other institutions (whether public, private, or gov-
ernmental) as the Committee may determine and 
which agree to participate. 
‘‘(2) The mission of the Consortium shall be to 
educate and train national security professionals, at 
all career levels from the various agencies partici-
pating in the INSPEAD System, in a consistent cur-
riculum that provides students with the knowledge 
and skills necessary to successfully address complex 
and dynamic modern national security issues across 
agencies. 
‘‘(3)(A) The Executive Steering Committee 
shall appoint a Board of Regents— 
‘‘(i) to develop and maintain guidelines for 
the curriculum, syllabi, and learning objectives 
for courses that can be taken by national secu-
rity professionals to fulfill interagency qualifica-
tion requirements of the System and are offered 
by institutions comprising the Consortium; 
‘‘(ii) to oversee and validate such courses 
taught by institutions comprising the Consor-
tium, to ensure they are consistent and fulfill 
the purpose of the System; 
‘‘(iii) to recommend to the Executive Steer-
ing Committee that an institution be granted 
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membership in the Consortium or that the 
membership of an institution be denied or re-
voked; and 
‘‘(iv) to perform such other duties in man-
aging and regulating the Consortium as the Ex-
ecutive Steering Committee may determine. 
‘‘(B) The Board of Regents shall be composed 
of experts in education and training, national secu-
rity matters, public administration and policy, and 
such other topics as the Executive Steering Com-
mittee considers appropriate. The Executive Steering 
Committee shall periodically review the curriculum, 
syllabi, and learning objectives, and all other aspects 
of the Consortium program. 
‘‘(4) To foster long-term cooperation and 
stronger relations with allies of the United States, 
the Executive Steering Committee shall endeavor to 
create appropriate opportunities for government per-
sonnel (civilian and military) of allied foreign na-
tions, who have duties similar to those of national 
security professionals, to study and train alongside 
national security professionals through the Consor-
tium. 
‘‘(5) To enhance cooperation with local and 
State governments on national security matters, the 
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Executive Steering Committee shall endeavor to cre-
ate appropriate opportunities for employees of local 
and State governments to study and train alongside 
national security professionals through the Consor-
tium. 
‘‘(6) The Executive Steering Committee shall 
study the means and appropriateness of enabling 
personnel from quasi-governmental organizations, 
Federally funded research and development corpora-
tions, nongovernmental organizations, and private 
corporations that support agencies on national secu-
rity matters to study and train alongside national 
security professionals through the Consortium, and 
may provide such access if warranted. 
‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY NATIONAL SECURITY CAPSTONE 
COURSE.— 
‘‘(1) Upon selection, promotion, or transfer to 
fill a senior-level interagency national security posi-
tion designated pursuant to section 10205(a), an in-
dividual shall be required, if such individual has not 
done so before, to attend an interagency national se-
curity education course designed specifically to pre-
pare new senior-level national security professionals 
to work effectively across agencies. The individual 
must complete this course within 6 months after fill-
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ing the position. The Board of Regents (established 
pursuant to subsection (a)(3)) shall oversee the cur-
riculum, syllabi, learning objectives, and faculty for 
this course. 
‘‘(2) The head of an agency seeking to fill a 
senior-level interagency national security position 
may, on a case-by-case basis, request a waiver of the 
requirements of paragraph (1) if the agency head 
determines— 
‘‘(A) such waiver is critical for national se-
curity; or 
‘‘(B) such individual has extensive inter-
agency experience as a result of previous as-
signments, education, or training. 
For each waiver requested under this paragraph, the 
agency head shall submit a statement of justification 
to the Integration Office, including details relating 
to the position and the candidate desired to fill the 
position. Waivers must be approved by the Executive 
Steering Committee before the desired candidate 
may be appointed to fill the position on a permanent 
basis. 
‘‘(c) OTHER INTERAGENCY EDUCATION AND TRAIN-
ING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY PROFES-
SIONALS.— 
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‘‘(1) The head of each agency participating in 
the INSPEAD System shall require that such agen-
cy’s education and training programs include pro-
grams, for national security professionals at all ca-
reer levels, that— 
‘‘(A) strengthen the interagency knowledge 
and skills of their national security profes-
sionals; 
‘‘(B) prepare their national security profes-
sionals for interagency assignments; and 
‘‘(C) offer opportunities to learn and train 
alongside national security professionals from 
other agencies. 
‘‘(2) The head of each agency shall ensure that 
interagency education and training opportunities 
under the System shall augment, and shall not re-
place (in whole or in part), agency-specific education 
and training opportunities. 
‘‘§ 10208. Funding, personnel float, and restriction on 
usage of funds 
‘‘(a) GENERAL FUND.— 
‘‘(1) There is established a fund, to be known 
as the ‘Interagency National Security Professional 
Education, Administration, and Development Sys-
tem Fund’. Such Fund shall be available for— 
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‘‘(A) the expenses incurred, in the adminis-
tration of this chapter, by— 
‘‘(i) the Executive Steering Com-
mittee; 
‘‘(ii) the Integration Office; and 
‘‘(iii) the Board of Regents; 
‘‘(B) such expenses incurred by the Inter-
agency National Security Professional Edu-
cation and Training Consortium to carry out 
this chapter as the Executive Steering Com-
mittee may determine; and 
‘‘(C) such other purposes relating to the 
administration of the System as the Executive 
Steering Committee may determine. 
‘‘(2) There are authorized to be appropriated 
for the Interagency National Security Professional 
Education, Administration, and Development Sys-
tem Fund such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out the purposes set forth in paragraph (1). 
Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection 
shall remain available until expended. The President 
shall include in each annual budget request to Con-
gress a request for funding to the Interagency Na-
tional Security Professional Education, Administra-
tion, and Development System Fund. 
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‘‘(b) AGENCY FUNDS.—The President shall include 
in each annual budget request to Congress a statement 
of the amount of funding requested for operation of the 
INSPEAD System within each participating agency. The 
Integration Office, with guidance from the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, shall provide, in a transmittal to the 
head of each agency participating in the System, not later 
than July 1 of each year, guidance for determining the 
agency’s level of funding necessary for operation of the 
System within that agency. The head of each participating 
agency shall include the funding amount so determined for 
the System in the agency’s budget request for the next 
fiscal year scheduled for formulation under chapter 11 of 
title 31, and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. 
‘‘(c) FLOAT.—Within the agency funding requests 
developed pursuant to subsection (b), the President’s an-
nual budget request for the INSPEAD System shall in-
clude funding to establish and maintain a personnel ‘float’ 
for each agency. This ‘float’ will enable the agencies to 
continue day-to-day functions and mission operations 
while allowing agency national security professionals to 
participate in interagency education, training, and assign-
ment opportunities provided by the System that require 
absences from their normal duties. 
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‘‘(d) RESTRICTION.—Funds authorized or stipulated 
under this section may not be used to conduct mission- 
related or day-to-day operations of an agency, or to defray 
(in whole or in part) the costs of agency-specific education 
or training. 
‘‘§ 10209. Reporting requirements 
‘‘(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this chapter, the Presi-
dent shall submit to Congress a written report containing 
an implementation plan for the INSPEAD System. This 
report shall, at a minimum, address— 
‘‘(1) the list of agencies participating in the 
System, as determined under section 10202(c); 
‘‘(2) progress and a timeline on development 
and issuance of policies and procedures required to 
implement and operate the System, including those 
required pursuant to section 10202(f); 
‘‘(3) progress and a timeline on implementation 
of the organizational structure of the System, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(A) the Executive Steering Committee; 
‘‘(B) the Integration Office; and 
‘‘(C) the Interagency National Security 
Professional Education and Training Consor-
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tium (as described in section 10207) Board of 
Regents (as so described); 
‘‘(4) progress and a timeline on implementing a 
comprehensive program of interagency national secu-
rity education, training, and assignment opportuni-
ties; 
‘‘(5) cost estimates to support full implementa-
tion and operation of the System, including the per-
sonnel ‘float’ required pursuant to section 10208(c); 
and 
‘‘(6) such other matters as the Executive Steer-
ing Committee determines important for full trans-
parency of the implementation of the System. 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Executive Steering 
Committee, with the assistance of the Integration Office, 
shall submit to Congress each year, at the time that the 
President’s budget request is submitted to Congress that 
year under section 1105(a) of title 31, a report detailing 
the implementation and operations of the INSPEAD Sys-
tem. Each such report shall include, at a minimum, details 
relating to— 
‘‘(1) statistics concerning the promotion and 
advancement of individuals who participate in the 
interagency assignment, education, and training op-
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portunities provided by the System and those who do 
not; 
‘‘(2) expenditures from the Interagency Na-
tional Security Professional Education, Administra-
tion, and Development System Fund under section 
10208(a), and from agency funds under section 
10208(b), during the preceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(3) the number and a brief description of the 
senior-level interagency national security positions in 
each agency participating in the System; 
‘‘(4) statistics relating to the number of em-
ployees in the participating agencies, broken down 
by agency and by the various levels of interagency 
qualification; 
‘‘(5) an overview of education and training 
courses offered by the Interagency National Security 
Professional Education and Training Consortium, 
and statistics on the number of employees partici-
pating in such courses; 
‘‘(6) waivers, broken down by agency, granted 
with respect to any of the requirements and policies 
established by this chapter, the President, or the Ex-
ecutive Steering Committee; 
‘‘(7) statistics relating to the application and 
review of individuals seeking interagency qualifica-
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tion outside the normal procedures of the System, 
including those with appropriate and distinguished 
work experience outside the Government; and 
‘‘(8) any legislation which the President or the 
Executive Steering Committee considers necessary to 
improve the System. 
‘‘§ 10210. Implementation schedule 
‘‘(a) ROLLOUT, PILOT, AND FULL IMPLEMENTA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) Notwithstanding the requirements of this 
section, the President and Executive Steering Com-
mittee 
may 
phase-in 
implementation 
of 
the 
INSPEAD System’s policies and requirements in a 
manner that enables national security professionals 
to recognize and begin acquiring the requirements 
for interagency qualification and enables agencies 
and the governance structures of the System to im-
plement policies and programs to support the 
INSPEAD System. 
‘‘(2) All of the requirements of the System, in-
cluding section 10205(b), shall be fully applicable to 
at least 4 of the agencies identified in section 
10202(c), as chosen by the President, no later than 
24 months after the date of the enactment of this 
chapter. All of the policies, procedures, and career 
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guidance required to operate the System under this 
paragraph shall be issued no later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this chapter. 
‘‘(3) All of the requirements of the System, in-
cluding section 10205(b), shall be fully applicable to 
all of the agencies selected for participation in the 
System pursuant to section 10202(c) no later than 
48 months after the date of the enactment of this 
chapter. All of the policies, procedures, and career 
guidance required to operate the full System shall be 
issued no later than 42 months after the date of the 
enactment of this chapter. 
‘‘(b) IDENTIFICATION OF INTERAGENCY NATIONAL 
SECURITY
POSITIONS.—Initial identification of inter-
agency national security positions pursuant to section 
10203(b) shall be completed by an agency no later than 
12 months before the requirements of the INSPEAD Sys-
tem are fully applicable to that agency, as determined by 
the President. 
‘‘(c) EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Initial 
interagency education and training programs shall be es-
tablished and available no later than 12 months after the 
date of the enactment of this chapter. 
‘‘(d) INTERAGENCY ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENT.— 
Any individual, employed in or under an agency, who occu-
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officers, the Secretary of Defense shall identify, 
using the same criteria developed pursuant to sec-
tion 10202(f)(2) and section 10203(a), commis-
sioned officer positions that shall be designated 
interagency national security positions pursuant to 
section 10203. Such positions that are filled by gen-
eral officers or flag officers shall be designated sen-
ior-level interagency national security positions pur-
suant to section 10205 and shall be subject to the 
requirements of such designation. 
‘‘(4) Enlisted members and warrant officers of 
the Armed Forces shall not be subject to the re-
quirements of this chapter or the System, unless so 
designated by the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the terms 
‘commissioned officer’, ‘enlisted member’, ‘warrant 
officer’, ‘general officer’, and ‘flag officer’ have the 
meaning given such terms by section 101(b) of title 
10.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for part 
III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘102. Interagency National Security Professional Edu-
cation, Administration, and Development 
System ........................................................................10201’’. 
Æ 
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