‘‘(3) increased numbers of foreign language 
teachers who participate in content-based profes-
sional development activities. 
‘‘(g) REPORT.—Each eligible partnership receiving a 
grant under this section shall annually report to the Sec-
retary regarding the eligible partnership’s progress in 
meeting the performance objectives described in sub-
section (f). 
‘‘(h) TERMINATION.—If the Secretary determines 
that an eligible partnership is not making substantial 
progress in meeting the performance objectives described 
in subsection (f) by the end of the third year of a grant 
under this section, the grant payments shall not be made 
for the fourth and fifth year of the grant. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this part, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $48,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such sums 
as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 
years.’’. 
SEC. 3. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED FOREIGN 
LANGUAGE EDUCATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
support programs in colleges and universities that—
(1) encourage students to develop both—
(A) an understanding of science and tech-
nology; and 
(B) foreign language proficiency; and
(2) foster future international scientific collabo-
ration. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary of Education 
shall develop a program for the awarding of grants to in-
stitutions of higher learning that develop innovative pro-
grams for the teaching of foreign languages. 
(c) REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Education shall promulgate regulations for the 
awarding of grants under subsection (b). Such regulations 
shall require institutions of higher learning to use grant 
funds for, among other things—
(1) the development of an on-campus cultural 
awareness program by which students attend classes 
taught in the foreign language and study the science 
and technology developments and practices in a non-
English speaking country; 
(2) immersion programs where students take 
science or technology related course work in a non-
English speaking country; and 
(3) other programs, such as summer work-
shops, that emphasize the intense study of a foreign 
language and science technology.
(d) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.—In distributing grants to 
institutions of higher education under this section, the 
Secretary of Education shall give priority to—
(1) institutions that have programs focusing on 
curriculum that combine the study of foreign lan-
guages and the study of science and technology and 
produce graduates who have both skills; and 
(2) institutions teaching the less-commonly 
taught languages of Arabic, Korean, Chinese, 
Pashto, Persian-Farsi, Serbian-Croatian, Japanese, 
Russian, Portuguese, and any language identified by 
the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the 
Defense Language Institute, the Foreign Service In-
stitute, and the National Security Education Pro-
gram, as a critical foreign language need. 
(e) SCIENCE.—In this section, the term ‘‘science’’ 
means any of the natural and physical sciences including 
chemistry, biology, physics, and computer science. Such 
term does not include any of the social sciences. 
(f) APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED.—To carry out 
this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may 
be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
SEC. 4. FEDERAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION MAR-
KETING CAMPAIGN. 
The Secretary of Education shall establish a foreign 
language education marketing campaign to encourage stu-
dents at secondary schools and institutions of higher 
learning to study foreign languages, particularly lan-
guages that are less commonly taught and critical to the 
national security of the United States. 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE HERIT-
AGE COMMUNITIES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Education shall con-
duct a study to identify foreign language heritage commu-
nities, particularly such communities that include speakers 
of languages that are critical to the national security of 
the United States. 
(b) FOREIGN LANGUAGE HERITAGE COMMUNITY.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘foreign language 
heritage community’’ means a community of residents or 
citizens of the United States—
(1) who are native speakers of, or who have 
partial fluency in, a foreign language; and 
(2) who should be actively recruited for employ-
ment by Federal security agencies with a need for 
linguists. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education
shall submit a report to the Congress on the results of 
the study conducted under this section. 
SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FLAGSHIP 
LANGUAGE 
INITIATIVE 
WITHIN 
THE 
NA-
TIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
(a) NATIONAL FLAGSHIP LANGUAGE INITIATIVE.—
(1) EXPANSION OF GRANT PROGRAM AUTHOR-
ITY.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 802 of the David 
L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 
(50 U.S.C. 1902) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) awarding grants to institutions of 
higher education to carry out activities under 
the International Flagship Language Initiative 
(described in subsection (j)).’’. 
(2) PROVISIONS OF NATIONAL FLAGSHIP LAN-
GUAGE INITIATIVE.—Such section is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j) INTERNATIONAL FLAGSHIP LANGUAGE INITIA-
TIVE.—(1) Under the International Flagship Language 
Initiative, qualified institutions of higher education shall 
establish, operate, or improve foreign language immersion
programs and activities at sites overseas designed to train 
students in programs in a range of disciplines to achieve 
advanced levels of proficiency in those foreign languages 
that the Secretary identifies as being the most critical in 
the interests of the national security of the United States. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an institution 
of higher education is deemed to be qualified if the Sec-
retary determines that the institution has demonstrated 
expertise in the establishment and operation of foreign 
language immersion programs at sites overseas. 
‘‘(3) In awarding grants under subsection (a)(1)(E), 
the Secretary shall give preference to those qualified insti-
tutions of higher learning that—
‘‘(A) collaborate with established study abroad 
professional organizations, 
‘‘(B) demonstrate experience in recruitment, 
placement, programming, and assessment of stu-
dents in specific countries and regions of the world; 
and 
‘‘(C) demonstrate relationships with language 
acquisition specialists.