,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #ai1         
#bjbe,ms4 ,mace 7for herself and ,ms4   
,brown7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to limit the use of      
educational requirements or             
qualifications in evaluating candidates 
for certain cybersecurity positions in  
the competitive service1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,cybersecurity      
,hiring ,modernization ,act4  #b4       
,educational requirements for           
competitive service cybersecurity       
positions ,section #ccjh of title #e1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended--     
7#a7 by striking ,the ,office of        
,personnel ,management and inserting 7a7
 ,in general4--,consistent with         
subsection 7b71 the ,office of          
,personnel ,management2 and  7#b7 by    

adding at the end the following3  7b7   
,education requirements for             
cybersecurity positions  7#a7 ,in       
general ,with respect to any covered    
position--  7,a7 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 performed2 and  7,b7 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 position4  7#b7           
,publication ,not later than one year   
after the date of the enactment of the  
,cybersecurity ,hiring ,modernization   
,act and annually thereafter1 the       
,office of ,personnel ,management shall 
publish on the ,office's website-- 7,a7 

any changes made to minimum             
qualifications standards concerning     
education for covered positions2 and    
7,b7 aggregate data indicating the level
 of educational attainment1 sorted by   
position classification1 of all         
accessions to covered positions4  7#c7  
,covered position defined ,in this      
subsection1 the term covered position   
means--  7,a7 any position in the       
competitive service classified under the
 ,,gs-#bbaj information technology      
management series1 or any successor     
series2 and  7,b7 any other position in 
the competitive service designated as   
cybersecurity under the ,national       
,initiative for ,cybersecurity          
,education 7,,nice7 ,cybersecurity      
,workforce ,framework 7,,nist ,special  
,publication #hjj-aha71 or successor    
framework4  4