Sec. 314. Scholarship for service
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Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), as amended by this title, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary, acting through the Director, may establish a scholarship program (in this section referred to as the program ) to recruit and train information technology, cybersecurity, and industrial control system security professionals to work in the Agency. The program shall— provide scholarships through institutions of higher education, including community colleges, that are designated as National Centers of Academic Excellence in cybersecurity by the Department, to students who are enrolled in programs of study at such institutions leading to degrees or specialized program certifications in the cybersecurity field; provide scholarship recipients with summer internship opportunities or other meaningful temporary appointments relating to the cybersecurity mission of the Department; and prioritize the employment placement in the Department of at least 80 percent of scholarship recipients.
A scholarship awarded under the program shall be in an amount that— covers the recipient’s tuition and fees for not more than 4 years; and provides the recipient with a stipend. Each scholarship recipient, as a condition of receiving a scholarship under the program, shall enter into an agreement under which the recipient agrees to work for a period of five years in the cybersecurity mission of the Department after receipt of the student’s degree or specialized program certification in the cybersecurity field.
To be eligible to receive a scholarship under the program, an individual shall— be a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States; have demonstrated a high level of competency in relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities, as defined by the national cybersecurity awareness and education program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology pursuant to section 401 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 ( 15 U.S.C. 7451 ); be a full-time student in a technology-related degree program at an institution described in subsection (b)(1), except that in the case of a student who is enrolled in a community college, be a student pursuing a degree on a less than full-time basis, but not less than half-time basis; and accept the terms of a scholarship under the program.
As a condition of receiving a scholarship under the program, a recipient shall agree to provide the institution described in subsection (b)(1) with annual verifiable documentation of post-award employment and up-to-date contact information. A scholarship recipient under the program shall be liable to the United States as provided in subsection
(i)if the recipient— does not maintain an acceptable level of academic standing at the applicable institution described in subsection (b)(1), as determined by the Secretary, acting through the Director; is dismissed for disciplinary reasons from such applicable institution; withdraws from the eligible degree program before completing the program of study; declares an intention to not fulfill the post-award employment obligation under the program; or does not fulfill the post-award employment obligation under the program. If a circumstance described in subsection (f)(2) occurs before the completion of one year of a post-award employment obligation under the program, the total monetary amount of the scholarship award received by the recipient under the program shall be— repaid; or treated as a loan to be repaid in accordance with subsection (h). If a circumstance described in subparagraph
(D)or
(E)of subsection (f)(2) occurs after the completion of one or more years of a post-award employment obligation under the program, the total monetary amount of the scholarship awards received by the recipient under the program, reduced by the ratio of the number of years of service completed divided by the number of years of service required, shall be— repaid; or treated as a loan to be repaid in accordance with subsection (h). A loan described in subsection
(g)shall be— treated as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); and subject to repayment, together with interest thereon accruing from the date of the scholarship award, in accordance with terms and conditions specified by the Secretary, acting through the Director, (in consultation with the Secretary of Education) in regulations promulgated to carry out this subsection. In the event that a scholarship recipient is required to repay the scholarship award under this section, an institution described in subsection (b)(1) providing the scholarship shall— determine the repayment amounts and notify the recipient and the Secretary of the amounts owed; and collect the repayment amounts within a period of time as determined by the Secretary, or the repayment amounts shall be treated as a loan in accordance with subsection (h). Except as provided in paragraph (3), any repayment under this subsection shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States. An institution described in subsection (b)(1) may retain a percentage of any repayment such institution collects under this subsection to defray administrative costs associated with such collection. The Secretary shall establish a single, fixed percentage that will apply to all such institutions. The Secretary may provide for the partial or total waiver or suspension of any service or repayment obligation by an individual under this section whenever compliance by such individual with such obligation is impossible or would involve extreme hardship to such individual, or if enforcement of such obligation with respect to such individual would be unconscionable. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2218, as added by this title, the following new item: Sec. 2219. Scholarship for service. .
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