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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4195 

To authorize the Cybersecurity Education Training Assistance Program. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 2, 2020 

Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. CASSIDY) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the Cybersecurity Education Training 

Assistance Program. 

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 ‘‘Providing Resources 

5 for Ongoing Training and Education in Cyber Tech6 nologies Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘PROTECT Act of 2020’’. 

7 SEC. 2. CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING AS8 SISTANCE PROGRAM. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con10 gress that— 


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1 (1) the United States continues to face critical 

2 shortages in the national cybersecurity workforce; 

3 (2) the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu4 rity Agency within the Department of Homeland Se5 curity has the responsibility to manage cyber and 

6 physical risks to our critical infrastructure, including 

7 by ensuring a national workforce supply to support 

8 cybersecurity through education, training, and ca9 pacity development efforts; 

10 (3) to reestablish the technology leadership, se11 curity, and economic competitiveness of the United 

12 States, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Secu13 rity Agency should create a sustainable pipeline by 

14 strengthening elementary and secondary cybersecu15 rity outreach and education nationwide. 

16 (b) AUTHORITIES.—Section 2202(e)(1) of the Home17 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652(e)(1)) is amend18 ed by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(R) To encourage and build cybersecurity 

20 awareness and competency across the United 

21 States and to develop, attract, and retain the 

22 cybersecurity workforce necessary for the cyber23 security related missions of the Department, in24 cluding by— 


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1 ‘‘(i) overseeing elementary and sec2 ondary cybersecurity education and aware3 ness related programs at the Department; 

4 ‘‘(ii) leading efforts to develop, at5 tract, and retain the cybersecurity work6 force necessary for the cybersecurity re7 lated missions of the Department; 

8 ‘‘(iii) encouraging and building cyber9 security awareness and competency across 

10 the United States; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) carrying out cybersecurity re12 lated workforce development activities, in13 cluding through— 

14 ‘‘(I) increasing the pipeline of fu15 ture cybersecurity professionals 

16 through programs focused on elemen17 tary and secondary education, higher 

18 education, and underrepresented stu19 dents in science and engineering, in20 cluding women and racial and ethnic 

21 minorities; and 

22 ‘‘(II) building awareness of and 

23 competency in cybersecurity across 

24 the civilian Federal government work25 force.’’. 


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1 (c) EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND CAPACITY DEVEL2 OPMENT.—Section 2202(c) of the Homeland Security Act 

3 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 652(c)) is amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating paragraph (11) as para5 graph (12); 

6 (2) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; and 

8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(11) provide education, training, and capacity 

11 development for Federal and non-Federal entities to 

12 enhance the security and resiliency of domestic and 

13 global cybersecurity and infrastructure security; 

14 and’’. 

15 (d) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMS.— 

16 Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 

17 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 2215. CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 

20 PROGRAMS. 

21 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Cybersecurity Edu23 cation and Training Assistance Program (referred to 

24 in this section as ‘CETAP’) is established within the 

25 Agency. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of CETAP shall 

2 be to support the effort of the Agency in building 

3 and strengthening a national cybersecurity workforce 

4 pipeline capacity through supporting elementary and 

5 secondary cybersecurity education, including by— 

6 ‘‘(A) providing foundational cybersecurity 

7 awareness and literacy; 

8 ‘‘(B) encouraging cybersecurity career ex9 ploration; and 

10 ‘‘(C) supporting the teaching of cybersecu11 rity skills in elementary and secondary schools. 

12 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out CETAP, the 

13 Director shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) implement a program that— 

15 ‘‘(A) conducts professional development 

16 sessions for educators in elementary and sec17 ondary schools; 

18 ‘‘(B) develops resources for the teaching of 

19 elementary and secondary education cybersecu20 rity-focused curricula; 

21 ‘‘(C) provides direct student engagement 

22 opportunities through camps and other pro23 gramming; 


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1 ‘‘(D) engages with local educational agen2 cies and State education agencies to promote 

3 awareness of the program; 

4 ‘‘(E) integrates with existing post-sec5 ondary education and workforce development 

6 programs at the Department; 

7 ‘‘(F) partners with cybersecurity and edu8 cation stakeholder groups to expand outreach; a 

9 ‘‘(G) increases the participation of women 

10 or racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented 

11 in science and engineering, or both, in cyberse12 curity education activities; and 

13 ‘‘(H) any other activity the Director deter14 mines necessary to meet the purpose described 

15 in subsection (a)(2); and 

16 ‘‘(2) enable the deployment of CETAP nation17 wide. 

18 ‘‘(c) BRIEFINGS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the establishment of CETAP, and annually there21 after, the Secretary shall brief the Committee on 

22 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

23 Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

24 the House of Representatives on the program. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each briefing conducted 

2 under paragraph (1) shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) estimated figures on the number of 

4 students reached and educators engaged, in5 cluding underrepresented students in science 

6 and engineering, including women and racial 

7 and ethnic minorities; 

8 ‘‘(B) information on community outreach 

9 and State engagement efforts; 

10 ‘‘(C) information on new curricula offer11 ings and educator professional development 

12 platforms; and 

13 ‘‘(D) information on coordination with 

14 post-secondary education and workforce devel15 opment programs at the Department. 

16 ‘‘(d) MISSION PROMOTION.—The Director may use 

17 appropriated amounts to purchase promotional and rec18 ognition items and marketing and advertising services to 

19 publicize and promote the mission and services of the 

20 Agency, support the activities of the Agency, and to re21 cruit and retain Agency personnel. 

22 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘elementary school’, 

23 ‘local educational agency’, ‘professional development’, ‘sec24 ondary school’, and ‘State educational agency’ have the 

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1 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 7801).’’. 

3 (e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

4 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se5 curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) 

6 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

7 2214 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 2215. Cybersecurity Education and Training Programs.’’. 

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