# 115-hr-6555: DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act

115-hr-6555, DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-6555
- Congress: 115
- Title: DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
- Introduced: 2018-07-26
- Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program to identify DHS employees for work in matters relating to cybersecurity. In carrying out the program, the DHS Under Secretary in charge of the program shall, among other things: (1) submit a monthly report on the status of cybersecurity positions throughout DHS, (2) develop a curriculum for the program, (3) recruit DHS employees to participate in the program, (4) determine the best means for training and retention of employees enrolled in the program, and (5) maintain information on employees enrolled in the program.

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- 115-hr-7390: Violence Against Women Extension Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act
- 115-hr-7359: Voter Information and Access Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7333: FEMA Modernization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-7332: Protect American Taxpayers and Secure Border Act
- 115-hr-7331: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11158 Highway 146 North in Hardin, Texas, as the "Lucas Lowe Post Office".

## Sources
- [115-hr-6555 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6555)

## Related
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- [115-hr-7368: Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7368)
- [115-hr-7359: Voter Information and Access Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7359)
- [115-hr-7333: FEMA Modernization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7333)
- [115-hr-7332: Protect American Taxpayers and Secure Border Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7332)
- [115-hr-7331: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 11158…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-7331)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6555 (as of 2025-11-18).