119-hr5000

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5000 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5000

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of educational 
 requirements or qualifications in evaluating candidates for certain 
 cybersecurity positions in the competitive service, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 19, 2025

 Ms. Mace (for herself and Ms. Brown) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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 A BILL

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the use of educational 
 requirements or qualifications in evaluating candidates for certain 
 cybersecurity positions in the competitive service, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPETITIVE SERVICE CYBERSECURITY 
 POSITIONS.

 

Section 3308 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--

    (1) by striking ``The Office of Personnel Management'' and 
 inserting ``

    (a) In General.--Consistent with subsection

    (b) , 
 the Office of Personnel Management''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (b) Education Requirements for Cybersecurity Positions.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--With respect to any covered position--
 ``
        (A) an agency may prescribe a minimum educational 
 requirement for employment in such a position only if a 
 minimum education qualification is required by law to 
 perform the duties of the position in the State or 
 locality where the duties of the position are to be 
 performed; and
 ``
        (B) an agency may consider education in 
 determining a candidate's satisfaction of any other 
 minimum qualification only if the candidate's education 
 directly reflects the competencies necessary to satisfy 
 that qualification and perform the duties of the 
 position.
 ``

    (2) Publication.--Not later than one year after the date 
 of the enactment of the Cybersecurity Hiring Modernization Act 
 and annually thereafter, the Office of Personnel Management 
 shall publish on the Office's website--
 ``
        (A) any changes made to minimum qualifications 
 standards concerning education for covered positions; 
 and
 ``
        (B) aggregate data indicating the level of 
 educational attainment, sorted by position 
 classification, of all accessions to covered positions.
 ``

    (3) Covered position defined.--In this subsection, the 
 term `covered position' means--
 ``
        (A) any position in the competitive service 
 classified under the GS-2210 information technology 
 management series, or any successor series; and
 ``
        (B) any other position in the competitive service 
 designated as `cybersecurity' under the National 
 Initiative for Cybersecurity Education

    (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NIST Special 
 Publication 800-181), or successor framework.''.
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