50 U.S.C. § 1912 — Funding for scholarship program for ad-

Page 323 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 VIII, § 812, as added Pub. L. 108–487, title VI, § 603(b), Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3954; amended Pub. L. 116–260, div. W, title VI, § 619(c), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2401.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–260, § 619(c)(1), sub- stituted ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2021’’ for ‘‘for each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2005,’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–260, § 619(c)(3), added subsec. (b). Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c). Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–260, § 619(c)(2), (4), redesig- nated subsec. (b) as (c) and substituted ‘‘this section’’ for ‘‘subsection (a)’’. § 1913. National Language Service Corps (a) Establishment (1) The Secretary of Defense may establish and maintain within the Department of Defense a National Language Service Corps (in this sec- tion 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 Secu- rity 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. (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 Sec- retary 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 na- tional interests of the United States, the Sec- retary shall call upon members of the Corps to provide foreign language services to the Depart- ment of Defense or another department or agen- cy 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 Sec- retary 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 sec- tion shall be credited to the account of the De- partment 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. (Pub. L. 102–183, title VIII, § 813, as added Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title IX, § 954(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1895.) § 1914. Department of Defense program to pro- tect United States students against foreign agents (a) Program The Secretary of Defense shall develop and im- plement a program to prepare United States stu- dents studying abroad through Department of Defense National Security Education Programs to recognize and protect themselves against re- cruitment efforts by intelligence agents. (b) Briefing Not later than 180 days after December 12, 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-