Cyber Ready Workforce Act
Latest action · Feb 3, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 3, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cyber Ready Workforce Act
This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to workforce intermediaries (entities that facilitate the establishment of registered apprenticeship programs and that may partner with a business or community-based organization, or specified other partners) to support the establishment, implementation, and expansion of such programs in cybersecurity.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 3, 2022.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 3, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Feb 3, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 3, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 22, February 3, 2022, page H947.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2721 | Cyber Ready Workforce Act | Reintroduction of | May 14, 2019 |
| S 3570 | Cyber Ready Workforce Act | Identical bill | Feb 3, 2022 |
| HR 9270 | Cyber Ready Workforce Act | Reintroduced Bill | Aug 2, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a grant program within the Department of Labor to support the creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Cyber Ready Workforce Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Labor and Employment
- Licensing and registrations
- Marketing and advertising
- Minority employment
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
- Women's employment
- Youth employment and child labor
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 3, 2022Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
