this section the term ‘‘institution of higher 

6 education’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

7 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

8 1001(a)). 

9 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

10 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car11 rying out this section $3,700,000 for each of fiscal years 

12 2008 and 2009. 

13 SEC. 3. E-SECURITY FELLOWS PROGRAM. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Subtitle C of 

15 title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

16 121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 226. E-SECURITY FELLOWS PROGRAM. 

19 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab21 lish a fellowship program in accordance with this 

22 section for the purpose of bringing State, local, trib23 al, and private sector officials to participate in the 

24 work of the National Cybersecurity Division in order 

25 to become familiar with the Department’s stated 


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1 cybersecurity missions and capabilities, including but 

2 not limited to— 

3 ‘‘(A) enhancing Federal, State, local, and 

4 tribal government cybersecurity; 

5 ‘‘(B) developing partnerships with other 

6 Federal agencies, State, local, and tribal gov7 ernments, and the private sector; 

8 ‘‘(C) improving and enhancing public/pri9 vate information sharing involving cyber at10 tacks, threats, and vulnerabilities; 

11 ‘‘(D) providing and coordinating incident 

12 response and recovery planning efforts; and 

13 ‘‘(E) fostering training and certification. 

14 ‘‘(2) PROGRAM NAME.—The program under 

15 this section shall be known as the E-Security Fel16 lows Program. 

17 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for selec18 tion as a fellow under the program, an individual must— 

19 ‘‘(1) have cybersecurity-related responsibilities; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(2) be eligible to possess an appropriate na22 tional security clearance. 

23 ‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary— 


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1 ‘‘(1) may conduct up to 2 iterations of the pro2 gram each year, each of which shall be 180 days in 

3 duration; and 

4 ‘‘(2) shall ensure that the number of fellows se5 lected for each iteration does not impede the activi6 ties of the Division. 

7 ‘‘(d) CONDITION.—As a condition of selecting an in8 dividual as a fellow under the program, the Secretary shall 

9 require that the individual’s employer agree to continue 

10 to pay the individual’s salary and benefits during the pe11 riod of the fellowship. 

12 ‘‘(e) STIPEND.—During the period of the fellowship 

13 of an individual under the program, the Secretary shall, 

14 subject to the availability of appropriations, provide to the 

15 individual a stipend to cover the individual’s reasonable 

16 living expenses during the period of the fellowship.’’. 

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

18 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

19 end of the items relating to such subtitle the following: 

‘‘Sec. 226. E-Security Fellows Program.’’. 

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