; (B) continue to support programs at 2-year institutions of higher education that help students develop skills necessary to support the cybersecurity missions of the United States; and (C) restore funding to the program to recruit and retain new scholarship recipients and build capacity at institutions of higher education. (b) Modification of Information Assurance Scholarship Program (1) Designation of program Section 2200a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) Designation of program A program under which the Secretary provides financial assistance under subsection (a) of this section and grants under section 2200b of this title shall be known as the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program . . (2) Allocation of funding Subsection (f) of such section is amended— (A) by inserting (1) before Not less ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Not less than five percent of the amount available for financial assistance under this section for a fiscal year shall be available for providing financial assistance for the pursuit of an associate degree. . (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense to provide financial assistance under section 2200a of such title, as amended by subsection (b), and grants under section 2200b of such title, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2018. (d) Reinvigoration plan required Not later than September 30, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees (as defined in section 101(a) of such title) a plan for reinvigorating the Department of Defense Cyber Scholarship Program, as designated by section 2200a(h) of such title, as added by subsection (b)(1) of this section.