PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1654A-233 setting forth the Comptroller General's findings resulting from the review under subsection (a). Subtitle C—Information Security SEC. 921. INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE COMPUTER SECURITY AND INFORMATION PROTECTION. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish an Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information Protection. (b) MISSION. — The Secretary shall require the institute— (1) to conduct research and technology development that is relevant to foreseeable computer and network security requirements and information assurance requirements of the Department of Defense with a principal focus on areas not being carried out by other organizations in the private or public sector; and (2) to facilitate the exchange of information regarding cyberthreats, technology, tools, and other relevant issues. (c) CONTRACTOR OPERATION. —The Secretary shall enter into a contract with a not-for-profit entity, or a consortium of notfor-profit entities, to organize and operate the institute. The Secretary shall use competitive procedures for the selection of the contractor to the extent determined necessary by the Secretary. (d) FUNDING. —Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5), $5,000,000 shall be available for the Institute for Defense Computer Security and Information Protection. (e) REPORT.— Not later than April 1, 2001, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the Secretary's plan for implementing this section. SEC. 922. INFORMATION SECURITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— (1) Part III of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: "CHAPTER 112—INFORMATION SECURITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM "Sec. "2 200. Programs; purpose. "2200a. Scholarship program. "2200b. Grant program. "2200c. Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. "2200d. Regulations. "2200e. Definitions. " 2200f. Inapplicability to Coast Guard. "§ 2200. Programs; purpose "(a) IN GENERAL.— To encourage the recruitment and retention of Department of Defense personnel who have the computer and network security skills necessary to meet Department of Defense information assurance requirements, the Secretary of Defense may carry out programs in accordance with this chapter to provide financial support for education in disciplines relevant to those requirements at institutions of higher education. "(b) TYPES OF PROGRAMS.— The programs authorized under this chapter are as follows:
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