Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Offering Promising Persons Occupations Relevant To Upholding National Interests For Years Act of 2018” or the “OPPORTUNITY Act of 2018”.
Offering Promising Persons Occupations Relevant To Upholding National Interests For Years Act of 2018
A BILL
To amend the Cyber Scholarship Program of the Department of Defense to require additional considerations in the award of scholarships and grants under the Program.
Sec. 2 Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program scholarships and grants
by inserting before “In the selection” the following:
“(a) Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Education”
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(b) Certain Institutions of Higher Education—In the selection of a recipient for the award of a scholarship or grant under this chapter, consideration shall be given to whether—
“(1) in the case of a scholarship, the institution of higher education at which the recipient pursues a degree is an institution described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)); and
“(2) in the case of a grant, the recipient is an institution described in such section.”
Clerical amendments—
Section heading— The heading of section 2200c of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“2200c. Special considerations in awarding scholarships and grants”
Table of sections— The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 112 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 2200c and inserting the following new item: