HR 5593 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Cybersecurity Opportunity Act

Introduced Oct 15, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Oct 16, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedOct 15, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Cybersecurity Opportunity Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish a grant program to promote cybersecurity training and education at institutions of higher education with an enrollment of needy students, historically Black colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Oct 15, 2021.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-FLAl Lawson, Jr.OriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-TXColin Z. AllredOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NCDeborah K. RossOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NVDina TitusOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NJDonald M. Payne, Jr.OriginalOct 15, 2021
D-PADwight EvansOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-CAJim CostaOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NYJoseph D. MorelleOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-CAKaren BassOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-MDKweisi MfumeOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-GALucy McBathOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-CAPete AguilarOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NYRitchie TorresOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-CARo KhannaOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-AZRuben GallegoOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalOct 15, 2021
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NVSteven HorsfordOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-FLVal Butler DemingsOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOriginalOct 15, 2021
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalOct 15, 2021

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Oct 15, 2021
HouseHomeland Security Committee
Referred Oct 15, 2021
Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee
Referred Oct 16, 2021
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee
Referred Oct 16, 2021

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 16, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
  2. Oct 16, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
  3. Oct 15, 2021Introduced in House
  4. Oct 15, 2021Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted in Congress under Article I, Section 1.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 181, October 15, 2021, page H5639.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 117-32THE EVOLVING CYBERSECURITY LANDSCAPE256 pagesTransportation and Infrastructure CommitteeNov 4, 2021–Dec 2, 2021

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2305Cybersecurity Opportunity ActRelated billJan 20, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To enhance cybersecurity education.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Cybersecurity Opportunity Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 15, 2021Introduced in House

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