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Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States
Code.
(g) POWERS.—
(1) DELEGATION.—Any member or employee of
the Council may, if authorized by the Council, take
any action that the Council is authorized to take in
this section.
(2) INFORMATION.—
(A) COUNCIL AUTHORITY TO SECURE.—The
Council may secure directly from any Federal
agency such information, consistent with Federal
privacy laws, including The Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g) and
Department of Education’s General Education
Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232(h)), the Council
considers necessary to carry out its responsibil-
ities.
(B) 
REQUIREMENT
TO
FURNISH
RE-
QUESTED
INFORMATION.—Upon request of the
Director, the head of such agency shall furnish
such information to the Council.
(3) DONATIONS.—The Council may accept, use,
and dispose of gifts or donations of services or prop-
erty.
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(4) MAIL.—The Council may use the United
States mail in the same manner and under the same
conditions as other Federal agencies.
(h) CONFERENCES, NEWSLETTER, AND WEBSITE.—In
carrying out this section, the Council—
(1) may arrange Federal, regional, State, and
local conferences for the purpose of developing and co-
ordinating effective programs and activities to im-
prove foreign language education;
(2) may publish a newsletter concerning Federal,
State, and local programs that are effectively meeting
the foreign language needs of the nation; and
(3) shall create and maintain a website con-
taining information on the Council and its activities,
best practices on language education, and other rel-
evant information.
(i) ANNUAL REPORT.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Council shall prepare and trans-
mit to the President and the relevant committees of
Congress a report that describes—
(A) the activities of the Council;
(B) the efforts of the Council to improve for-
eign language education and training; and
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(C) impediments to the use of a National
Foreign Language program, including any stat-
utory and regulatory restrictions.
(2) RELEVANT
COMMITTEES.—For purposes of
paragraph (1), the relevant committees of Congress
include—
(A) in the House of Representatives—
(i) the Committee on Appropriations;
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services;
(iii) the Committee on Education and
Labor;
(iv) the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform;
(v) the Committee on Small Business;
(vi) the Committee on Foreign Affairs;
and
(vii) the Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence;
(B) in the Senate—
(i) the Committee on Appropriations;
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services;
(iii) the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions;
(iv) the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs;
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(v) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions;
(vi) the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship; and
(vii) the Select Committee on Intel-
ligence.
(j) ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL LANGUAGE DI-
RECTOR.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—There is established a Na-
tional Language Director who shall be appointed by
the President. The National Language Director shall
be a nationally recognized individual with credentials
and abilities across the sectors to be involved with cre-
ating and implementing long-term solutions to
achieving national foreign language and cultural
competency.
(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The National Language
Director shall—
(A) develop and monitor the implementa-
tion of a national foreign language strategy,
built upon the efforts of the National Security
Language Initiative, across all sectors;
(B) establish formal relationships among
the major stakeholders in meeting the needs of
the Nation for improved capabilities in foreign