under this subsection shall be returned to the De-
partment. 
‘‘(3) RETENTION OF PERCENTAGE.—A partici-
pating institution may retain a percentage of any re-
payment such institution collects under this sub-
section to defray administrative costs associated with 
the collection of such repayment. The Secretary shall 
establish a single, fixed percentage applicable to all 
participating institutions. 
‘‘(f) EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may provide for 
the partial or total waiver or suspension of any repayment 
obligation by an individual under this section whenever 
compliance by such individual with such obligation is im-
possible or would involve extreme hardship to the indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(g) TIMELINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of CISA and 
participating institutions shall seek to enroll in the 
Program, subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, not fewer than 250 students for the first full 
academic year of the Program that begins one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
‘‘(2) GROWTH OF PROGRAM.—Beginning with 
the second full academic year of the Program, the 
Director of CISA and participating institutions shall 
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seek to enroll in the Program each full academic 
year, subject to the availability of appropriations, 
not fewer than double the number of students en-
rolled in the immediately preceding full academic 
year until the number of such students reaches 
1,000 each full academic year. 
‘‘(3) PLAN FOR 10,000 STUDENTS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
section, the Director of CISA and participating in-
stitutions shall develop a plan, subject to capacity 
and administrative capabilities, to enroll by not later 
than ten years after the date of the establishment of 
the Program at least 10,000 students in the Pro-
gram each academic year. The Director shall brief 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Government Affairs of the Senate re-
garding such plan. 
‘‘(h) REPORT ON ENROLLMENT GOALS.—If the Di-
rector of CISA and participating institutions fail in any 
academic year to meet the minimum quota specified in 
paragraph (1) or (2), as the case may be, of subsection 
(g), the Director of CISA shall brief the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
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Affairs of the Senate within 30 days following the conclu-
sion of such academic year. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) CYBER-RELEVANT.—The term ‘cyber-rel-
evant’ means areas of national security that would 
impact the cyber resiliency of the United States, in-
cluding relating to operational technology, critical in-
frastructure, artificial intelligence, quantum com-
puting, security awareness, or computer science. 
‘‘(2) SKILLS-BASED
EXERCISES.—The term 
‘skills-based exercises’ means condensed programs 
lasting at least one day that focus on practice and 
application, rather than research and study.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1333 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 1334. CISA education and training programs and resources.’’. 
(c) REVIEW OF CISA EDUCATION, TRAINING PRO-
GRAMS AND RESOURCES.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) 
of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to 
Congress a review of CISA’s education and training pro-
grams. Such review shall evaluate the cost, reach, and cur-
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rent demand of such programs, including relating to any 
resource gaps in any of such programs. 
(d) PROMOTING CYBERCORPS SCHOLARSHIP
FOR 
SERVICE AS A GOLD STANDARD PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
on current support of the Department to the CyberCorps 
Scholarship for Service Program, including opportunities 
to provide additional funding to such Program under ex-
isting training and education programs of the Department 
of Homeland Security. 
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