CYBERSECURITY IN PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION.

SEC. 9405. CYBERSECURITY IN PROGRAMS OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. (a) Computer Science and Cybersecurity Education Research.—Section 310 of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 1862s-7) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “and cybersecurity” after “computer science”; and (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking “ and” after the semicolon; (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: “(E) tools and models for the integration of cybersecurity and other interdisciplinary efforts into computer science education and computational thinking at secondary and postsecondary levels of education.” ; and (2) in subsection (c), by inserting “, cybersecurity,” after “computing”. (b) Scientific and Technical Education.—Section 3(j)(9) of the Scientific and Advanced-Technology Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1862i(j)(9)) is amended by inserting “and cybersecurity” after “computer science”. (c) Low-income Scholarship Program.—Section 414(d) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 1869c) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking “or computer science” and inserting “computer science, or cybersecurity”; and (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by inserting “cybersecurity,” after “computer science,”. (d) [42 U.S.C. 1862s-6 note] Presidential Awards for Teaching Excellence.—The Director of the National Science Foundation shall ensure that educators and mentors in fields relating to cybersecurity can be considered for— (1) Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching made under section 117 of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1881b); and (2) Presidential Awards for Excellence in STEM Mentoring administered under section 307 of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 1862s-6).