H. R. 2952 

One Hundred Thirteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen 

An Act 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to assess the cybersecurity workforce 

of the Department of Homeland Security and develop a comprehensive workforce 

strategy, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act’’. 

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act— 

(1) the term ‘‘Cybersecurity Category’’ means a position’s 

or incumbent’s primary work function involving cybersecurity, 

which is further defined by Specialty Area; 

(2) the term ‘‘Department’’ means the Department of Homeland Security; 

(3) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Homeland 

Security; and 

(4) the term ‘‘Specialty Area’’ means any of the common 

types of cybersecurity work as recognized by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education’s National Cybersecurity 

Workforce Framework report. 

SEC. 3. CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY. 

(a) WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, 

the Secretary shall assess the cybersecurity workforce of the 

Department. 

(2) CONTENTS.—The assessment required under paragraph 

(1) shall include, at a minimum— 

(A) an assessment of the readiness and capacity of 

the workforce of the Department to meet its cybersecurity 

mission; 

(B) information on where cybersecurity workforce positions are located within the Department; 

(C) information on which cybersecurity workforce positions are— 

(i) performed by— 

(I) permanent full-time equivalent employees 

of the Department, including, to the greatest 

extent practicable, demographic information about 

such employees; 
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(II) independent contractors; and 

(III) individuals employed by other Federal 

agencies, including the National Security Agency; 

or 

(ii) vacant; and 

(D) information on— 

(i) the percentage of individuals within each Cybersecurity Category and Specialty Area who received 

essential training to perform their jobs; and 

(ii) in cases in which such essential training was 

not received, what challenges, if any, were encountered 

with respect to the provision of such essential training. 

(b) WORKFORCE STRATEGY.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

(A) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

of this Act, develop a comprehensive workforce strategy 

to enhance the readiness, capacity, training, recruitment, 

and retention of the cybersecurity workforce of the Department; and 

(B) maintain and, as necessary, update the comprehensive workforce strategy developed under subparagraph (A). 

(2) CONTENTS.—The comprehensive workforce strategy 

developed under paragraph (1) shall include a description of— 

(A) a multi-phased recruitment plan, including with 

respect to experienced professionals, members of disadvantaged or underserved communities, the unemployed, and 

veterans; 

(B) a 5-year implementation plan; 

(C) a 10-year projection of the cybersecurity workforce 

needs of the Department; 

(D) any obstacle impeding the hiring and development 

of a cybersecurity workforce in the Department; and 

(E) any gap in the existing cybersecurity workforce 

of the Department and a plan to fill any such gap. 

(c) UPDATES.—The Secretary submit to the appropriate congressional committees annual updates on— 

(1) the cybersecurity workforce assessment required under 

subsection (a); and 

(2) the progress of the Secretary in carrying out the comprehensive workforce strategy required to be developed under 

subsection (b). 

SEC. 4. CYBERSECURITY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. 

Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

committees a report on the feasibility, cost, and benefits of establishing a Cybersecurity Fellowship Program to offer a tuition payment plan for individuals pursuing undergraduate and doctoral 
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degrees who agree to work for the Department for an agreedupon period of time. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.