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Expanding Cybersecurity Workforce Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
In Committee
Summary
Expand access to cybersecurity careers for disadvantaged communities by establishing a CISA program that promotes the field, conducts targeted outreach, and tailors recruitment and training to regional needs.
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- Directs the program to recruit and support people from groups often underrepresented in tech, including older adults (age 40 or older), racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, women, veterans, formerly incarcerated individuals, and graduates of community colleges and other nontraditional educational paths.
- Requires CISA to reach educators, unions, chambers of commerce, state and local workforce offices, community colleges, parents of K-12 students, and private employers and to adapt the program to the unique needs of each region and sector.
- Authorizes $20.0 million for fiscal year 2026 and each year through 2031 and requires annual reports to the House and Senate homeland security committees on program results and recommendations.
*Authorizes about $20.0 million in annual funding through 2031, increasing federal spending by that amount each year.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Cybersecurity training for disadvantaged communities
If enacted, the bill would require CISA to start a program within 180 days to promote cybersecurity careers. The program would target older adults (age 40+), racial and ethnic minorities, women, veterans, people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, formerly incarcerated people, graduates of nontraditional schools, low-income people, and geographically diverse communities. CISA would do outreach to educators, unions, chambers of commerce, workforce offices, community colleges, parents of K-12 students, private employers, and others. The bill would authorize $20 million a year from fiscal year 2026 through 2031 and require reports to Congress one year after enactment and annually thereafter.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
MI • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]
TX • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
OH • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
MS • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
WA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
VI • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
GA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
MO • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
FL • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
NV • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Johnson, Julie [D-TX-32]
TX • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]
NC • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 12/4/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Roll Call Votes
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