US Congress House Bill 76 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-02-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Cybersecurity, to establish, in conjunction with the National Science Foundation, a program to award grants to institutions of higher education for: (1) cybersecurity professional development programs; (2) associate degree programs in cybersecurity; and (3) the purchase of equipment to provide training in cybersecurity for either professional development or degree programs. Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to operate the program. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary to establish an E-Security Fellows program to bring state, local, tribal, and private sector officials to participate in the work of the National Cybersecurity Division in order to become familiar with Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity missions and capabilities.

Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2011

Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2011-02-10	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
2011-01-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
2011-01-05	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2011-01-05	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2011-01-05	House	Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology
2011-01-05	House	Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/76/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr76/BILLS-112hr76ih.pdf