1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cyber Ready Workforce Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) According to Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, by 2020, the United States is projected to experience a shortage of 5,000,000 workers with postsecondary education or training, including vocational certificates and apprenticeship training. (2) Registered apprenticeships strengthen the Nation’s economy, create pathways to good-paying careers, and help meet the Nation’s current workforce demands. (3) Apprenticeships can help fill the Nation’s workforce needs, including in fields not traditionally linked to apprenticeships, such as cybersecurity. (4) The cybersecurity field has a severe shortage in talent, with over 300,000 job openings today, according to CyberSeek, an interactive cybersecurity jobs heat map funded by the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). (5) Employers, especially in cybersecurity and information technology fields, may be unfamiliar with the apprenticeship model or do not have the capacity or resources to develop and implement their own training. 3. Definitions In this Act, the following definitions apply: (1) The term registered apprenticeship program means a program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act ; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). (2) The term workforce intermediary means an entity that— (A) facilitates the establishment of registered apprenticeship programs