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- § 3221. Assignment of intelligence community personnel as language students
- § 3222. Program on recruitment and training
- § 3223. Educational scholarship program
- § 3224. Intelligence officer training program
- § 3224a. Authorization of support by Director of National Intelligence for certain workforce activities
§ 3221. Assignment of intelligence community personnel as language students
(a) In general
(b) Authority for reimbursement of costs of tuition and training
(1) The Director of National Intelligence may reimburse an employee assigned under subsection (a) for the total cost of the training described in that subsection, including costs of educational and supplementary reading materials.
(2) The authority under paragraph (1) shall apply to employees who are assigned on a full-time or part-time basis.
(3) Reimbursement under paragraph (1) may be made from appropriated or nonappropriated funds.
(c) Relationship to compensation as an analyst
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title X, § 1021, as added Pub. L. 108–487, title VI, § 612(a)(2), Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3959.)
§ 3222. Program on recruitment and training
(a) Program
(1) RequirementThe Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, 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 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 is deficient or likely to be deficient in future; and
(ii) being underrepresented in the intelligence community or likely to be underrepresented in the future.
(2) Commitment
(3) Designation
(4) OutreachThe Director, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, 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); and
(E) any other details the Director determines appropriate.
(b) ElementsIn carrying out the program under subsection (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 professionals; and
(2) on an annual basis, review the areas that will contribute to the capabilities, missions, and skillsets in which the intelligence community is deficient or is likely to be deficient in the future.
(c) Use of fundsFunds made available for the program under subsection (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 of an element of the intelligence community, 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 in relation to such program; or
(6) for such other purposes the Director considers reasonably appropriate to carry out such program.
(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.)
§ 3223. Educational scholarship program
The head of a department or agency containing an element of the intelligence community may establish an undergraduate or graduate training program with respect to civilian employees and prospective civilian employees of such element similar in purpose, conditions, span, and administration to the program that the Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish under section 3614 of this title.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title X, § 1023, as added Pub. L. 111–259, title III, § 312(e)(1), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2664.)
§ 3224. Intelligence officer training program
(a) Programs
(1) The Director of National Intelligence may carry out grant programs in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) to enhance the recruitment and retention of an ethnically and culturally diverse intelligence community workforce with capabilities critical to the national security interests of the United States.
(2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Director shall identify the skills necessary to meet current or emergent needs of the intelligence community and the educational disciplines that will provide individuals with such skills.
(b) Institutional grant program
(1) The Director may provide grants to institutions of higher education to support the establishment or continued development of programs of study in educational disciplines identified under subsection (a)(2).
(2) A grant provided under paragraph (1) may, with respect to the educational disciplines identified under subsection (a)(2), be used for the following purposes:
(A) Curriculum or program development.
(B) Faculty development.
(C) Laboratory equipment or improvements.
(D) Faculty research.
(c) Grant program for certain minority-serving colleges and universities
(1) The Director may provide grants to historically black colleges and universities, Predominantly Black Institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions to provide programs of study in educational disciplines identified under subsection (a)(2) or described in paragraph (2).
(2) A grant provided under paragraph (1) may be used to provide programs of study in the following educational disciplines:
(A) Intermediate and advanced foreign languages deemed in the immediate interest of the intelligence community, including Farsi, Pashto, Middle Eastern, African, and South Asian dialects.
(B) Study abroad programs and cultural immersion programs.
(d) Application
(e) ReportsAn institution of higher education that receives a grant under this section shall submit to the Director regular reports regarding the use of such grant, including—
(1) a description of the benefits to students who participate in the course of study funded by such grant;
(2) a description of the results and accomplishments related to such course of study; and
(3) any other information that the Director may require.
(f) Regulations
(g) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) The term “Director” means the Director of National Intelligence.
(2)Historically black college and university.—The term “historically black college and university” has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20.
(3) The term “institution of higher education” has the meaning given the term in section 1001 of title 20.
(4)Predominantly black institution.—The term “Predominantly Black Institution” has the meaning given the term in section 1059e of title 20.
(5)Hispanic-serving institution.—The term “Hispanic-serving institution” has the meaning given that term in section 1101a(a)(5) of title 20.
(6)Asian american and native american pacific islander-serving institution.—The term “Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution” has the meaning given that term in section 1059g(b)(2) of title 20.
(7)Study abroad program.—The term “study abroad program” means a program of study that—
(A) takes place outside the geographical boundaries of the United States;
(B) focuses on areas of the world that are critical to the national security interests of the United States and are generally underrepresented in study abroad programs at institutions of higher education, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East; and
(C) is a credit or noncredit program.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title X, § 1024, as added Pub. L. 111–259, title III, § 313(a), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2665; amended Pub. L. 112–18, title III, § 304, June 8, 2011, 125 Stat. 226; Pub. L. 113–293, title III, § 306, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3997; Pub. L. 114–113, div. M, title VII, § 712, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 2934; Pub. L. 117–263, div. F, title LXVIII, § 6824(a)(7), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3615.)
§ 3224a. Authorization of support by Director of National Intelligence for certain workforce activities
(a) Authorization
(b) Notification
(c) Covered workforce activity defined
In this section, the term “covered workforce activity” means an activity relating to—
(1) recruitment or retention of the intelligence community workforce; or
(2) diversity, equality, inclusion, or accessibility, with respect to such workforce.
(July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title X, § 1025, as added Pub. L. 117–103, div. X, title III, § 304, Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 965.)