H.R. 5000
119th Congress
House
Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of educational requirements or qualifications in evaluating candidates for certain cybersecurity positio… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of educational requirements or qualifications in evaluating candidates for certain cybersecurity positions in the competitive service, and for other purposes.
Government Operations and Politics
Computer security and identity theftComputers and information technologyEmployee hiringGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archives
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
Feb 4, 2026
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Aug 19, 2025
Introduced in House
Aug 19, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
Bill text
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- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Lobbying activity
7
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Energy, Dept of
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
- Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
Cosponsors
2
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5000: Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5000/
"H.R. 5000: Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5000/.
H.R. 5000, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5000/.
[H.R. 5000: Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5000/)