Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2005

Bill: 109-hr-3109
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2005-06-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Commerce
Computer crimes
Computer security measures
Continuing education
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Employee training
Federal aid to education
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Local officials
Minorities
Native Americans
Public-private partnerships
Science, Technology, Communications
Security clearances
State officials
Teaching materials
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: 
Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, to establish, in conjunction with the National Science Foundation, a program to award grants to institutions of higher education for: (1) cybersecurity professional development programs; (2) associate degree programs in cybersecurity; and (3) the purchase of equipment to provide training in cybersecurity for either professional development or degree programs.
 
Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to operate the program.
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary to establish an e-security fellowship program to bring state, local, tribal, and private sector officials to participate in the work of the National Cybersecurity Division in order to become familar with Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity missions and capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2005-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, 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.
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-29
text: Introduced in House