S.Amdt. 4769

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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