# 116-hr-5942: DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act

116-hr-5942, DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5942
- Congress: 116
- Title: DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
- Introduced: 2020-02-21
- 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 requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program to identify and train DHS employees for cybersecurity work. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within DHS must lead the program. Among other things, the agency must (1) track the status of cybersecurity positions at DHS, (2) develop a program curriculum, and (3) recruit DHS employees for the program.

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5942 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5942)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5942 (as of 2025-11-18).