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(3) The Secretary of Defense.
(4) The Secretary of State.
(5) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
(6) The Attorney General.
(7) The Director of National Intelligence.
(8) The Secretary of Labor.
(9) The Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement.
(10) The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget.
(11) The Secretary of Commerce.
(12) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices.
(13) The Secretary of the Treasury.
(14) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment.
(15) The Secretary of Agriculture.
(16) The Chairman and President of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States.
(17) The heads of such other Federal agencies as
the Council considers appropriate.
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall be charged
with—
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(A) overseeing, coordinating, and imple-
menting the National Security Language Initia-
tive;
(B) developing a national foreign language
strategy, building upon the efforts of the Na-
tional Security Language Initiative, within 18
months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, in consultation with—
(i) State and local government agen-
cies;
(ii) academic sector institutions;
(iii) foreign language related interest
groups;
(iv) business associations;
(v) industry;
(vi) heritage associations; and
(vii) other relevant stakeholders;
(C) conducting a survey of the status of
Federal agency foreign language and area exper-
tise and agency needs for such expertise; and
(D) monitoring the implementation of such
strategy through—
(i) application of current and recently
enacted laws; and
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(ii) the promulgation and enforcement
of rules and regulations.
(2) STRATEGY CONTENT.—The strategy developed
under paragraph (1) shall include—
(A) recommendations for amendments to
title 5, United States Code, in order to improve
the ability of the Federal Government to recruit
and retain individuals with foreign language
proficiency and provide foreign language train-
ing for Federal employees;
(B) the long term goals, anticipated effect,
and needs of the National Security Language
Initiative;
(C) identification of crucial priorities
across all sectors;
(D) identification and evaluation of Federal
foreign 
language 
programs 
and 
activities,
including—
(i) any duplicative or overlapping pro-
grams that may impede efficiency;
(ii) recommendations on coordination;
(iii) program enhancements; and
(iv) allocation of resources so as to
maximize use of resources;
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(E) needed national policies and cor-
responding legislative and regulatory actions in
support of, and allocation of designated resources
to, promising programs and initiatives at all
levels (Federal, State, and local), especially in
the less commonly taught languages that are seen
as critical for national security and global com-
petitiveness during the next 20 to 50 years;
(F) effective ways to increase public aware-
ness of the need for foreign language skills and
career paths in all sectors that can employ those
skills, with the objective of increasing support for
foreign language study among—
(i) Federal, State, and local leaders;
(ii) students;
(iii) parents;
(iv) elementary, secondary, and post-
secondary educational institutions; and
(v) employers;
(G) recommendations for incentives for re-
lated educational programs, including foreign
language teacher training;
(H) coordination of cross-sector efforts, in-
cluding public-private partnerships;
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(I) coordination initiatives to develop a
strategic posture for language research and rec-
ommendations for funding for applied foreign
language research into issues of national con-
cern;
(J) recommendations for assistance for—
(i) the development of foreign language
achievement standards; and
(ii) corresponding assessments for the
elementary, secondary, and postsecondary
education levels, including the National As-
sessment of Educational Progress in foreign
languages;
(K) recommendations for development of—
(i) language skill-level certification
standards;
(ii) frameworks for pre-service and
professional development study for those
who teach foreign language;
(iii) suggested graduation criteria for
foreign language studies and appropriate
non-language studies, such as—
(I) international business;
(II) national security;
(III) public administration;