DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program Act

DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program Act

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out a cybersecurity internship program. Under this program, DHS must provide paid cybersecurity internships to participating students enrolled in secondary schools; technical, trade, or vocational schools; or institutions of higher education.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9689 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9689

     To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS 
       Cybersecurity Internship Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2024

    Ms. Clarke of New York introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS 
       Cybersecurity Internship Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CYBERSECURITY INTERNSHIP 
              PROGRAM.".

    (a) Program.--Subtitle D of title XIII of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1334. CYBERSECURITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Program.--The Secretary shall carry out a cybersecurity 
internship program (in this section referred to as the `Program') under 
which an eligible individual participates in a paid cybersecurity 
internship at the Department with duties aligned to such participant's 
respective education, skills, and experience.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the Program, 
an individual shall--
            ``(1) be a citizen of the United States;
            ``(2) be at least 16 years old; and
            ``(3) be enrolled in a secondary school, technical, trade, 
        or vocational school, or institution of higher education, in 
        accordance with subsection (c).
    ``(c) Composition.--The Secretary shall, as practicable, ensure 
that participants selected for the Program for each intern class 
include students enrolled in each of the following:
            ``(1) Secondary schools.
            ``(2) Junior or community colleges.
            ``(3) Undergraduate degree programs.
            ``(4) Postgraduate degree programs.
            ``(5) Technical, trade, or vocational schools.
    ``(d) Reports.--
            ``(1) Reports.--Not later than one year after the date of 
        the enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the 
        Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of 
        the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 
        Program.
            ``(2) Matters.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall 
        include, with respect to the most recent Program year, the 
        following:
                    ``(A) A description of outreach efforts by the 
                Secretary to raise awareness of the Program among 
                secondary schools and institutions of higher education, 
                including among junior or community colleges, 
                historically-Black colleges and universities, and other 
                minority-serving institutions.
                    ``(B) Information on specific recruiting efforts by 
                the Secretary to increase participation in the Program.
                    ``(C) The number of individuals participating in 
                the Program, listed by the type of school or program in 
                which the individual is enrolled at the time of 
                participation, and information on the nature of each 
                such participation, including Department components 
                supported, and the duties of each such individual.
            ``(3) Consolidation.--Reports submitted under this 
        subsection may be consolidated with the reports required under 
        section 1333(e).
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Historically black college or university.--The term 
        `historically Black college or university' has the meaning 
        given the term `part B institution' in section 322 of the 
        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061).
            ``(2) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        `institution of higher education' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1001).
            ``(3) Junior or community college.--The term `junior or 
        community college' has the meaning given that term in section 
        312 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058).
            ``(4) Minority-serving institution.--The term `minority-
        serving institution' means an eligible institution of higher 
        education described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).
            ``(5) Secondary school.--The term `secondary school' means 
        a school or program that provides secondary education, as 
        determined under State law, except that the term does not 
        include any education beyond grade 12.
            ``(6) Technical, trade, or vocational school.--The term 
        `technical, trade, or vocational school' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 411.167 of title 20, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 1333 the following new item:

``Sec. 1334. Cybersecurity internship program.''.
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