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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6249 
To create a system to educate, train, and develop interagency national security 
professionals across the Government; to require personnel selected for 
senior-level interagency national security positions to meet interagency 
education, training, and experience requirements; to provide appropriate 
interagency training, education, and assignment opportunities for na-
tional security professionals throughout their careers; and to authorize 
funds and create program structures for implementation of the system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 
Mr. SKELTON (for himself and Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To create a system to educate, train, and develop interagency 
national security professionals across the Government; 
to require personnel selected for senior-level interagency 
national security positions to meet interagency education, 
training, and experience requirements; to provide appro-
priate interagency training, education, and assignment 
opportunities for national security professionals through-
out their careers; and to authorize funds and create 
program structures for implementation of the system. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Interagency National Security Professional Education, 
Administration, and Development System Act of 2010’’. 
(b) CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.—This Act is en-
acted pursuant to the power granted Congress under arti-
cle I, section 8 of the United States Constitution. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSE; RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Employees with responsibility for national 
security matters within the executive branch of the 
Government (hereinafter in this Act referred to as 
‘‘national security professionals’’) are extraordinarily 
dedicated and talented individuals who sacrifice a 
great deal to keep our Nation safe, secure, and pros-
perous. 
(2) Modern national security challenges are 
complex and dynamic, and frequently require inte-
gration of the full spectrum of the capabilities and 
power of the United States and its allies to success-
fully address and manage those challenges. 
(3) The current ‘‘agency-centric’’ cultures, in-
centives, and structures within the United States na-
tional security system prevent full and effective 
interagency cooperation and coordination, leaving 
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the Nation vulnerable to complex and dynamic mod-
ern national security threats. 
(4) It is imperative to the national security of 
the United States that our national security profes-
sionals are provided with the interagency knowledge, 
skills, and experience they need to effectively inte-
grate and utilize the full capabilities and power of 
the United States and its allies to address national 
security challenges. 
(5) A transformation in the Government’s ap-
proach to educating, training, and developing its na-
tional security professionals is needed. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to estab-
lish the Interagency National Security Professional Edu-
cation, Administration, and Development System, which 
will— 
(1) develop the interagency knowledge, skills, 
and experience of national security professionals 
working within the agencies of the Government by— 
(A) creating interagency national security 
education, training, and assignment opportuni-
ties for national security professionals; and 
(B) incentivizing national security profes-
sionals to undertake and their employing agen-
cies to encourage such opportunities; 
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