6 U.S.C. § 665a — Intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program
submitted 6 years ago by Pub. L. 107-296 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 563 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must run an intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship offering eligible college students paid Department internships, tuition help, and possible excepted-service employment after graduation and successful completion. The section sets eligibility, direct hiring, and annual reporting rules.
(a) Definitions. (1) “Appropriate committees of Congress” means the Senate Homeland* Security and Governmental Affairs and Select Intelligence Committees, and the House Homeland Security and Permanent Select Intelligence Committees. (2) “Excepted service” has the meaning in section 2103 of title 5. (3) “Historically Black college or university” has the meaning of “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20. (4) “Institution of higher education” has the meaning in section 1001 of title 20. (5) “Minority-serving institution” means an institution described in section 1067q(a) of title 20.
(b) Program. The Secretary* must run an intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship. An eligible person may: (1) take a paid Department* internship involving intelligence, cybersecurity, or both; (2) receive tuition assistance; and (3) after graduating from an institution of higher education and successfully completing the Program as the Secretary defines it, receive an offer for a Department intelligence or cybersecurity job in the excepted service.
(c) Eligibility. An applicant must: (1) be a U.S. citizen; and (2) when applying, (A) have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale, (B) be a “socially disadvantaged individual” as defined in 13 C.F.R. §124.103 or a successor rule, and (C) be a sophomore, junior, or senior at an institution of higher education. This section does not define the quoted term.
(d) Direct hire. If a person accepts an offer under (b)(3), the Secretary must appoint the person to that offered job without applying subchapter I of title 5, chapter 33, except section 3328.
(e) Reports. Within one year after December 27, 2020, and annually afterward, the Secretary must report on the Program to the committees in (a)(1). Each report must cover the latest year and include: (A) outreach to institutions where eligible people are enrolled; (B) specific recruitment efforts; (C) participant numbers by institution and the nature of participation, including whether duties mainly involve intelligence or cybersecurity; and (D) the number accepting employment offers and the Department element appointing each person.
In this section:
The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—
the Committee on Homeland* Security and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
the Committee on Homeland Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
The term “excepted service” has the meaning given that term in section 2103 of title 5.
The term “historically Black college or university” has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20.
The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given that term in section 1001 of title 20.
The term “minority-serving institution” means an institution of higher education described in section 1067q(a) of title 20.
The Secretary* shall carry out an intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program (in this section referred to as the “Program”) under which an eligible individual may—
participate in a paid internship at the Department* that relates to intelligence, cybersecurity, or some combination thereof;
receive tuition assistance from the Secretary; and
upon graduation from an institution of higher education and successful completion of the Program (as defined by the Secretary), receive an offer of employment to work in an intelligence or cybersecurity position of the Department that is in the excepted service.
To be eligible to participate in the Program, an individual shall—
be a citizen of the United States; and
as of the date of submitting the application to participate in the Program—
have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale;
be a socially disadvantaged individual (as that term in 1 defined in section 124.103 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulation); and
be a sophomore, junior, or senior at an institution of higher education.
If an individual who receives an offer of employment under subsection (b)(3) accepts such offer, the Secretary shall appoint, without regard to provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5 (except for section 3328 of such title) such individual to the position specified in such offer.
Not later than 1 year after December 27, 2020, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the Program.
Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the most recent year, the following:
A description of outreach efforts by the Secretary to raise awareness of the Program among institutions of higher education in which eligible individuals are enrolled.
Information on specific recruiting efforts conducted by the Secretary to increase participation in the Program.
The number of individuals participating in the Program, listed by the institution of higher education in which the individual is enrolled at the time of participation, and information on the nature of such participation, including on whether the duties of the individual under the Program relate primarily to intelligence or to cybersecurity.
The number of individuals who accepted an offer of employment under the Program and an identification of the element within the Department to which each individual was appointed.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–296, title XIII, § 1333, as added Pub. L. 116–260, div. W, title IV, § 404(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2378.)
- 2020Enacted · Pub. L. 107-296 · 134 Stat. 2378
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