Government starts hacking-defense training for new workers and ex-soldiers.
S. 5067 — Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Expansion Act · Filed by Maggie Hassan (D-NH) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up two programs for five years. One hires up to 25 new workers each year into hacking-defense jobs. The other gives free hacking-defense training to ex-soldiers and their spouses. People who get training must work for the government. If they leave early, they pay back training costs. A check on how many hacking-defense workers are needed extends until 2028.
Who it affects
Ex-soldiers and their spouses can get free training and jobs in hacking-defense. The government fills jobs it needs to fill. Schools and training groups may get contracts.
One thing to notice
The program trains only 25 new workers per year for five years. The country needs 500,000 hacking-defense workers, so this is a small start.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Republicans.
- Jul 22, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- hacking-defense — Protecting computers, networks, and data from attacks and theft.
- ex-soldiers — People who served in the military and are no longer serving.
- spouses — Married partners.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (26,091 characters) on Jul 29, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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