[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 93 (Thursday, May 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3910-S3911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2105. Mr. OSSOFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of title V of division B, add the following:

     SEC. 2528. ENHANCING CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION.

       (b) Cybersecurity Education Grant Program.--
       (1) Authorization.--The Director shall--
       (A) award grants to assist Historically Black Colleges and 
     Universities, minority-serving institutions, and institutions 
     of higher education that have an enrollment of needy students 
     (as defined in section 312(d) of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(d))) to establish or expand 
     cybersecurity programs, to build and upgrade institutional 
     capacity to better support new or existing cybersecurity 
     programs, including cybersecurity partnerships with public 
     and private entities, and to support such institutions on the 
     path to producing qualified entrants in the cybersecurity 
     workforce or becoming a National Center of Academic 
     Excellence in Cybersecurity through the program carried out 
     by the National Security Agency and the Department of 
     Homeland Security; and
       (B) award grants for a 5-year pilot period to build 
     capacity to eligible Historically Black Colleges and 
     Universities, minority-serving institutions, and public 
     institutions of higher education that have an enrollment of 
     needy students (as defined in section 312(d) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(d))) to expand 
     cybersecurity education opportunities, cybersecurity 
     technology and programs, cybersecurity research, and 
     cybersecurity partnerships with public and private entities.
       (2) Applications.--An eligible institution seeking a grant 
     under paragraph (1) shall submit an application to the 
     Director at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
     information as the Director may reasonably require, including 
     a statement of how the institution will use the funds awarded 
     through the grant to expand cybersecurity education 
     opportunities at the eligible institution.
       (3) Activities.--An eligible institution that receives a 
     grant under this section may use the funds awarded through 
     such grant for increasing research, education, technical, 
     partnership, and innovation capacity, including for--
       (A) building and upgrading institutional capacity to better 
     support new or existing cybersecurity programs, including 
     cybersecurity partnerships with public and private entities; 
     and
       (B) building and upgrading institutional capacity to 
     provide hands-on research and training experiences for 
     undergraduate and graduate students.

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