S.Amdt. 3685

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   Inserted: strategic language security

   Inserted: Sec. 7032. (a) Annual Reports.--Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the head of each covered agency shall submit to Congress a report setting forth the following:

   Inserted: (1) The number of employees of such agency who speak, read, or both speak and read a foreign language, set forth by--

   Inserted: (A) language in which speaking, reading, or both speaking and reading proficiency exists;

   Inserted: (B) for each employee who speaks, reads, or both speaks and reads such language proficiently, the level of speaking or reading proficiency, as applicable, and the date such proficiency was obtained; and

   Inserted: (C) for each such language--

   Inserted: (i) the rank and category of each employee who speaks such language at any level of proficiency; and

   Inserted: (ii) the rank and category of each employee who reads such language at any level of proficiency.

   Inserted: (2) The pedagogical capability of such agency with respect to speaking or reading proficiency in various languages, including--

   Inserted: (A) the number of full time and part-time instructors in each language;

   Inserted: (B) the extent and nature of distance learning facilities;

   Inserted: (C) the extent and nature of field and overseas learning facilities; and

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   Inserted: (D) the availability and use of textbooks, dictionaries, audio and video instructional materials, and online instructional sites and materials.

   Inserted: (3) An estimate of the needs of such agency over the next three to five years for personnel with speaking, reading, or both speaking and reading proficiency in various foreign languages, including--

   Inserted: (A) the number of personnel needed with speaking, reading, or both speaking and reading proficiency in each such language; and

   Inserted: (B) the percentage of each rank and category of personnel of such agency of which personnel referred to in subparagraph (A) would consist.

   Inserted: (4) An identification of the languages for which such agency currently has a limited current need for personnel with speaking, reading, or both speaking and reading proficiency, but for which such agency could have an expanded future need for such personnel, and an identification of the minimum number of personnel with speaking, reading, or both speaking and reading proficiency in such languages that is required by such agency to maintain sufficient national security readiness with respect to such languages.

   Inserted: (5) A description of any plans of such agency to employee, or secure by contract, personnel with speaking, reading, or both speaking and reading proficiency in each language identified under paragraph (4) in order to meet the future need of such agency for such personnel as described in that paragraph.

   Inserted: (b) Covered Agency Defined.--In section, the term "covered agency" means the following:

   Inserted: (1) The Department of Defense.

   Inserted: (2) The Department of State.

   Inserted: (3) The Office of the Director of National Intelligence with respect to--

   Inserted: (A) the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and

   Inserted: (B) each agency under the direction of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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