---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 U.S.C. § 7901"
title: "38"
title_heading: "Veterans’ Benefits"
number: "7901"
heading: "Programs; purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/38/7901"
units:
  - "Part V — Boards, Administrations, and Services"
  - "Chapter 79 — Information Security Education Assistance Program"
---

# §7901. Programs; purpose

- (a) **In General.—** To encourage the recruitment and retention of [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) personnel who have the information security skills necessary to meet [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) requirements, the [Secretary](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) may carry out programs in accordance with this chapter to provide financial support for education in computer science and electrical and computer engineering at accredited institutions of higher education.
- (b) **Types of Programs.—** The programs authorized under this chapter are as follows:
  - (1) Scholarships for pursuit of doctoral degrees in computer science and electrical and computer engineering at accredited institutions of higher education.
  - (2) Education debt reduction for [Department](/usc/38/101.md?p=1) personnel who hold doctoral degrees in computer science and electrical and computer engineering at accredited institutions of higher education.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 109–461, title IX, § 903(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3460.)