[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8380]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4769. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON PATHWAYS FOR CYBER AND SOFTWARE 
                   ENGINEERING WORKFORCE GROWTH.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to Congress a report on pathways for cyber and 
     software engineering workforce growth.
       (b) Matters Covered.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall cover the following:
       (1) Any current Department of Defense hiring practices or 
     restrictions that constrain workforce growth or retention.
       (2) Areas where partnership with State and local 
     educational agencies focused on elementary or secondary 
     education can boost workforce in an area, especially in rural 
     schools and schools that receive funds under part A of title 
     I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 6301 et seq.).
       (3) Incentive and policy options to bring qualified 
     individuals to the regions where the jobs are currently.
       (4) Authorities and programs at the Department of Labor 
     that could be used to educate, retrain, or incentivize 
     individuals to pursue these fields in cyber and software 
     engineering.
       (5) Options for scholarships and internships to grow a 
     cyber and software engineering workforce pipeline.
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