117 HR 6868 IH: Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022 U.S. House of Representatives 2022-02-28 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.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6868IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 28, 2022Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Mr. Katko, and Ms. Titus) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland SecurityA BILLTo amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for financial assistance to fund certain cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training programs and initiatives, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022.

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Strengthening cybersecurity education support

Section 2220 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 665f) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(e)

Grants and cooperative agreements

The Director may award financial assistance in the form of grants or cooperative agreements to States, local governments, institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), nonprofit organizations, and other non-Federal entities as determined appropriate by the Director for the purpose of funding cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training programs and initiatives to—(1)carry out the purposes of CETAP; and(2)enhance CETAP to address the national shortfall of cybersecurity professionals..