Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act

This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to set up, within 3 years, an apprenticeship pilot program that employs up to 25 new participants each year in cybersecurity and other cyber jobs within the Department. Participants would agree to work in a federal cyber job afterward for as long as their apprenticeship lasted if offered one, or repay part of their training costs. The bill would also create a second pilot program, run with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to offer free cybersecurity training to eligible veterans, service members leaving the military, and military spouses. Both pilot programs would end 5 years after they start and would require yearly reports to Congress. The bill would also extend a federal cybersecurity workforce assessment requirement from 2022 to 2028.

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Sponsors

• Margaret Wood Hassan Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors