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 Assess-
ment 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 Home-
land 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 Initia-
tive 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 posi-
tions are located within the Department; 
(C) information on which cybersecurity workforce posi-
tions 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 Cyber-
security 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 Depart-
ment; and 
(B) maintain and, as necessary, update the comprehen-
sive 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 disadvan-
taged 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 congres-
sional committees annual updates on— 
(1) the cybersecurity workforce assessment required under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) the progress of the Secretary in carrying out the com-
prehensive 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 estab-
lishing a Cybersecurity Fellowship Program to offer a tuition pay-
ment plan for individuals pursuing undergraduate and doctoral
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degrees who agree to work for the Department for an agreed- 
upon period of time. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.