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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1034
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS
Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY5, 2025
Mr. T
URNERof Texas (for himself and Mr. LUTTRELL) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish
a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Cybersecurity 4
On-the-Job Training Program Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DHS CYBERSECURITY ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PRO-6
GRAM. 7
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XXII of the 8
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 9
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 10
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‘‘SEC. 2220F. DHS CYBERSECURITY ON-THE-JOB TRAINING 1
PROGRAM. 2
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—There is established within the 3
Agency a ‘DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Pro-4
gram’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Program’) to vol-5
untarily train Department employees who are not cur-6
rently in a cybersecurity position for work in matters re-7
lating to cybersecurity at the Department. The Program 8
shall be led by the Director, in consultation with the 9
Under Secretary for Management. 10
‘‘(b) D
UTIES OF THEDIRECTOR.—In carrying out 11
the Program under subsection (a), the Director— 12
‘‘(1) shall develop a curriculum for the Pro-13
gram, incorporating existing curricula as appropriate 14
and applicable, such as the Federal Cyber Defense 15
Skilling Academy and other initiatives or successor 16
programs, and consistent with the National Initia-17
tive for Cybersecurity Education Framework or any 18
successor framework, which may include distance 19
learning instruction, in-classroom instruction within 20
a work location, on-the-job instruction under the su-21
pervision of experienced cybersecurity staff, or other 22
means of training and education as determined ap-23
propriate by the Director; 24
‘‘(2) shall develop criteria for participation in 25
the Program and ensure cybersecurity personnel are 26
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appropriately coded to the National Initiative for Cy-1
bersecurity Education Framework and successor 2
programs; 3
‘‘(3) in accordance with the curriculum de-4
scribed in paragraph (1)— 5
‘‘(A) shall make available cybersecurity 6
training to employees of the Department; and 7
‘‘(B) may, as appropriate, make available 8
cybersecurity training to other Federal employ-9
ees; and 10
‘‘(4) shall, during the 7-year period beginning 11
on the date of this enactment of this section, annu-12
ally submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 13
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 14
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 15
the Senate a report that includes— 16
‘‘(A) information relating to the number of 17
employees who participated in the Program in 18
the preceding year; 19
‘‘(B) an identification of the positions into 20
which employees trained through the Program 21
were hired after such training; 22
‘‘(C) a description of metrics used to meas-23
ure the success of the Program, which may in-24
clude a skill inventory for applicable positions; 25
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‘‘(D) copies of the reports submitted pur-1
suant to subsection (c)(1); and 2
‘‘(E) any additional information relating to 3
the duties specified in this subsection. 4
‘‘(c) D
UTIES OF THEUNDERSECRETARY FORMAN-5
AGEMENT.—In carrying out the Program under sub-6
section (a), the Under Secretary for Management shall— 7
‘‘(1) during the 7-year period beginning on the 8
date of the enactment of this section, submit to the 9
Secretary an annual report on the status of vacan-10
cies in cybersecurity positions throughout the De-11
partment; 12
‘‘(2) support efforts by the Director to identify 13
and recruit individuals employed by the Department 14
to participate in the Program; 15
‘‘(3) implement policies, including continuing 16
service agreements, to encourage participation in the 17
Program by employees throughout the Department; 18
and 19
‘‘(4) conduct outreach to employees who com-20
plete the Program regarding cybersecurity job op-21
portunities within the Department.’’. 22
(b) C
LERICALAMENDMENT.—The table of contents 23
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 24
(Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by in-25
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serting after the item relating to section 2220E the fol-1
lowing new item: 2
‘‘Sec. 2220F. DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training Program.’’.
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