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HR 5746 115th Congress House Education Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Educational facilities and institutions Higher education Minority education Science and engineering education Student aid and college costs

OPPORTUNITY Act of 2018

Introduced: May 10, 2018 Introduced by: Aguilar, Pete Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
May 10, 2018
Introduced in House
May 10, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Offering Promising Persons Occupations Relevant To Upholding National Interests For Years Act of 2018 or the OPPORTUNITY Act of 2018

This bill revises the Cyber Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense (DOD). In awarding grants and scholarships under the program, DOD must give special consideration to minority-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs) and the students who attend such IHEs.

What's happening now May 11, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5515 Related bill John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 11
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 17, 2018
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
· May 17, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 17, 2018
 D
Takano, Mark
California · May 17, 2018
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · May 10, 2018
Brown, Anthony
· May 10, 2018
Butterfield, G. K.
· May 10, 2018
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · May 10, 2018
 D
Chu, Judy
California · May 10, 2018
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · May 10, 2018
Fudge, Marcia
· May 10, 2018
Hanabusa, Colleen
· May 10, 2018
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· May 10, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 10, 2018
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · May 10, 2018
Lowenthal, Alan
· May 10, 2018
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · May 10, 2018
RUSH, BOBBY
· May 10, 2018
SERRANO, JOSE
· May 10, 2018
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · May 10, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5746: OPPORTUNITY Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5746/
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