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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4573 

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide for enhanced language 

education and training for members of the intelligence community, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2004 

Mr. BEREUTER (for himself, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. LAHOOD, Ms. ESHOO, and 

Mr. HOLT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Select 

Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) 

A BILL 

To amend the National Security Act of 1947 to provide 

for enhanced language education and training for members of the intelligence community, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Intelligence Community Language Capabilities Enhance6 ment Act of 2004’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

8 this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Language and Education. 

Sec. 4. Requirement for foreign language proficiency for advancement to senior 

level positions in the intelligence community. 

Sec. 5. Advancement of foreign languages critical to the intelligence community. 

Sec. 6. Pilot project for Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps. 

Sec. 7. Codification of establishment of the National Virtual Translation Center. 

Sec. 8. Report on recruitment and retention of qualified instructors of the Defense Language Institute. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) It is essential for the national security of 

4 the United States that the intelligence community 

5 attracts and retains adequate numbers of individuals 

6 whose skills include proficiency in foreign languages. 

7 (2) In order to perform the assigned mission of 

8 gathering and producing foreign intelligence on mat9 ters of national interest, components of the intel10 ligence community have a pressing need for per11 sonnel with highly developed skills in foreign lan12 guage and culture. 

13 (3) Numerous commissions, including the Hart14 Rudman Commission on National Security in the 

15 21st Century and the Select Committee on U.S. Na16 tional Security on Military/Commercial Concerns 

17 with the People’s Republic of China, have cited the 

18 critical national security requirement for greater for19 eign language expertise. 
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1 (4) The Subcommittee on Terrorism and Home2 land Security of the Permanent Select Committee on 

3 Intelligence of the House of Representatives noted in 

4 its Report on Counterterrorism Intelligence Capa5 bility and Performance Prior to 9-11 that less than 

6 one-third of case officer trainees of the Central In7 telligence Agency in a recent class have any lan8 guage experience. 

9 (5) The Joint Inquiry of the Select Committee 

10 on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Se11 lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep12 resentatives regarding the terrorist attacks of Sep13 tember 11, 2001, recognized the critical importance 

14 of expanding the pool of personnel with language ca15 pabilities, and recommended the establishment of a 

16 robust Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps and the 

17 awarding of scholarships for the study of foreign 

18 language. 

19 (6) Despite the pressing need for linguistic 

20 skills, the American Council on Education found 

21 that foreign language enrollments in United States 

22 higher education fell from 16 percent in 1960 to just 

23 8 percent in 2004, and the number of 4-year colleges 

24 with foreign language entrance and graduation re25 quirements also had declined. 
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1 (7) Existing public and private educational pro2 grams do not provide sufficient numbers of linguists 

3 qualified in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Ko4 rean, Persian, Russian, Turkish and other critical 

5 languages. 

6 (8) In addition to renewed emphasis on lan7 guage instruction within the intelligence community, 

8 new and creative methods must be found to recruit 

9 linguists to serve in a national security capacity. 

10 (9) The effort to recruit and retain skilled lin11 guists requires the coordinated effort by the heads 

12 of all members of the intelligence and national secu13 rity community. 

14 SEC. 3. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 

15 FOR LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the National Secu17 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403) is amended— 

18 (1) by adding at the end the following new sub19 section: 

20 ‘‘(i) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTEL21 LIGENCE FOR LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION.—(1) To as22 sist the Director of Central Intelligence in carrying out 

23 the Director’s responsibilities under this Act, there shall 

24 be an Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Lan-
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1 guage and Education who shall be appointed by the Presi2 dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

3 ‘‘(2) The Assistant Director of Central Intelligence 

4 for Language and Education shall carry out the following 

5 duties: 

6 ‘‘(A) Overseeing and coordinating requirements 

7 for foreign language education and training of the 

8 intelligence community. 

9 ‘‘(B) Establishing policy, standards, and prior10 ities relating to such requirements. 

11 ‘‘(C) Identifying languages that are critical to 

12 the capability of the intelligence community to carry 

13 out national security activities of the United States. 

14 ‘‘(D) Monitoring the allocation of resources for 

15 foreign language education and training in order to 

16 ensure the requirements of the intelligence commu17 nity with respect to foreign language proficiency are 

18 met.’’; 

19 (2) in subsection (d)(2) by adding at the end 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(E) Through the Assistant Director of Central 

22 Intelligence for Language and Education, ensuring 

23 the foreign language education and training require24 ments of the intelligence community are met.’’; and 

25 (3) in subsection (e)(2)— 
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1 (A) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 

2 subparagraph (I); and 

3 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 

4 the following new subparagraph (H): 

5 ‘‘(H) The Assistant Director of Central Intel6 ligence for Education and Language.’’. 

7 (b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

8 on which the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for 

9 Language and Education is first appointed under section 

10 102(i) of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by 

11 subsection (a), the Assistant Director shall submit to Con12 gress the following reports: 

13 (1) A report that identifies— 

14 (A) skills and processes involved in learn15 ing a foreign language; and 

16 (B) characteristics and teaching techniques 

17 that are most effective in teaching foreign lan18 guages. 

19 (2)(A) A report that identifies foreign language 

20 heritage communities, particularly such communities 

21 that include speakers of languages that are critical 

22 to the national security of the United States. 

23 (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 

24 term ‘‘foreign language heritage community’’ means 
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1 a community of residents or citizens of the United 

2 States— 

3 (i) who are native speakers of, or who have 

4 fluency in, a foreign language; and 

5 (ii) who should be actively recruited for 

6 employment by Federal security agencies with a 

7 need for linguists. 

8 (3) A report on— 

9 (A) the estimated cost of establishing a 

10 program under which the heads of elements of 

11 the intelligence community agree to repay em12 ployees of the intelligence community for any 

13 student loan taken out by that employee for the 

14 study of foreign languages critical for the na15 tional security of the United States; and 

16 (B) the effectiveness of such a program in 

17 recruiting and retaining highly qualified per18 sonnel in the intelligence community. 

19 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRO20 FICIENCY FOR ADVANCEMENT TO SENIOR 

21 LEVEL POSITIONS IN THE INTELLIGENCE 

22 COMMUNITY. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the National Secu24 rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–4) is amended by adding 

25 at the end the following new subsection: 
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1 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRO2 FICIENCY FOR CERTAIN SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS IN

3 THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.—(1) An indi4 vidual may not be appointed to a position in the Senior 

5 Intelligence Service in the Directorate of Intelligence or 

6 the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence 

7 Agency unless the Director of Central Intelligence deter8 mines that the individual— 

9 ‘‘(A) has been certified as having a professional 

10 speaking and reading proficiency in a foreign lan11 guage, such proficiency being at least level 3 on the 

12 Interagency Language Roundtable Language Skills 

13 Level or commensurate proficiency level on such 

14 other indicator of proficiency as the Director deter15 mines to be appropriate; and 

16 ‘‘(B) is able to effectively communicate the pri17 orities of the United States and exercise influence in 

18 that foreign language. 

19 ‘‘(2) The Director shall carry out this subsection 

20 through the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for 

21 Language and Education.’’. 

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (i) of 

23 section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

24 U.S.C. 403), as added by section 3(a), is amended in para-
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1 graph (2) by adding at the end the following new subpara2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(E) Making determinations under section 

4 104(i).’’. 

5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

6 this section shall apply with respect to appointments made 

7 on or after the date that is one year after the date of 

8 the enactment of this Act. 

9 (d) REPORT ON EXCEPTIONS.—The Director of Cen10 tral Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report that 

11 identifies positions within the Senior Intelligence Service 

12 in the Directorate of Intelligence or the Directorate of Op13 erations of the Central Intelligence Agency that should be 

14 exempt from the requirements of section 104(i) of the Na15 tional Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a), 

16 and that includes the rationale for the exemption of each 

17 such position identified by the Director. 

18 SEC. 5. ADVANCEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES CRITICAL 

19 TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title X of the National Security 

21 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.) is amended— 

22 (1) by inserting before section 1001 (50 U.S.C. 

23 441g) the following: 
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1 ‘‘Subtitle A—Science and 

2 Technology’’; 

3 and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub5 titles: 

6 ‘‘Subtitle B—Foreign Languages 

7 Program 

8 ‘‘PROGRAM ON ADVANCEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

9 CRITICAL TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

10 ‘‘SEC. 1011. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 

11 The Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central In12 telligence may jointly establish a program to advance for13 eign languages skills in languages that are critical to the 

14 capability of the intelligence community to carry out na15 tional security activities of the United States (hereinafter 

16 in this subtitle referred to as the ‘Foreign Languages Pro17 gram’). 

18 ‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF REQUISITE ACTIONS.—In 

19 order to carry out the Foreign Languages Program, the 

20 Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intel21 ligence shall jointly determine actions required to improve 

22 the education of personnel in the intelligence community 

23 in foreign languages that are critical to the capability of 

24 the intelligence community to carry out national security 
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1 activities of the United States to meet the long-term intel2 ligence needs of the United States. 

3 ‘‘EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS

4 ‘‘SEC. 1012. (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 

5 Foreign Languages Program, the head of an element of 

6 an intelligence community entity may enter into one or 

7 more education partnership agreements with educational 

8 institutions in the United States in order to encourage and 

9 enhance the study of foreign languages that are critical 

10 to the capability of the intelligence community to carry 

11 out national security activities of the United States in edu12 cational institutions. 

13 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER EDUCATIONAL

14 PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.—Under an educational 

15 partnership agreement entered into with an educational 

16 institution pursuant to this section, the head of an element 

17 of an intelligence community entity may provide the fol18 lowing assistance to the educational institution: 

19 ‘‘(1) The loan of equipment and instructional 

20 materials of the element of the intelligence commu21 nity entity to the educational institution for any pur22 pose and duration that the head determines to be 

23 appropriate. 

24 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law relating to transfers of surplus property, the 
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1 transfer to the educational institution of any com2 puter equipment, or other equipment, that is— 

3 ‘‘(A) commonly used by educational insti4 tutions; 

5 ‘‘(B) surplus to the needs of the entity; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(C) determined by the head of the ele8 ment to be appropriate for support of such 

9 agreement. 

10 ‘‘(3) The provision of dedicated personnel to the 

11 educational institution— 

12 ‘‘(A) to teach courses in foreign languages 

13 that are critical to the capability of the intel14 ligence community to carry out national secu15 rity activities of the United States; or 

16 ‘‘(B) to assist in the development of such 

17 courses and materials for the institution. 

18 ‘‘(4) The involvement of faculty and students of 

19 the educational institution in research projects of the 

20 element of the intelligence community entity. 

21 ‘‘(5) Cooperation with the educational institu22 tion in developing a program under which students 

23 receive academic credit at the educational institution 

24 for work on research projects of the element of the 

25 intelligence community entity. 
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1 ‘‘(6) The provision of academic and career ad2 vice and assistance to students of the educational in3 stitution. 

4 ‘‘(7) The provision of cash awards and other 

5 items that the head of the element of the intelligence 

6 community entity determines to be appropriate. 

7 ‘‘VOLUNTARY SERVICES

8 ‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT SERV9 ICES.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 

10 States Code, and subject to subsection (b), the Foreign 

11 Languages Program under section 1011 shall include au12 thority for the head of an element of an intelligence com13 munity entity to accept from any individual who is dedi14 cated personnel (as defined in section 1016(3)) voluntary 

15 services in support of the activities authorized by this sub16 title. 

17 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.—(1) In ac18 cepting voluntary services from an individual under sub19 section (a), the head of the element shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) supervise the individual to the same extent 

21 as the head of the element would supervise a com22 pensated employee of that element providing similar 

23 services; and 

24 ‘‘(B) ensure that the individual is licensed, priv25 ileged, has appropriate educational or experiential 
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1 credentials, or is otherwise qualified under applicable 

2 law or regulations to provide such services. 

3 ‘‘(2) In accepting voluntary services from an indi4 vidual under subsection (a), the head of an element of the 

5 intelligence community entity may not— 

6 ‘‘(A) place the individual in a policymaking po7 sition, or other position performing inherently gov8 ernment functions; or 

9 ‘‘(B) except as provided in subsection (e), com10 pensate the individual for the provision of such serv11 ices. 

12 ‘‘(c) AUTHORITY TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN INDIVID13 UALS PROVIDING SERVICES.—The head of an element of 

14 an intelligence community entity may recruit and train in15 dividuals to provide voluntary services accepted under sub16 section (a). 

17 ‘‘(d) STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING SERV18 ICES.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), while providing vol19 untary services accepted under subsection (a) or receiving 

20 training under subsection (c), an individual shall be con21 sidered to be an employee of the Federal Government only 

22 for purposes of the following provisions of law: 

23 ‘‘(A) Subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, 

24 United States Code (relating to compensation for 

25 work-related injuries). 
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1 ‘‘(B) Section 552a of title 5, United States 

2 Code (relating to maintenance of records on individ3 uals). 

4 ‘‘(C) Chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code 

5 (relating to conflicts of interest). 

6 ‘‘(2)(A) With respect to voluntary services accepted 

7 under paragraph (1) provided by an individual that are 

8 within the scope of the services so accepted, the individual 

9 is deemed to be a volunteer of a governmental entity or 

10 nonprofit institution for purposes of the Volunteer Protec11 tion Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14501 et seq.). 

12 ‘‘(B) In the case of any claim against such an indi13 vidual with respect to the provision of such services, sec14 tion 4(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 14503(d)) shall not 

15 apply. 

16 ‘‘(3) Acceptance of voluntary services under this sec17 tion shall have no bearing on the issuance or renewal of 

18 a security clearance. 

19 ‘‘(e) COMPENSATION FOR WORK-RELATED INJU20 RIES.—For purposes of determining the compensation for 

21 work-related injuries payable under chapter 81 of title 5, 

22 United States Code, to an individual providing voluntary 

23 services accepted under subsection (a), the monthly pay 

24 of the individual for such services is deemed to be equal 

25 to the amount determined by multiplying— 
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1 ‘‘(1) the average monthly number of hours that 

2 the individual provided the services, by 

3 ‘‘(2) the minimum wage determined in accord4 ance with section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand5 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)). 

6 ‘‘(f) REIMBURSEMENT OF INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.— 

7 (1) The head of an element of the intelligence community 

8 entity may reimburse an individual for incidental expenses 

9 incurred by the individual in providing voluntary services 

10 accepted under subsection (a). The head of an element of 

11 the intelligence community entity shall determine which 

12 expenses are eligible for reimbursement under this sub13 section. 

14 ‘‘(2) Reimbursement under paragraph (1) may be 

15 made from appropriated or nonappropriated funds. 

16 ‘‘(g) AUTHORITY TO INSTALL EQUIPMENT.—(1) The 

17 head of an element of the intelligence community may in18 stall telephone lines and any necessary telecommunication 

19 equipment in the private residences of individuals who pro20 vide voluntary services accepted under subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(2) The head of an element of the intelligence com22 munity may pay the charges incurred for the use of equip23 ment installed under paragraph (1) for authorized pur24 poses. 
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1 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding section 1348 of title 31, United 

2 States Code, the head of an element of the intelligence 

3 community entity may use appropriated funds or non4 appropriated funds of the element in carrying out this sub5 section. 

6 ‘‘REGULATIONS

7 ‘‘SEC. 1014. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De8 fense and the Director of Central Intelligence jointly shall 

9 promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the Foreign 

10 Languages Program authorized under this subtitle. 

11 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMU12 NITY.—Each head of an element of an intelligence commu13 nity entity shall prescribe regulations to carry out sections 

14 1012 and 1013 with respect to that element including the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(1) Procedures to be utilized for the accept17 ance of voluntary services under section 1013. 

18 ‘‘(2) Procedures and requirements relating to 

19 the installation of equipment under section 1013(g). 

20 ‘‘DEFINITIONS

21 ‘‘SEC. 1015. In this subtitle: 

22 ‘‘(1) The term ‘intelligence community entity’ 

23 means an agency, office, bureau, or element referred 

24 to in subparagraphs (B) through (K) of section 3(4). 

25 ‘‘(2) The term ‘educational institution’ means— 
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1 ‘‘(A) a local educational agency (as that 

2 term is defined in section 9101(26) of the Ele3 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

4 (20 U.S.C. 7801(26))), 

5 ‘‘(B) a college or university, or 

6 ‘‘(C) any other nonprofit institution that 

7 provides instruction of foreign languages in lan8 guages that are critical to the capability of the 

9 intelligence community to carry out national se10 curity activities of the United States. 

11 ‘‘(3) The term ‘dedicated personnel’ means em12 ployees of the intelligence community and private 

13 citizens (including former civilian employees of the 

14 Federal Government who have been voluntarily sepa15 rated, and members of the United States Armed 

16 Forces who have been honorably discharged or gen17 erally discharged under honorable circumstances, 

18 and rehired on a voluntary basis specifically to per19 form the activities authorized under this subtitle). 

20 ‘‘Subtitle C—Additional Education 

21 Provisions 

22 ‘‘ASSIGNMENT OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

23 PERSONNEL AS LANGUAGE STUDENTS

24 ‘‘SEC. 1021. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of Cen25 tral Intelligence, acting through the heads of the elements 
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1 of the intelligence community, may assign employees of 

2 such elements in analyst positions requiring foreign lan3 guage expertise as students at accredited professional, 

4 technical, or other institutions of higher education for 

5 training at the graduate or undergraduate level in foreign 

6 languages required for the conduct of duties and respon7 sibilities of such positions. 

8 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS

9 OF TUITION AND TRAINING.—(1) The Director may reim10 burse an employee assigned under subsection (a) for the 

11 total cost of the training described in subsection (a), in12 cluding costs of educational and supplementary reading 

13 materials. 

14 ‘‘(2) The authority under paragraph (1) shall apply 

15 to employees who are assigned on a full-time or part-time 

16 basis. 

17 ‘‘(3) Reimbursement under paragraph (1) may be 

18 made from appropriated or nonappropriated funds. 

19 ‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO COMPENSATION AS AN ANA20 LYST.—Reimbursement under this section to an employee 

21 who is an analyst is in addition to any benefits, allow22 ances, travels, or other compensation the employee is enti23 tled to by reason of serving in such an analyst position.’’. 

24 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

25 for the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by strik-
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1 ing the item relating to section 1001 and inserting the 

2 following new items: 

‘‘Subtitle A—Science and Technology 

‘‘Sec. 1001. Scholarships and work-study for pursuit of graduate degrees in 

science and technology. 

‘‘Subtitle B—Foreign Languages Program 

‘‘Sec. 1011. Program on advancement of foreign languages critical to the intelligence community. 

‘‘Sec. 1012. Education partnerships. 

‘‘Sec. 1013. Voluntary services. 

‘‘Sec. 1014. Regulations. 

‘‘Sec. 1015. Definitions. 

‘‘Subtitle C—Additional Education Provisions 

‘‘Sec. 1021. Assignment of intelligence community personnel as language students.’’. 

3 SEC. 6. PILOT PROJECT FOR CIVILIAN LINGUIST RESERVE 

4 CORPS. 

5 (a) PILOT PROJECT.—The Director of Central Intel6 ligence shall conduct a pilot project to establish a Civilian 

7 Linguist Reserve Corps comprised of United States citi8 zens with advanced levels of proficiency in foreign lan9 guages who would be available upon a call of the President 

10 to perform such service or duties with respect to such for11 eign languages in the Federal Government as the Presi12 dent may specify. 

13 (b) CONDUCT OF PROJECT.—Taking into account the 

14 findings and recommendations contained in the report re15 quired under section 325 of the Intelligence Authorization 

16 Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–306; 116 Stat. 
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1 2393), in conducting the pilot project under subsection (a) 

2 the Director of Central Intelligence shall— 

3 (1) identify several foreign languages that are 

4 critical for the national security of the United 

5 States; 

6 (2) identify United States citizens with ad7 vanced levels of proficiency in those foreign lan8 guages who would be available to perform the serv9 ices and duties referred to in subsection (a); and 

10 (3) implement a call for the performance of 

11 such services and duties. 

12 (c) DURATION OF PROJECT.—The pilot project under 

13 subsection (a) shall be conducted for a three-year period. 

14 (d) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.—The 

15 Director of Central Intelligence may enter into contracts 

16 with appropriate agencies or entities to carry out the pilot 

17 project under subsection (a). 

18 (e) REPORTS.—(1) The Director of Central Intel19 ligence shall submit to Congress an initial and a final re20 port on the pilot project conducted under subsection (a). 

21 (2) Each report required under paragraph (1) shall 

22 contain information on the operation of the pilot project, 

23 the success of the pilot project in carrying out the objec24 tives of the establishment of a Civilian Linguist Reserve 
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1 Corps, and recommendations for the continuation or ex2 pansion of the pilot project. 

3 (3) The final report shall be submitted not later than 

4 6 months after the completion of the project. 

5 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of Cen7 tral Intelligence $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005, 

8 2006, and 2007 in order to carry out the pilot project 

9 under subsection (a). 

10 SEC. 7. CODIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NA11 TIONAL VIRTUAL TRANSLATION CENTER. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Security 

13 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended by adding 

14 at the end the following new section: 

15 ‘‘NATIONAL VIRTUAL TRANSLATION CENTER

16 ‘‘SEC. 119. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is an element 

17 of the intelligence community known as the National Vir18 tual Translation Center under the direction of the Direc19 tor of Central Intelligence. 

20 ‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The National Virtual Translation 

21 Center shall provide for timely and accurate translations 

22 of foreign intelligence for all other elements of the intel23 ligence community. 

24 ‘‘(c) FACILITATING ACCESS TO TRANSLATIONS.—In 

25 order to minimize the need for a central facility for the 

26 National Virtual Translation Center, the Center shall— 
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1 ‘‘(1) use state-of-the-art communications tech2 nology; 

3 ‘‘(2) integrate existing translation capabilities 

4 in the intelligence community; and 

5 ‘‘(3) use remote-connection capacities. 

6 ‘‘(d) USE OF SECURE FACILITIES.—Personnel of the 

7 National Virtual Translation Center may carry out duties 

8 of the Center at any location that—

9 ‘‘(1) has been certified as a secure facility by an 

10 agency or department of the United States; and 

11 ‘‘(2) the Director of Central Intelligence deter12 mines to be appropriate for such purpose.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

14 for that Act is amended by inserting after the item relat15 ing to section 505 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 119. National Virtual Translation Center.’’.

16 SEC. 8. REPORT ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF 

17 QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS OF THE DEFENSE 

18 LANGUAGE INSTITUTE. 

19 (a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 

20 a study on methods to improve the recruitment and reten21 tion of qualified foreign language instructors at the For22 eign Language Center of the Defense Language Institute. 

23 In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider, in 

24 the case of foreign language instructors who are aliens, 

25 to expeditiously adjust the status of the alien from a tem-
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1 porary status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for per2 manent residence. 

3 (b) REPORT.—(1) Not later than one year after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 

5 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

6 a report on the study conducted under subsection (a), and 

7 shall include in that report recommendations for such 

8 changes in legislation and regulation as the Secretary de9 termines to be appropriate. 

10 (2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap11 propriate congressional committees’’ means the following: 

12 (A) The Select Committee on Intelligence and 

13 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 

14 (B) The Permanent Select Committee on Intel15 ligence and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

16 House of Representatives.

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