HR 494 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

To amend the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to make improvements to the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program, and for other purposes.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

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. IntroducedJan 16, 2025
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

This bill makes certain changes to the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program, including increasing available scholarship amounts to cover up to five years of eligible tuition. 

The program offers scholarships to students pursuing higher education in cybersecurity and related fields, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and aerospace. Under current law, the scholarship covers up to three years of tuition. Recipients must generally commit to work in cybersecurity for a government agency or institution of higher education following completion of their degree program for a period equivalent to the duration of the scholarship. If a recipient fails to fulfill the postgraduation work requirements, some or all of the scholarship must be repaid or treated as a loan. 

The bill also provides statutory authority for the National Science Foundation to treat as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan the full amount of any scholarship award that is treated as a loan. Under current law, Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans are subject to certain conditions (e.g., interest rates and repayment schedules) and are eligible for student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. 

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 16, 2025.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ALDale W. StrongOriginalJan 16, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jan 16, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 9358Improving the Lives of the American People ActRelated billJul 7, 2026

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Jan 16, 2025Introduced in House

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