1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 or the HACKED Act of 2019 . 2. Improving National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (a) Program improvements generally Subsection (a) of section 401 of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 ( 15 U.S.C. 7451 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (11); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: (6) identifying cybersecurity workforce skill gaps in public and private sectors; (7) leading interagency efforts to facilitate coordination of Federal programs to advance cybersecurity education, training, and workforce, such as— (A) the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service program of the National Science Foundation; (B) the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity program of the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security; (C) the GenCyber Program of the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency; (D) the apprenticeship program of the Department of Labor; (E) the Cybersecurity Education and Training Assistance Program of the Department of Homeland Security; (F) the Cyber Center of Excellence of the Army; (G) the Information Operations Command program of the Navy; and (H) such others as the Director considers appropriate; (8) promoting higher education and expertise in cybersecurity through designation by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security of institutions of higher education as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity if such institutions have robust degree programs that align to specific cybersecurity-related knowledge units that are aligned to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and tasks from the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NIST Special Publication 800–181), or successor framework