Exclusive: House Homeland Security chair releases, pushes forth cyber workforce bill

House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green introduced the "Providing Individuals Various Opportunities for Technical Training to Build a Skills‑Based Cyber Workforce Act of 2024" (PIVOTT Act), proposing a CISA‑run ROTC‑style program that offers scholarships to community college and technical school students in exchange for two years of government cyber service. The bill targets non‑four‑year degree students and career changers, would begin with 250 participants and scale toward 10,000, requires completion of skills‑based tasks, and directs CISA to initiate security‑clearance processing early; funding and final passage remain uncertain.