Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act
Sponsored By: Representative Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
In Committee
Summary
Limits on educational requirements for federal cybersecurity hires would restrict when agencies can demand college degrees and push hiring toward job-relevant skills and competencies.
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- Candidates: People with practical experience, certifications, or nondegree training could be considered for many cybersecurity roles because education may count only when it directly shows the needed competencies.
- Agencies and jobs: Agencies would face new limits when setting minimum education rules for covered cybersecurity roles, including the GS-2210 information technology management series and positions designated under the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM): OPM would be required to publish changes to minimum education standards and, within one year and then annually, aggregated data on the educational attainment of hires by job classification.
- Qualifications rule: Education could only satisfy other minimum qualifications when the schooling directly reflects the competencies necessary to perform the position.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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Easier access to federal cybersecurity jobs
This bill would limit when federal agencies can require a degree for competitive-service cybersecurity jobs. A covered position would include GS-2210 IT jobs and jobs labeled "cybersecurity" under the NICE framework. Agencies would only be able to set a minimum education rule if a State or locality law requires it where the duties are performed. Agencies could count education toward other minimum qualifications only when the education directly shows the competencies needed for the job. OPM would have to post, within one year and then annually, any changes to education standards and aggregate education levels of new hires by job classification.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
SC • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Sponsored 8/19/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 9/10/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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