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50 U.S.C. § 1913 — National Language Service Corps
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**(a) Establishment**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may establish and maintain within the Department of Defense a National Language Service Corps (in this section referred to as the “Corps”).
(2) The purpose of the Corps is to provide a pool of nongovernmental personnel with foreign language skills who, as provided in regulations prescribed under this section, agree to provide foreign language services to the Department of Defense or another department or agency of the United States.
**(b) National Security Education Board** If the Secretary establishes the Corps, the Secretary shall provide for the National Security Education Board to oversee and coordinate the activities of the Corps to such extent and in such manner as determined by the Secretary under paragraph (9) of [section 1903(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1903/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Membership** To be eligible for membership in the Corps, a person must be a citizen of the United States authorized by law to be employed in the United States, have attained the age of 18 years, and possess such foreign language skills as the Secretary considers appropriate for membership in the Corps.
**(d) Training** The Secretary may provide members of the Corps such training as the Secretary prescribes for purposes of this section.
**(e) Service** Upon a determination that it is in the national interests of the United States, the Secretary shall call upon members of the Corps to provide foreign language services to the Department of Defense or another department or agency of the United States. If a member of the Corps is, as of the time of such determination, employed by or performing under a contract for an element of another Federal agency, the Secre
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**(a) Establishment**
(1) The Secretary of Defense may establish and maintain within the Department of Defense a National Language Service Corps (in this section referred to as the “Corps”).
(2) The purpose of the Corps is to provide a pool of nongovernmental personnel with foreign language skills who, as provided in regulations prescribed under this section, agree to provide foreign language services to the Department of Defense or another department or agency of the United States.
**(b) National Security Education Board** If the Secretary establishes the Corps, the Secretary shall provide for the National Security Education Board to oversee and coordinate the activities of the Corps to such extent and in such manner as determined by the Secretary under paragraph (9) of [section 1903(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section1903/d&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Membership** To be eligible for membership in the Corps, a person must be a citizen of the United States authorized by law to be employed in the United States, have attained the age of 18 years, and possess such foreign language skills as the Secretary considers appropriate for membership in the Corps.
**(d) Training** The Secretary may provide members of the Corps such training as the Secretary prescribes for purposes of this section.
**(e) Service** Upon a determination that it is in the national interests of the United States, the Secretary shall call upon members of the Corps to provide foreign language services to the Department of Defense or another department or agency of the United States. If a member of the Corps is, as of the time of such determination, employed by or performing under a contract for an element of another Federal agency, the Secretary shall first obtain the concurrence of the head of that agency.
**(f) Funding** The Secretary may impose fees, in amounts up to full-cost recovery, for language services and technical assistance rendered by members of the Corps. Amounts of fees received under this section shall be credited to the account of the Department providing funds for any costs incurred by the Department in connection with the Corps. Amounts so credited to such account shall be merged with amounts in such account, and shall be available to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such account. Any amounts so credited shall remain available until expended.
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary of Defense shall establish a National Security Education Board.
**(b) Composition** The Board shall be composed of the following individuals or the representatives of such individuals:
(1) The Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as the chairman of the Board.
(2) The Secretary of Education.
(3) The Secretary of State.
(4) The Secretary of Commerce.
(5) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
(6) The Secretary of Energy.
(7) The Director of National Intelligence.
(8) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
(9) Six individuals appointed by the President, who shall be experts in the fields of international, language, area, and counterproliferation studies education and who may not be officers or employees of the Federal Government.
**(c) Term of appointees** Each individual appointed to the Board pursuant to subsection (b)(7) shall be appointed for a period specified by the President at the time of the appointment, but not to exceed four years. Such individuals shall receive no compensation for service on the Board but may receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses.
**(d) Functions** The Board shall perform the following functions:
(1) Develop criteria for awarding scholarships, fellowships, and grants under this chapter, including an order of priority in such awards that favors individuals expressing an interest in national security issues or pursuing a career in a national security position.
(2) Provide for wide dissemination of information regarding the activities assisted under this chapter.
(3) Establish qualifications for students desiring scholarships or fellowships, and institutions of higher education desiring grants, under this chapter, including, in the case of students desi
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 1914
under subsection (a) shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on the date the Secretary of Defense
submits the report required under section 334 of Pub. L.
107–306 and notifies the appropriate committees of Con-
gress that the programs carried out under this chapter
are being managed in a fiscally and programmatically
sound manner, see section 333(c) of Pub. L. 107–306, set
out as an Effective Date of 2002 Amendment note under
section 1902 of this title.
§ 1912. Funding for scholarship program for ad-
vanced English language studies by heritage
community citizens
(a) Funding from Intelligence Community Man-
agement Account
In addition to amounts that may be made
available to the Secretary under the Fund for a
fiscal year, the Director of National Intelligence
shall transfer to the Secretary from amounts
appropriated for the Intelligence Community
Management Account for each of fiscal years
2005 through 2021 $2,000,000 to carry out the
scholarship programs for English language stud-
ies by certain heritage community citizens
under section 1902(a)(1)(E) of this title.
(b) Fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2022
In addition to amounts that may be made
available to the Secretary under the Fund for a
fiscal year, there is authorized to be appro-
priated to the Secretary for each fiscal year, be-
ginning with fiscal year 2022, $2,000,000, to carry
out the scholarship programs for English lan-
guage studies by certain heritage community
citizens under section 1902(a)(1)(E) of this title.
(c) Availability of funds
Amounts made available under this section
shall remain available until expended.
(Pub. L. 102–183, title VII
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