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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 266 

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 7, 2009 

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 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CYBERSE2 CURITY TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EQUIP3 MENT. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu5 rity, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Cybersecu6 rity, shall establish, in conjunction with the National 

7 Science Foundation, a program to award grants to institu8 tions of higher education (and consortia thereof) for— 

9 (1) the establishment or expansion of cyberse10 curity professional development programs; 

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

12 associate degree programs in cybersecurity; and 

13 (3) the purchase of equipment to provide train14 ing in cybersecurity for either professional develop15 ment programs or degree programs. 

16 (b) ROLES.— 

17 (1) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.— 

18 The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Sec19 retary and in consultation with the Director of the 

20 National Science Foundation, shall establish the 

21 goals for the program established under this section 

22 and the criteria for awarding grants. 

23 (2) NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.—The Di24 rector of the National Science Foundation shall op25 erate the program established under this section 

26 consistent with the goals and criteria established 


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1 under paragraph (1), including soliciting applicants, 

2 reviewing applications, and making and admin3 istering awards. The Director may consult with the 

4 Assistant Secretary in selecting awardees. 

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

6 the National Science Foundation the funds nec7 essary to carry out this section. 

8 (c) AWARDS.— 

9 (1) PEER REVIEW.—All awards under this sec10 tion shall be provided on a competitive, merit-re11 viewed basis. 

12 (2) FOCUS.—In making awards under this sec13 tion, the Director shall, to the extent practicable, en14 sure geographic diversity and the participation of 

15 women and underrepresented minorities. 

16 (3) PREFERENCE.—In making awards under 

17 this section, the Director— 

18 (A) shall give preference to applications 

19 submitted by consortia of institutions, to en20 courage as many students and professionals as 

21 possible to benefit from the program established 

22 under this section; and 

23 (B) shall give preference to any application 

24 submitted by a consortium of institutions that 

25 includes at least one institution that is eligible 


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1 to receive funds under title III or V of the 

2 Higher Education Act of 1965. 

3 (d) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DE4 FINED.—In this section the term ‘‘institution of higher 

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

6 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 1001(a)). 

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

9 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for car10 rying out this section $3,700,000 for each of fiscal years 

11 2008 and 2009. 

12 SEC. 3. E-SECURITY FELLOWS PROGRAM. 

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

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

15 121 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

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

18 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab20 lish a fellowship program in accordance with this 

21 section for the purpose of bringing State, local, trib22 al, and private sector officials to participate in the 

23 work of the National Cybersecurity Division in order 

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1 bersecurity 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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