OPPORTUNITY Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5746
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2018-05-10
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft

Computers and information technology

Educational facilities and institutions

Higher education

Minority education

Science and engineering education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2018-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-05-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Offering Promising Persons Occupations Relevant To Upholding National Interests For Years Act of 2018 or the OPPORTUNITY Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill revises the Cyber Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense (DOD). In awarding grants and scholarships under the program, DOD must give special consideration to minority-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs) and the students who attend such IHEs.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5746 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 10, 2018 Mr. Aguilar (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Correa , Mr. Veasey , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Hastings , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Ms. Kelly of Illinois , Ms. Hanabusa , Mr. Brown of Maryland , Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Fudge , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Butterfield , Mr. Rush , and Mr. Carbajal ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend the Cyber Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense to require additional considerations in the award of scholarships and grants under the Program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Offering Promising Persons Occupations Relevant To Upholding National Interests For Years Act of 2018 or the OPPORTUNITY Act of 2018 . 2. Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program scholarships and grants (a) Additional considerations Section 2200c of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting before In the selection the following: (a) Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Education ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) Certain Institutions of Higher Education In the selection of a recipient for the award of a scholarship or grant under this chapter, consideration shall be given to whether— (1) in the case of a scholarship, the institution of higher education at which the recipient pursues a degree is an institution described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1067q(a) ); and (2) in the case of a grant, the recipient is an institution described in such section. . (b) Clerical amendments (1) Section heading The heading of section 2200c of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 2200c. Special considerations in awarding scholarships and grants . (2) Table of sections The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 112 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 2200c and inserting the following new item: 2200c. Special considerations in awarding scholarships and grants. .