50 U.S.C. § 3201 — Program on advancement of foreign languages critical to the intelligence community

(a) In general The Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence^* may jointly carry out a program to advance skills in foreign languages that are critical to the capability of the intelligence community^* to carry out the national security activities of the United States (hereinafter in this part referred to as the “Foreign Languages Program”). (b) Identification of requisite actions In order to carry out the Foreign Languages Program, the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly identify actions required to improve the education of personnel in the intelligence community in foreign languages that are critical to the capability of the intelligence community to carry out the national security activities of the United States and to meet the long-term intelligence needs of the United States.