3.0.0 592 2023-01-11T13:36:17Z 2023-01-11T13:36:17Z Senate S 2017-03-09 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-09T17:59:01Z Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017 115 1609 HR 2017-04-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. Identical bill CRS 2017-03-09 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1745) IntroReferral 2017-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. N R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2017-03-09 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-03-09 True Armed Forces and National Security Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Department of Defense Education programs funding Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Higher education Military personnel and dependents Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-03T20:08:06Z Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017

This bill designates the existing Department of Defense (DOD) information assurance scholarship and grant program as the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program to provide financial assistance (with consideration given to whether the recipient is, or the pursuit of the degree is at, a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education designated by the National Security Agency) to: (1) persons pursuing information assurance degrees or certifications at institutions of higher education in exchange for an agreement to serve on active duty in the armed forces or as a DOD employee for a designated period; and (2) institutions of higher education to support development of faculty, curriculum, laboratories, and research for information assurance disciplines.

Not less than 5% of the amounts available for scholarship financial assistance must be available for the pursuit of associate degrees.

DOD must submit a plan for reinvigorating the program.

]]> Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017 Display Title Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to support meeting the increasing needs of the United States for a cybersecurity and information assurance workforce by reinvigorating and modifying the Information Assurance Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s592is/xml/BILLS-115s592is.xml 2017-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1745) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.