Cybersecurity Opportunity Act
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
Oct 16, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
Oct 15, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Oct 15, 2021
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Cybersecurity Opportunity Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish a grant program to promote cybersecurity training and education at institutions of higher education with an enrollment of needy students, historically Black colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
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Cosponsors
36
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Aguilar, Pete
Bass, Karen
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Butterfield, G. K.
D
Carson, André
Cicilline, David
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
D
Cohen, Steve
D
Costa, Jim
Demings, Val
D
Evans, Dwight
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
Green, Al
D
Horsford, Steven
JOHNSON, EDDIE
D
Keating, William R.
D
Kelly, Robin L.
D
Khanna, Ro
Lawson, Al
D
McBath, Lucy
D
Mfume, Kweisi
D
Moore, Gwen
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Quigley, Mike
D
Ross, Deborah K.
D
Strickland, Marilyn
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
D
Titus, Dina
D
Torres, Ritchie
D
Veasey, Marc A.
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
D
Williams, Nikema
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5593: Cybersecurity Opportunity Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5593/
"H.R. 5593: Cybersecurity Opportunity Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5593/.
H.R. 5593, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5593/.
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