---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 U.S.C. § 3222"
title: "50"
title_heading: "War and National Defense"
number: "3222"
heading: "Program on recruitment and training"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/50/3222"
units:
  - "Chapter 44 — National Security"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Education in Support of National Intelligence"
  - "Part C — Additional Education Provisions"
---

# §3222. Program on recruitment and training

- (a) **Program—**
  - (1) **Requirement—** The Director of [National Intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=5), in consultation with the heads of the elements of the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4), shall carry out a program to ensure that selected individuals are provided funds for academic training (including with respect to both undergraduate and postgraduate education), or to reimburse for academic training previously obtained—
    - (A) in capabilities, missions, or skillsets, especially in the fields of science, technology, math, and engineering, to address workforce requirements in which the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) is deficient or likely to be deficient in the future; or
    - (B) for such individuals who have backgrounds or experiences that the Director has identified as—
      - (i) contributing to capabilities, missions, or skillsets in which the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) is deficient or likely to be deficient in future; and
      - (ii) being underrepresented in the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) or likely to be underrepresented in the future.
  - (2) **Commitment—** An individual selected for participation in the program shall commit to employment with an element of the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) for a period that the Director determines is commensurate with the amount of funding provided to the individual under the program and under such terms and conditions as the Director considers appropriate.
  - (3) **Designation—** The program shall be known as the Pat Roberts [Intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=1) Scholars Program.
  - (4) **Outreach—** The Director, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4), shall maintain a publicly available internet website on the program that describes—
    - (A) the intent of the program;
    - (B) the conditions and requirements for selection and participation;
    - (C) application instructions;
    - (D) the areas covered by the program pursuant to the review conducted under [subsection (b)(2)](#b-2); and
    - (E) any other details the Director determines appropriate.
- (b) **Elements—** In carrying out the program under [subsection (a)](#a), the Director shall—
  - (1) establish such requirements relating to the academic training of participants as the Director considers appropriate to ensure that participants are prepared for employment as [intelligence](/usc/50/3003.md?p=1) professionals; and
  - (2) on an annual basis, review the areas that will contribute to the capabilities, missions, and skillsets in which the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) is deficient or is likely to be deficient in the future.
- (c) **Use of funds—** Funds made available for the program under [subsection (a)](#a) shall be used—
  - (1) to provide a monthly stipend for each month that a participant is pursuing a course of study;
  - (2) to pay the partial or full tuition of a participant for the completion of such course of study;
  - (3) to reimburse a participant for tuition paid by the participant before becoming an [employee](/usc/50/3164.md?p=4) of an element of the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4), including with respect to providing payments for student loans used for such tuition;
  - (4) to pay for books and materials that the participant requires or required to complete such course of study;
  - (5) to pay the expenses of the participant for travel requested by an element of the [intelligence community](/usc/50/3003.md?p=4) in relation to such program; or
  - (6) for such other purposes the Director considers reasonably appropriate to carry out such program.

## Source credit

(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title X, § 1022, as added Pub. L. 111–259, title III, § 311(a), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2662; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXIII, § 6317, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3513.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 441n of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

### Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to a program on recruitment and training for areas of specialization in which current or future capabilities of the intelligence community are deficient or likely to be deficient.