#aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #cjb  ,,an ,,act  ,to direct the    
,secretary of ,energy to provide        
financial assistance to graduate        
students and postdoctoral researchers   
pursuing certain courses of study       
relating to cybersecurity and energy    
infrastructure1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,energy ,cybersecurity          
,university ,leadership ,act of #bjbc4  
#b4 ,energy cybersecurity university    
leadership activities  7a7 ,in general  
,in coordination with the activities    
authorized under title ,,viii of        
division ,z of the ,consolidated        
,appropriations ,act1 #bjba 7,public    
,law #aaf-bfj71 the ,secretary of       
,energy shall support the development of
 a next-generation energy-specific      
cybersecurity workforce by--  7#a7      
providing financial assistance1 on a    
competitive basis1 for scholarships1    
fellowships1 and research and           
development projects at institutions of 

higher education to support graduate    
students and postdoctoral researchers   
pursuing a course of study that         
integrates cybersecurity competencies   
within disciplines associated with      
energy infrastructure needs2  7#b7      
providing graduate students and         
postdoctoral researchers with research  
traineeship experiences at ,national    
,laboratories and utilities2 and  7#c7  
conducting outreach to historically     
,black colleges and universities1       
,tribal ,colleges or ,universities1 and 
minority-serving institutions4  7b7     
,report ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,energy shall submit  
to the ,committee on ,science1 ,space1  
and ,technology of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate a report on the implementation  
of the activities described in          
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,historically ,black 

college and university ,the term        
historically ,black college and         
university has the meaning given the    
term part ,b institution in section #cbb
 of the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajfa74  7#b7           
,institution of higher education ,the   
term institution of higher education has
 the meaning given such term in section 
#aja7;a7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja7;a774     
7#c7 ,minority-serving institution ,the 
term minority-serving institution means 
an eligible institution under section   
#cga7;a7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajfgq7a774     
7#d7 ,national ,laboratory ,the term    
,national ,laboratory has the meaning   
given such term in section #b of the    
,energy ,policy ,act of #bjje 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #aehja74  7#e7 ,tribal        
,college or ,university ,the term       
,tribal ,college or ,university has the 
meaning given such term in section      
#caf7;b7 of the ,higher ,education ,act 

of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajei;c7b774    
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,february #f1 #bjbc4;,clerk4