6 USC 665 - Intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program

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§ 665a. Intelligence and cybersecurity diversity fellowship program

(a) DefinitionsIn this section:

(1) Appropriate committees of CongressThe term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—

(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

(B) the Committee on Homeland Security and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

(2) Excepted service

(3) Historically Black college or university

(4) Institution of higher education

(5) Minority-serving institution

(b) ProgramThe 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—

(1) participate in a paid internship at the Department that relates to intelligence, cybersecurity, or some combination thereof;

(2) receive tuition assistance from the Secretary; and

(3) 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.

(1) be a citizen of the United States; and

(2) as of the date of submitting the application to participate in the Program—

(A) have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale;

(B) be a socially disadvantaged individual (as that term in 1

1 So in original. Probably should be “is”.

defined in section 124.103 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulation); and

(d) Direct hire authority

(e) Reports

(1) Reports

(2) MattersEach report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the most recent year, the following:

(A) 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.

(B) Information on specific recruiting efforts conducted by the Secretary to increase participation in the Program.

(C) 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.

(D) 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.

(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.)