HR 5593 United States House · 117th Congress

Cybersecurity Opportunity Act

Summary

Cybersecurity Opportunity Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish a grant program to promote cybersecurity training and education at institutions of higher education with an enrollment of needy students, historically Black colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Technology

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2021

Committee Review

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Introduced Oct 15, 2021 Last action Oct 16, 2021

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Committee

Oct 16, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.

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Oct 16, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.

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Oct 15, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

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Oct 15, 2021

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Introduced in House

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1 primary · 40 co-sponsors