Cybersecurity Opportunity Act
- Last Action
- 1/20/2022
Actions
- 2022-01-20Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 256.
- 2022-01-20Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-59.
- 2022-01-20Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-59.
- 2021-08-04Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2021-06-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2021-06-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2022-01-20 (25)
Cybersecurity Opportunity Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to award grants to specified institutions of higher education for establishing or expanding cybersecurity education programs and opportunities.
Eligible institutions include minority-serving institutions and historically Black colleges and universities, and grant recipients may use the funds to increase research, education, technical, partnership, and innovation capacity for cybersecurity programs, research, and training experiences.
Cosponsors (8)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Angus King (I-ME)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Mike Rounds (R-SD)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
Subjects
- Computer security and identity theft
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Higher education
- Minority education
- Public-private cooperation
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