{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-6868","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 6868","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for financial assistance to fund certain cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training programs and initiatives, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for financial assistance to fund certain cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training programs and initiatives, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2022-02-28","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-05-17","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h197","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022","result":"Passed","yea":383,"nay":30,"present":0,"not_voting":15,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll197.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2022-05-18"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-05-17","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill allows the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to award grants or other financial assistance for cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training programs at the elementary and secondary education levels. Entities eligible for the assistance include states, localities, institutions of higher education, and nonprofits. Additionally, CISA must include information about how the grants and assistance enhance cybersecurity education for underserved populations or communities in annual briefings."}],"words":76},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends section 2220 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to let the Director award grants or cooperative agreements for cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training programs, and adds information about those awards to the briefings under that section.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868/text/eh#H9000DF9947324854BA43223B14A44671"}]},"core_areas":["Grants and cooperative agreements for cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training","Briefing content on cybersecurity education awards"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Allows the Director to award financial assistance, in the form of grants or cooperative agreements, to fund cybersecurity and infrastructure security education and training programs and initiatives.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868/text/eh#H9000DF9947324854BA43223B14A44671"}},{"text":"Names States, local governments, institutions of higher education (as defined in the Higher Education Act of 1965), nonprofit organizations, and other non-Federal entities the Director determines appropriate as eligible recipients.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868/text/eh#H9000DF9947324854BA43223B14A44671"}},{"text":"Directs the funded programs and initiatives to carry out the purposes of CETAP and to enhance CETAP to address the national shortfall of cybersecurity professionals.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868/text/eh#H9000DF9947324854BA43223B14A44671"}},{"text":"Adds to the briefing information required under section 2220(c)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 any grants or cooperative agreements made under the new subsection.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868/text/eh#H9000DF9947324854BA43223B14A44671"}},{"text":"Requires that briefing information to include how those grants or cooperative agreements are being used to enhance cybersecurity education for underserved populations or communities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868/text/eh#H9000DF9947324854BA43223B14A44671"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-05-17","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6868/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-6868.png","v":"84554861d0da","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 6868, 117th Congress: Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022. House: 383 Yea, 30 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 17 May 2022."}}