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Extending the Cyber Scholarship-for-Service term from 3 to 5 years increases student support and strengthens the cybersecurity workforce but imposes longer service obligations on recipients and may create short-term administrative/legal ambiguity.
Students in the Federal Cyber Scholarship-for-Service program gain extended scholarship/support and a longer formal commitment period when the program term is increased from 3 years to 5 years.
Aspiring cybersecurity professionals and federal cyber hiring benefit from a stronger, more stable workforce pipeline because longer program terms improve retention and predictability for recipients entering public service.
Students and scholarship recipients face a longer federal service obligation (3 to 5 years), which may reduce personal and career flexibility and increase the burden of the commitment.
Textual deletions and substitutions in the statutory language could create temporary legal or administrative ambiguity that requires interpretation and may delay or complicate implementation.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Extends a 3-year term to 5 years in a provision of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 and makes minor conforming textual edits.
Introduced January 16, 2025 by Gerald E. Connolly · Last progress January 16, 2025
Extends a 3-year term in a provision of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 to a 5-year term and makes two small textual edits to clarify language. The changes are limited to wording and a single term length change and do not create new programs or change funding.