HR 6868 Introduced – School Cybersecurity Grants

Earlier this week, Rep Garbarino (R,NY) introduced HR 6868, the Cybersecurity Grants for Schools Act of 2022. The bill would amend 6 USC 665f (which established the Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Program), expanding the scope of entities that could receive grants under the CETAP grant program.

The bill would add a new subsection (e) to §665f that would allow CETAP grants to go to States, local governments, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and other non-Federal entities for the purposes of funding cybersecurity education or training programs.

As I noted on Monday, this bill will be marked up tomorrow by the House Homeland Security Committee. No amendments to this bill are currently listed on the Hearing web site. I expect that this bill will be adopted by the Committee, probably by a voice vote. The bill will move to the full House later this year.