Title: JROTC Cyber Training Act
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
JROTC Cyber Training Act
This bill directs the Department of Defense to implement a program to prepare Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps students for careers in computer science and cybersecurity. The program may include such elements as internships and cooperative research opportunities, funding for training of instructors, activities to improve the quality of training in these fields, and informal education.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2154 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2154

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to enhance 
 the preparation of students in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps for careers in computer science and cybersecurity, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2019

  Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Peters) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program to enhance 
 the preparation of students in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training 
Corps for careers in computer science and cybersecurity, 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 ``JROTC Cyber Training Act''.

SEC. 2. JROTC COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM.

    (a) Program Required.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 102 of title 10, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        section:
``Sec. 2036. Computer science and cybersecurity program
    ``(a) Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
program to enhance the preparation of students in the Junior Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps for careers in computer science and 
cybersecurity.
    ``(b) Coordination.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary 
shall coordinate with the following:
            ``(1) The Secretaries of the military departments.
            ``(2) The Secretary of Education.
            ``(3) The National Science Foundation.
            ``(4) The heads of such other Federal, State, and local 
        government entities the Secretary of Defense determines 
        appropriate.
            ``(5) Private sector organizations the Secretary of Defense 
        determines appropriate.
    ``(c) Activities.--Activities under the program may include the 
following:
            ``(1) Establishment of targeted internships and cooperative 
        research opportunities in computer science and cybersecurity at 
        defense laboratories and other technical centers for students 
        in and instructors of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training 
        Corps.
            ``(2) Funding for training and other supports for 
        instructors to teach evidence-based courses in computer science 
        and cybersecurity to students.
            ``(3) Efforts and activities that improve the quality of 
        cybersecurity and computer science educational, training 
        opportunities, and curricula for students and instructors.
            ``(4) Development of travel opportunities, demonstrations, 
        mentoring programs, and informal computer science and 
        cybersecurity education for students and instructors.
    ``(d) Metrics.--The Secretary shall establish outcome-based metrics 
and internal and external assessments to evaluate the merits and 
benefits of activities conducted under the program with respect to the 
needs of the Department of Defense.
    ``(e) Authorities.--In carrying out the program, the Secretary 
shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make use of the authorities 
under chapter 111 and sections 2601, 2605, and 2374a of this title, 
section 219 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note), and other 
authorities the Secretary determines appropriate.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of chapter 102 of such title is amended by adding at 
        the end the following new item:

``2036. Computer science and cybersecurity program.''.
    (b) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report on activities carried out under the program on 
computer science and cybersecurity for the Junior Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps required by section 2036 of title 10, United States Code 
(as added by subsection (a)).
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