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H.R. 494House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

To amend the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to make improvements to the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program, and for other purposes.

Sponsored by Gerald E. ConnollyRep. Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA)
Introduced January 16, 2025

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This bill amends the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to improve the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service program. It lengthens the service commitment that scholarship recipients must fulfill from three to five years and makes the loan repayment requirement clearer by stating that the full loan amount must be repaid regardless of other statutory limits. The changes affect students who receive the federal cyber scholarship and the agencies that administer the program.

Key Provisions

  • Extends the required service period for Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service recipients from three years to five years.
  • Clarifies that scholarship recipients must repay the full amount of any loan described in the program, regardless of other limits in the Higher Education Act.
  • Updates the statutory language to refer more generally to the relevant part of the Higher Education Act.

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Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Science, Space, and Technology Committee

January 16, 2025

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Introduced in House

January 16, 2025

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Science, Space, and Technology Committee

January 16, 2025

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Introduced in HouseIssued January 16, 2025

I

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 494

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 16, 2025

Mr. Connolly (for himself and Mr. Strong) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

A BILL

To amend the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to make improvements to the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program, and for other purposes.

1.

Improvements to Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program

Section 302 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7442) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (c), by striking 3 years and inserting 5 years; and

(2)

in subsection (j), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—

(A)

by striking A loan described subsection (i) and inserting The full amount of a loan described in subsection (i), regardless of any other limitations placed on such loans under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) or any implementing regulation, order, or policy,; and

(B)

in paragraph (1), by striking part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) and inserting such part.