S. 2354 — what changed

DHS Cybersecurity Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act of 2014

From Introduced in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 added between Introduced in Senate and Reported in Senate.

Sec. 3 Homeland security cybersecurity workforce assessment

added

(a)

added Short title— This section may be cited as the “Homeland Security Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act”.

(b)

added Definitions— In this section:

(1)

added Appropriate congressional committees— The term appropriate congressional committees means—

(A)

added the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

(B)

added the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and

(C)

added the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.

(2)

added Cybersecurity work category; data element code; specialty area— The terms Cybersecurity Work Category, Data Element Code, and Specialty Area have the meanings given such terms in the Office of Personnel Management’s Guide to Data Standards.

(3)

added Department— The term Department means the Department of Homeland Security.

(4)

added Director— The term Director means the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.

(5)

added Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.

(c)

added National Cybersecurity Workforce Measurement Initiative—

(1)

added In general— The Secretary shall—

(A)

added identify all cybersecurity workforce positions within the Department;

(B)

added determine the primary Cybersecurity Work Category and Specialty Area of such positions; and

(C)

added assign the corresponding Data Element Code, as set forth in the Office of Personnel Management’s Guide to Data Standards which is aligned with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education’s National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework report, in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2)

added Employment codes—

(A)

added Procedures— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish procedures—

(i)

added to identify open positions that include cybersecurity functions (as defined in the OPM Guide to Data Standards); and

(ii)

added to assign the appropriate employment code to each such position, using agreed standards and definitions.

(B)

added Code assignments— Not later than 9 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall assign the appropriate employment code to—

(i)

added each employee within the Department who carries out cybersecurity functions; and

(ii)

added each open position within the Department that have been identified as having cybersecurity functions.

(3)

added Progress report— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit a progress report on the implementation of this subsection to the appropriate congressional committees.

(d)

added Identification of cybersecurity specialty areas of critical need—

(1)

added In general— Beginning not later than 1 year after the date on which the employment codes are assigned to employees pursuant to subsection (c)(2)(B), and annually through 2021, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall—

(A)

added identify Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas of critical need in the Department’s cybersecurity workforce; and

(B)

added submit a report to the Director that—

(i)

added describes the Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas identified under subparagraph (A); and

(ii)

added substantiates the critical need designations.

(2)

added Guidance— The Director shall provide the Secretary with timely guidance for identifying Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas of critical need, including—

(A)

added current Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas with acute skill shortages; and

(B)

added Cybersecurity Work Categories and Specialty Areas with emerging skill shortages.

(3)

added Cybersecurity critical needs report— Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall—

(A)

added identify Specialty Areas of critical need for cybersecurity workforce across the Department; and

(B)

added submit a progress report on the implementation of this subsection to the appropriate congressional committees.

(e)

added Government Accountability Office status reports— The Comptroller General of the United States shall—

(1)

added analyze and monitor the implementation of subsections (c) and (d); and

(2)

added not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the status of such implementation.