I 
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 mem-
bers of the intelligence community, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Intelligence Community Language Capabilities Enhance-
ment Act of 2004’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows:
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 Cen-
ter. 
Sec. 8. Report on recruitment and retention of qualified instructors of the De-
fense Language Institute. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) It is essential for the national security of 
the United States that the intelligence community 
attracts and retains adequate numbers of individuals 
whose skills include proficiency in foreign languages. 
(2) In order to perform the assigned mission of 
gathering and producing foreign intelligence on mat-
ters of national interest, components of the intel-
ligence community have a pressing need for per-
sonnel with highly developed skills in foreign lan-
guage and culture. 
(3) Numerous commissions, including the Hart- 
Rudman Commission on National Security in the 
21st Century and the Select Committee on U.S. Na-
tional Security on Military/Commercial Concerns 
with the People’s Republic of China, have cited the 
critical national security requirement for greater for-
eign language expertise.
(4) The Subcommittee on Terrorism and Home-
land Security of the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives noted in 
its Report on Counterterrorism Intelligence Capa-
bility and Performance Prior to 9-11 that less than 
one-third of case officer trainees of the Central In-
telligence Agency in a recent class have any lan-
guage experience. 
(5) The Joint Inquiry of the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Se-
lect Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep-
resentatives regarding the terrorist attacks of Sep-
tember 11, 2001, recognized the critical importance 
of expanding the pool of personnel with language ca-
pabilities, and recommended the establishment of a 
robust Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps and the 
awarding of scholarships for the study of foreign 
language. 
(6) Despite the pressing need for linguistic 
skills, the American Council on Education found 
that foreign language enrollments in United States 
higher education fell from 16 percent in 1960 to just 
8 percent in 2004, and the number of 4-year colleges 
with foreign language entrance and graduation re-
quirements also had declined.
(7) Existing public and private educational pro-
grams do not provide sufficient numbers of linguists 
qualified in Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Ko-
rean, Persian, Russian, Turkish and other critical 
languages. 
(8) In addition to renewed emphasis on lan-
guage instruction within the intelligence community, 
new and creative methods must be found to recruit 
linguists to serve in a national security capacity. 
(9) The effort to recruit and retain skilled lin-
guists requires the coordinated effort by the heads 
of all members of the intelligence and national secu-
rity community. 
SEC. 3. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 
FOR LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403) is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
OF CENTRAL INTEL-
LIGENCE FOR LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION.—(1) To as-
sist the Director of Central Intelligence in carrying out 
the Director’s responsibilities under this Act, there shall 
be an Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Lan-
guage and Education who shall be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) The Assistant Director of Central Intelligence 
for Language and Education shall carry out the following 
duties: 
‘‘(A) Overseeing and coordinating requirements 
for foreign language education and training of the 
intelligence community. 
‘‘(B) Establishing policy, standards, and prior-
ities relating to such requirements. 
‘‘(C) Identifying languages that are critical to 
the capability of the intelligence community to carry 
out national security activities of the United States. 
‘‘(D) Monitoring the allocation of resources for 
foreign language education and training in order to 
ensure the requirements of the intelligence commu-
nity with respect to foreign language proficiency are 
met.’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)(2) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(E) Through the Assistant Director of Central 
Intelligence for Language and Education, ensuring 
the foreign language education and training require-
ments of the intelligence community are met.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e)(2)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as 
subparagraph (I); and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (G) 
the following new subparagraph (H): 
‘‘(H) The Assistant Director of Central Intel-
ligence for Education and Language.’’. 
(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
on which the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for 
Language and Education is first appointed under section 
102(i) of the National Security Act of 1947, as added by 
subsection (a), the Assistant Director shall submit to Con-
gress the following reports: 
(1) A report that identifies— 
(A) skills and processes involved in learn-
ing a foreign language; and 
(B) characteristics and teaching techniques 
that are most effective in teaching foreign lan-
guages. 
(2)(A) A report that identifies foreign language 
heritage communities, particularly such communities 
that include speakers of languages that are critical 
to the national security of the United States. 
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
term ‘‘foreign language heritage community’’ means
a community of residents or citizens of the United 
States— 
(i) who are native speakers of, or who have 
fluency in, a foreign language; and 
(ii) who should be actively recruited for 
employment by Federal security agencies with a 
need for linguists. 
(3) A report on— 
(A) the estimated cost of establishing a 
program under which the heads of elements of 
the intelligence community agree to repay em-
ployees of the intelligence community for any 
student loan taken out by that employee for the 
study of foreign languages critical for the na-
tional security of the United States; and 
(B) the effectiveness of such a program in 
recruiting and retaining highly qualified per-
sonnel in the intelligence community. 
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRO-
FICIENCY FOR ADVANCEMENT TO SENIOR 
LEVEL POSITIONS IN THE INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 104 of the National Secu-
rity Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–4) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRO-
FICIENCY FOR CERTAIN SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS IN 
THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.—(1) An indi-
vidual may not be appointed to a position in the Senior 
Intelligence Service in the Directorate of Intelligence or 
the Directorate of Operations of the Central Intelligence 
Agency unless the Director of Central Intelligence deter-
mines that the individual— 
‘‘(A) has been certified as having a professional 
speaking and reading proficiency in a foreign lan-
guage, such proficiency being at least level 3 on the 
Interagency Language Roundtable Language Skills 
Level or commensurate proficiency level on such 
other indicator of proficiency as the Director deter-
mines to be appropriate; and 
‘‘(B) is able to effectively communicate the pri-
orities of the United States and exercise influence in 
that foreign language. 
‘‘(2) The Director shall carry out this subsection 
through the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for 
Language and Education.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (i) of 
section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 403), as added by section 3(a), is amended in para-
graph (2) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(E) Making determinations under section 
104(i).’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to appointments made 
on or after the date that is one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORT ON EXCEPTIONS.—The Director of Cen-
tral Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report that 
identifies positions within the Senior Intelligence Service 
in the Directorate of Intelligence or the Directorate of Op-
erations of the Central Intelligence Agency that should be 
exempt from the requirements of section 104(i) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (a), 
and that includes the rationale for the exemption of each 
such position identified by the Director. 
SEC. 5. ADVANCEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES CRITICAL 
TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title X of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.) is amended— 
(1) by inserting before section 1001 (50 U.S.C. 
441g) the following:
‘‘Subtitle A—Science and 
Technology’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
titles: 
‘‘Subtitle B—Foreign Languages 
Program 
‘‘PROGRAM ON ADVANCEMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES 
CRITICAL TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
‘‘SEC. 1011. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— 
The Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central In-
telligence may jointly establish a program to advance for-
eign languages skills in languages that are critical to the 
capability of the intelligence community to carry out na-
tional security activities of the United States (hereinafter 
in this subtitle referred to as the ‘Foreign Languages Pro-
gram’). 
‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF REQUISITE ACTIONS.—In 
order to carry out the Foreign Languages Program, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intel-
ligence shall jointly determine actions required to improve 
the education of personnel in the intelligence community 
in foreign languages that are critical to the capability of 
the intelligence community to carry out national security
activities of the United States to meet the long-term intel-
ligence needs of the United States. 
‘‘EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS 
‘‘SEC. 1012. (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the 
Foreign Languages Program, the head of an element of 
an intelligence community entity may enter into one or 
more education partnership agreements with educational 
institutions in the United States in order to encourage and 
enhance the study of foreign languages that are critical 
to the capability of the intelligence community to carry 
out national security activities of the United States in edu-
cational institutions. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER EDUCATIONAL 
PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENTS.—Under an educational 
partnership agreement entered into with an educational 
institution pursuant to this section, the head of an element 
of an intelligence community entity may provide the fol-
lowing assistance to the educational institution: 
‘‘(1) The loan of equipment and instructional 
materials of the element of the intelligence commu-
nity entity to the educational institution for any pur-
pose and duration that the head determines to be 
appropriate. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law relating to transfers of surplus property, the
transfer to the educational institution of any com-
puter equipment, or other equipment, that is— 
‘‘(A) commonly used by educational insti-
tutions; 
‘‘(B) surplus to the needs of the entity; 
and 
‘‘(C) determined by the head of the ele-
ment to be appropriate for support of such 
agreement. 
‘‘(3) The provision of dedicated personnel to the 
educational institution— 
‘‘(A) to teach courses in foreign languages 
that are critical to the capability of the intel-
ligence community to carry out national secu-
rity activities of the United States; or 
‘‘(B) to assist in the development of such 
courses and materials for the institution. 
‘‘(4) The involvement of faculty and students of 
the educational institution in research projects of the 
element of the intelligence community entity. 
‘‘(5) Cooperation with the educational institu-
tion in developing a program under which students 
receive academic credit at the educational institution 
for work on research projects of the element of the 
intelligence community entity.
‘‘(6) The provision of academic and career ad-
vice and assistance to students of the educational in-
stitution. 
‘‘(7) The provision of cash awards and other 
items that the head of the element of the intelligence 
community entity determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘VOLUNTARY SERVICES 
‘‘SEC. 1013. (a) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT SERV-
ICES.—Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United 
States Code, and subject to subsection (b), the Foreign 
Languages Program under section 1011 shall include au-
thority for the head of an element of an intelligence com-
munity entity to accept from any individual who is dedi-
cated personnel (as defined in section 1016(3)) voluntary 
services in support of the activities authorized by this sub-
title. 
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS.—(1) In ac-
cepting voluntary services from an individual under sub-
section (a), the head of the element shall— 
‘‘(A) supervise the individual to the same extent 
as the head of the element would supervise a com-
pensated employee of that element providing similar 
services; and 
‘‘(B) ensure that the individual is licensed, priv-
ileged, has appropriate educational or experiential
credentials, or is otherwise qualified under applicable 
law or regulations to provide such services. 
‘‘(2) In accepting voluntary services from an indi-
vidual under subsection (a), the head of an element of the 
intelligence community entity may not— 
‘‘(A) place the individual in a policymaking po-
sition, or other position performing inherently gov-
ernment functions; or 
‘‘(B) except as provided in subsection (e), com-
pensate the individual for the provision of such serv-
ices. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN INDIVID-
UALS PROVIDING SERVICES.—The head of an element of 
an intelligence community entity may recruit and train in-
dividuals to provide voluntary services accepted under sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(d) STATUS
OF INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING SERV-
ICES.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), while providing vol-
untary services accepted under subsection (a) or receiving 
training under subsection (c), an individual shall be con-
sidered to be an employee of the Federal Government only 
for purposes of the following provisions of law: 
‘‘(A) Subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, 
United States Code (relating to compensation for 
work-related injuries).
‘‘(A) a local educational agency (as that 
term is defined in section 9101(26) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801(26))), 
‘‘(B) a college or university, or 
‘‘(C) any other nonprofit institution that 
provides instruction of foreign languages in lan-
guages that are critical to the capability of the 
intelligence community to carry out national se-
curity activities of the United States. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘dedicated personnel’ means em-
ployees of the intelligence community and private 
citizens (including former civilian employees of the 
Federal Government who have been voluntarily sepa-
rated, and members of the United States Armed 
Forces who have been honorably discharged or gen-
erally discharged under honorable circumstances, 
and rehired on a voluntary basis specifically to per-
form the activities authorized under this subtitle). 
‘‘Subtitle C—Additional Education 
Provisions 
‘‘ASSIGNMENT OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY 
PERSONNEL AS LANGUAGE STUDENTS 
‘‘SEC. 1021. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of Cen-
tral Intelligence, acting through the heads of the elements
of the intelligence community, may assign employees of 
such elements in analyst positions requiring foreign lan-
guage expertise as students at accredited professional, 
technical, or other institutions of higher education for 
training at the graduate or undergraduate level in foreign 
languages required for the conduct of duties and respon-
sibilities of such positions. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS 
OF TUITION AND TRAINING.—(1) The Director may reim-
burse an employee assigned under subsection (a) for the 
total cost of the training described in subsection (a), in-
cluding 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 ANA-
LYST.—Reimbursement under this section to an employee 
who is an analyst is in addition to any benefits, allow-
ances, travels, or other compensation the employee is enti-
tled to by reason of serving in such an analyst position.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the National Security Act of 1947 is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to section 1001 and inserting the 
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 intel-
ligence 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 stu-
dents.’’. 
SEC. 6. PILOT PROJECT FOR CIVILIAN LINGUIST RESERVE 
CORPS. 
(a) PILOT PROJECT.—The Director of Central Intel-
ligence shall conduct a pilot project to establish a Civilian 
Linguist Reserve Corps comprised of United States citi-
zens with advanced levels of proficiency in foreign lan-
guages who would be available upon a call of the President 
to perform such service or duties with respect to such for-
eign languages in the Federal Government as the Presi-
dent may specify. 
(b) CONDUCT OF PROJECT.—Taking into account the 
findings and recommendations contained in the report re-
quired under section 325 of the Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–306; 116 Stat.
2393), in conducting the pilot project under subsection (a) 
the Director of Central Intelligence shall— 
(1) identify several foreign languages that are 
critical for the national security of the United 
States; 
(2) identify United States citizens with ad-
vanced levels of proficiency in those foreign lan-
guages who would be available to perform the serv-
ices and duties referred to in subsection (a); and 
(3) implement a call for the performance of 
such services and duties. 
(c) DURATION OF PROJECT.—The pilot project under 
subsection (a) shall be conducted for a three-year period. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS.—The 
Director of Central Intelligence may enter into contracts 
with appropriate agencies or entities to carry out the pilot 
project under subsection (a). 
(e) REPORTS.—(1) The Director of Central Intel-
ligence shall submit to Congress an initial and a final re-
port on the pilot project conducted under subsection (a). 
(2) Each report required under paragraph (1) shall 
contain information on the operation of the pilot project, 
the success of the pilot project in carrying out the objec-
tives of the establishment of a Civilian Linguist Reserve
Corps, and recommendations for the continuation or ex-
pansion of the pilot project. 
(3) The final report shall be submitted not later than 
6 months after the completion of the project. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of Cen-
tral Intelligence $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005, 
2006, and 2007 in order to carry out the pilot project 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 7. CODIFICATION OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NA-
TIONAL VIRTUAL TRANSLATION CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 402 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘NATIONAL VIRTUAL TRANSLATION CENTER 
‘‘SEC. 119. (a) IN GENERAL.—There is an element 
of the intelligence community known as the National Vir-
tual Translation Center under the direction of the Direc-
tor of Central Intelligence. 
‘‘(b) FUNCTION.—The National Virtual Translation 
Center shall provide for timely and accurate translations 
of foreign intelligence for all other elements of the intel-
ligence community. 
‘‘(c) FACILITATING ACCESS TO TRANSLATIONS.—In 
order to minimize the need for a central facility for the 
National Virtual Translation Center, the Center shall—
‘‘(1) use state-of-the-art communications tech-
nology; 
‘‘(2) integrate existing translation capabilities 
in the intelligence community; and 
‘‘(3) use remote-connection capacities. 
‘‘(d) USE OF SECURE FACILITIES.—Personnel of the 
National Virtual Translation Center may carry out duties 
of the Center at any location that—
‘‘(1) has been certified as a secure facility by an 
agency or department of the United States; and 
‘‘(2) the Director of Central Intelligence deter-
mines to be appropriate for such purpose.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for that Act is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 505 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 119. National Virtual Translation Center.’’.
SEC. 8. REPORT ON RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF 
QUALIFIED INSTRUCTORS OF THE DEFENSE 
LANGUAGE INSTITUTE. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
a study on methods to improve the recruitment and reten-
tion of qualified foreign language instructors at the For-
eign Language Center of the Defense Language Institute. 
In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consider, in 
the case of foreign language instructors who are aliens, 
to expeditiously adjust the status of the alien from a tem-
porary status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence. 
(b) REPORT.—(1) Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the study conducted under subsection (a), and 
shall include in that report recommendations for such 
changes in legislation and regulation as the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate. 
(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means the following: 
(A) The Select Committee on Intelligence and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
(B) The Permanent Select Committee on Intel-
ligence and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives.
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