HR 494 · 119th CongressIn Committeecongress.gov ↗

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

What this bill does

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This bill changes the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program by increasing scholarship coverage from three years to up to five years of tuition for students studying cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and aerospace. Students who receive these scholarships must work for a government agency or college for the same amount of time they received the scholarship after graduating. If they don't complete this work requirement, they must repay some or all of the scholarship money. The bill also allows the National Science Foundation to treat unpaid scholarship money as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan, which comes with specific interest rates and repayment terms and may be eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Sponsor

Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]

D

Introduced

January 16, 2025

Policy Area

Science, Technology, Communications

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