S.Amdt. 2105

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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