Sec. 203. Computing and information security mentoring programs for college students
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Subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 141 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: There is in the Department an Office of Computing and Information Security Professional’s Mentoring Program. The head of the office is the Mentoring Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Mentoring Coordinator shall be responsible for working with outreach to institution of higher education, critical infrastructure owners, and the heads of Federal departments and agencies to develop and promote the participation of professionals as volunteer mentors to— undergraduate students at institutions of higher education who are enrolled in the third or fourth year of a program of education leading to a degree in computing or information security; students enrolled in a program of education leading to a doctoral degree in computing or information security; and new employees of Federal departments and agencies whose primary responsibilities relate to computing or information security. .
The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 230A the following new item: Sec. 230B. Office of Computing and Information Security Professional’s Mentoring Program. . The Secretary of Homeland Security shall determine existing authority to make grants to covered institutions of higher learning for the establishment of mentoring programs for undergraduates enrolled in programs or courses of education in information assurance, cybersecurity or computing security programs.
For purposes of this subsection, the term covered institution of higher learning means those institutions as defined in section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and listed in section 101 of this bill.
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