I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4629 
To amend the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 
to create a critical foreign language program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 17, 2005 
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, and Ms. BORDALLO) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addi-
tion to the Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) and 
Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the David L. Boren National Security Education 
Act of 1991 to create a critical foreign language program. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘K–16 Critical Foreign 
Language Pipeline Act’’.
SEC. 2. CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION PRO-
GRAM UNDER THE NATIONAL SECURITY EDU-
CATION PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—Section 802 of the David L. Boren 
National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 
1902) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
final period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) awarding grants to institutions of 
higher education to carry out activities under 
the Critical Foreign Language Program de-
scribed in subsection (j).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide grants to five institutions of higher edu-
cation to establish a program to collaborate with ele-
mentary schools and secondary schools for language 
learning pipelines to train students from kinder-
garten through college to be proficient in those for-
eign languages that the Secretary identifies as being 
the most critical in the interests of the national se-
curity of the United States. 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—A program established pursu-
ant to a grant awarded under paragraph (1) may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) study or work abroad; 
‘‘(B) experiential and community learning; 
‘‘(C) distance learning; 
‘‘(D) language learning for professional, 
business, and other disciplines; and 
‘‘(E) innovative opportunities for language 
learning through immersion, internships, and 
community service. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An appli-
cant for a grant under paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(A) demonstrate the ability to collaborate 
effectively with elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools to ensure that students who suc-
cessfully achieve an advanced proficiency level 
at such schools will continue studying a foreign 
language at an institution for higher education 
and achieve a superior proficiency level while 
enrolled in an academic degree program;
‘‘(B) demonstrate that the program de-
signed by the applicant for such a grant is able 
to be replicated for use by other institutions of 
higher education and elementary schools and 
secondary schools in the United States; and 
‘‘(C) agree to provide funds for at least 10 
percent of the cost of such program. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall award an equal amount of the 
funds appropriated pursuant to section 811(c) for a 
fiscal year to each of the institutions of higher edu-
cation that are awarded grants pursuant to para-
graph (1) for such fiscal year.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
811 of the David L. Boren National Security Education 
Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1911) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) FUNDING FOR CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE 
PROGRAM.—In addition to amounts that may be made 
available to the Secretary under the Fund for a fiscal year, 
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2006,