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Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), another member of the Subcommittee, also participated in the hearing. He is the sponsor of his own cyber security bills: S 1900, the Cyberterrorism Preparedness Act of 2002, and S 1901, the Cybersecurity Research and Education Act of 2002. S 1900 would authorize the appropriation of $70 Million in FY 2003 for grants to be administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) "to support the development of appropriate cyber security best practices, support long term cyber security research and development, and perform functions relating to such activities." S 1901 would authorize appropriations for a cyber security graduate fellowship program, and other educational programs.