S.Amdt. 1374

1. Adds SEC. 907. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SERVICE CORPS at the end of subtitle A of title IX

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   (B) Such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the results of the assessment.

   Inserted: SEC. 907. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SERVICE CORPS.

   Inserted: (a) Charter for NLSC.--The David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

   Inserted: "SEC. 813. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SERVICE CORPS.

   Inserted: "(a) Establishment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain within the Department of Defense a National Language Service Corps (in this section referred to as the 'Corps').

   Inserted: "(2) The purpose of the Corps is to provide a pool of 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.

   Inserted: "(b) National Security Education Board.--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 803(f).

   Inserted: "(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. Members of the Corps may include employees of the Federal Government and of State and local governments.

   Inserted: "(d) Training.--The Secretary may provide members of the Corps such training as the Secretary prescribes for purposes of this section.

   Inserted: "(e) Service.--Upon a determination that it is in the national interests of the United States, the Secretary may 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.

   Inserted: "(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.".

   Inserted: (b) National Security Education Board Matters.--

   Inserted: (1) Composition.--Subsection (b) of section 803 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1903) is amended--

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   Inserted: (A) by striking paragraph (5);

   Inserted: (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and

   Inserted: (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs:

   Inserted: "(5) The Secretary of Homeland Security.

   Inserted: "(6) The Secretary of Energy.

   Inserted: "(7) The Director of National Intelligence.".

   Inserted: (2) Functions.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

   Inserted: "(9) To the extent provided by the Secretary of Defense, oversee and coordinate the activities of the National Language Service Corps under section 813, including--

   Inserted: "(A) identifying and assessing on a periodic basis the needs of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government for personnel with skills in various foreign languages;

   Inserted: "(B) establishing plans to address shortfalls and requirements, such as recruitment, member assignments and return, deployment, redeployment, and public information;

   Inserted: "(C) coordinating activities with Executive agencies and State and local governments to develop interagency plans and agreements to address overall language shortfalls and to utilize personnel to address the various types of crises that warrant language skills; and

   Inserted: "(D) proposing to the Secretary regulations to carry out section 813.".

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle A of title IX, add the following:

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