US Codex
U.S.C.
Notes

§1908. Definitions — Inbound Citations

50 U.S.C. § 1908

Cited by 40 provisions in release 119-102.

Citations to §1908(1)

  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(a)(3)
    Go to provision →
    (3) The program required under this chapter shall be carried out in consultation with the National Security Education Board established under section 1903 of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(g)(1)
    Go to provision →
    (1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Board, shall annually determine and develop a list identifying each agency or office of the Federal Government having national security responsibilities at which a recipient of a fellowship or scholarship under this chapter will be able to make the recipient’s foreign area and language skills available to such agency or office. The Secretary shall submit the first such list to the Congress and include each subsequent list in the annual report to the Congress, as required by section 1906(b)(6) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1903(a)
    Go to provision →
    (a) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a National Security Education Board.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1903(b)
    Go to provision →
    (b) 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.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1903(b)(1)
    Go to provision →
    (1) The Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as the chairman of the Board.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1903(c)
    Go to provision →
    (c) 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.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1903(d)
    Go to provision →
    (d) 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 desiring a scholarship or fellowship, a requirement that the student have a demonstrated commitment to the study of the discipline for which the scholarship or fellowship is to be awarded.
    (4) After taking into account the annual analyses of trends in language, international, area, and counterproliferation studies under section 1906(b)(1) of this title, make recommendations to the Secretary regarding—
    (A) which countries are not emphasized in other United States study abroad programs, such as countries in which few United States students are studying and countries which are of importance to the national security interests of the United States, and are, therefore, critical countries for the purposes of section 1902(a)(1)(A) of this title;
    (B) which areas within the disciplines described in section 1902(a)(1)(B) of this title relating to the national security interests of the United States are areas of study in which United States students are deficient in learning and are, therefore, critical areas within those disciplines for the purposes of that section;
    (C) which areas within the disciplines described in section 1902(a)(1)(C) of this title are areas in which United States students, educators, and Government employees are deficient in learning and in which insubstantial numbers of United States institutions of higher education provide training and are, therefore, critical areas within those disciplines for the purposes of that section;
    (D) how students desiring scholarships or fellowships can be encouraged to work for an agency or office of the Federal Government involved in national security affairs or national security policy upon completion of their education; and
    (E) which foreign languages are critical to the national security interests of the United States for purposes of section 1902(a)(1)(D) of this title (relating to grants for the National Flagship Language Initiative) and section 1902(a)(1)(E) of this title (relating to the scholarship program for advanced English language studies by heritage community citizens).
    (5) Encourage applications for fellowships under this chapter from graduate students having an educational background in any academic discipline, particularly in the areas of science or technology.
    (6) Provide the Secretary biennially with a list of scholarship recipients and fellowship recipients, including an assessment of their foreign area and language skills, who are available to work in a national security position.
    (7) Not later than 30 days after a scholarship or fellowship recipient completes the study or education for which assistance was provided under the program, provide the Secretary with a report fully describing the foreign area and language skills obtained by the recipient as a result of the assistance.
    (8) Review the administration of the program required under this chapter.
    (9) To the extent provided by the Secretary of Defense, oversee and coordinate the activities of the National Language Service Corps under section 1913 of this title, including—
    (A) assessing on a periodic basis whether the Corps is addressing the needs identified by the heads of departments and agencies of the Federal Government for personnel with skills in various foreign languages;
    (B) recommending plans for the Corps to address foreign language shortfalls and requirements of the departments and agencies of the Federal Government;
    (C) recommending effective ways to increase public awareness of the need for foreign languages skills and career paths in the Federal Government that use those skills; and
    (D) overseeing the Corps efforts to work with Executive agencies and State and local governments to respond to interagency plans and agreements to address overall foreign language shortfalls and to utilize personnel to address the various types of crises that warrant foreign language skills.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1906(d)
    Go to provision →
    (d) During the preparation of each report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the members of the Board specified in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 1903(b)1 of this title. Each such member shall submit to the Secretary an assessment of their hiring needs in the areas of language and area studies and a projection of the deficiencies in such areas. The Secretary shall include all assessments in the report required by subsection (a).
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1913(b)
    Go to provision →
    (b) 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.

Citations to §1908(2)

  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(a)(2)
    Go to provision →
    (2) Of the amount available for obligation out of the National Security Education Trust Fund or from a transfer under section 1910(c) of this title for any fiscal year for the purposes stated in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall have a goal of allocating—
    (A) ⅓ of such amount for the awarding of scholarships pursuant to paragraph (1)(A);
    (B) ⅓ of such amount for the awarding of fellowships pursuant to paragraph (1)(B); and
    (C) ⅓ of such amount for the awarding of grants pursuant to paragraph (1)(C).
    The funding allocation under this paragraph shall not apply to grants under paragraph (1)(D) for the National Flagship Language Initiative described in subsection (i) or for the scholarship program under paragraph (1)(E). For the authorization of appropriations for the National Flagship Language Initiative, see section 1911 of this title. For the authorization of appropriations for the scholarship program under paragraph (1)(E), see section 1912 of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(f)
    Go to provision →
    (f) No person who receives a grant, scholarship, or fellowship or any other type of assistance under this chapter shall, as a condition of receiving such assistance or under any other circumstances, be used by any department, agency, or entity of the United States Government engaged in intelligence activities to undertake any activity on its behalf during the period such person is pursuing a program of education for which funds are provided under the program carried out under this chapter.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(g)(2)
    Go to provision →
    (2) Notwithstanding section 1904 of this title, funds may not be made available from the Fund to carry out this chapter for fiscal year 1997 until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the Congress the first such list required by paragraph (1).
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1904(a)
    Go to provision →
    (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “National Security Education Trust Fund”. The assets of the Fund consist of amounts appropriated to the Fund and amounts credited to the Fund under subsection (e).
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1904(b)
    Go to provision →
    (b) Sums in the Fund shall, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, be available—
    (1) for awarding scholarships, fellowships, and grants in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; and
    (2) for properly allocable costs of the Federal Government for the administration of the program under this chapter.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1904(c)
    Go to provision →
    (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest in full the amount in the Fund that is not immediately necessary for expenditure. Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. For such purpose, such obligations may be acquired on original issue at the issue price or by purchase of outstanding obligations at the market price. The purposes for which obligations of the United States may be issued under chapter 31 of title 31 are hereby extended to authorize the issuance at par of special obligations exclusively to the Fund. Such special obligations shall bear interest at a rate equal to the average rate of interest, computed as to the end of the calendar month next preceding the date of such issue, borne by all marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States then forming a part of the public debt, except that where such average rate is not a multiple of ⅛ of 1 percent, the rate of interest of such special obligations shall be the multiple of ⅛ of 1 percent next lower than such average rate. Such special obligations shall be issued only if the Secretary of the Treasury determines that the purchases of other interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or of obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States or original issue or at the market price, is not in the public interest.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1904(d)
    Go to provision →
    (d) Any obligation acquired by the Fund (except special obligations issued exclusively to the Fund) may be sold by the Secretary of the Treasury at the market price, and such special obligations may be redeemed at par plus accrued interest.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1904(e)(1)
    Go to provision →
    (1) The interest on, and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the Fund shall be credited to and form a part of the Fund.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1904(e)(2)
    Go to provision →
    (2) Any amount paid to the United States under section 1902(b)(3) of this title shall be credited to and form a part of the Fund.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1904(e)(3)
    Go to provision →
    (3) Any gifts of money shall be credited to and form a part of the Fund.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1905(d)
    Go to provision →
    (d) Expenditures necessary to conduct the program required by this chapter shall be paid from the Fund, subject to section 1904(b) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1909(a)
    Go to provision →
    (a) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Fund for fiscal year 1992 the sum of $150,000,000.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1909(b)
    Go to provision →
    (b) During fiscal year 1992, there may be obligated from the Fund such amounts as may be provided in appropriations Acts, not to exceed $35,000,000. Amounts made available for obligation from the Fund for fiscal year 1992 shall remain available until expended.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1910(b)
    Go to provision →
    (b) There is authorized to be appropriated from, and may be obligated from, the Fund for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996 not more than the amount credited to the Fund in interest only for the preceding fiscal year under section 1904(e) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1910(c)
    Go to provision →
    (c) 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 $8,000,000 to carry out the scholarship, fellowship, and grant programs under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, of section 1902(a)(1) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1910(d)
    Go to provision →
    (d) In addition to amounts that may be made available to the Secretary under the Fund for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2022, $8,000,000, to carry out the scholarship, fellowship, and grant programs under subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, of section 1902(a)(1) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1911(a)
    Go to provision →
    (a) In addition to amounts that may be made available to the Secretary under the Fund for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2020, $16,000,000, to carry out the grant program for the National Flagship Language Initiative under section 1902(a)(1)(D) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1911(b)
    Go to provision →
    (b) 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 $6,000,000 to carry out the grant program for the National Flagship Language Initiative under section 1902(a)(1)(D) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1912(a)
    Go to provision →
    (a) 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 studies by certain heritage community citizens under section 1902(a)(1)(E) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1912(b)
    Go to provision →
    (b) In addition to amounts that may be made available to the Secretary under the Fund for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2022, $2,000,000, to carry out the scholarship programs for English language studies by certain heritage community citizens under section 1902(a)(1)(E) of this title.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1913(f)
    Go to provision →
    (f) 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.

Citations to §1908(3)

  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(a)(1)(B)(i)
    Go to provision →
    (i) are United States citizens to enable such students to pursue education as part of a graduate degree program of a United States institution of higher education in the disciplines of foreign languages, area studies, counterproliferation studies, and other international fields relating to the national security interests of the United States that are critical areas of those disciplines (as determined under section 1903(d)(4)(B) of this title) and in which deficiencies exist (as identified in the assessments undertaken pursuant to section 1906(d) of this title); and
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(a)(1)(E)
    Go to provision →
    (E) awarding scholarships to students who—
    (i) are United States citizens who—
    (I) are native speakers (referred to as “heritage community citizens”) of a foreign language that is identified as critical to the national security interests of the United States who should be actively recruited for employment by Federal security agencies with a need for linguists; and
    (II) are not proficient at a professional level in the English language with respect to reading, writing, and other skills required to carry out the national security interests of the United States, as determined by the Secretary,
    to enable such students to pursue English language studies at an institution of higher education of the United States to attain proficiency in those skills; and
    (ii) enter into an agreement to work in a position in a similar manner (as determined by the Secretary) as agreements entered into pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A).
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(j)(3)
    Go to provision →
    (3) An institution of higher education that receives a grant pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(D) shall give special consideration to applicants who are employees of the Federal Government.
  • 50 U.S.C. § 1902(j)(4)
    Go to provision →
    (4) For purposes of this subsection, the Foreign Language Center of the Defense Language Institute and any other educational institution that provides training in foreign languages operated by the Department of Defense or an agency in the intelligence community is deemed to be an institution of higher education, and may carry out the types of activities permitted under the National Flagship Language Initiative.

Citations to §1908(4)

Citations to §1908(5)