50 U.S.C. § 1901 : US Code - Section 1901: Short title, findings, and purposes

Search 50 U.S.C. § 1901 : US Code - Section 1901: Short title, findings, and purposes

(a) Short title
This chapter may be cited as the "David L. Boren National
Security Education Act of 1991".
(b) Findings
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The security of the United States is and will continue to
depend on the ability of the United States to exercise
international leadership.
(2) The ability of the United States to exercise international
leadership is, and will increasingly continue to be, based on the
political and economic strength of the United States, as well as
on United States military strength around the world.
(3) Recent changes in the world pose threats of a new kind to
international stability as Cold War tensions continue to decline
while economic competition, regional conflicts, terrorist
activities, and weapon proliferations have dramatically
increased.
(4) The future national security and economic well-being of the
United States will depend substantially on the ability of its
citizens to communicate and compete by knowing the languages and
cultures of other countries.
(5) The Federal Government has an interest in ensuring that the
employees of its departments and agencies with national security
responsibilities are prepared to meet the challenges of this
changing international environment.
(6) The Federal Government also has an interest in taking
actions to alleviate the problem of American undergraduate and
graduate students being inadequately prepared to meet the
challenges posed by increasing global interaction among nations.
(7) American colleges and universities must place a new
emphasis on improving the teaching of foreign languages, area
studies, counterproliferation studies, and other international
fields to help meet those challenges.
(c) Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are as follows:
(1) To provide the necessary resources, accountability, and
flexibility to meet the national security education needs of the
United States, especially as such needs change over time.
(2) To increase the quantity, diversity, and quality of the
teaching and learning of subjects in the fields of foreign
languages, area studies, counterproliferation studies, and other
international fields that are critical to the Nation's interest.
(3) To produce an increased pool of applicants for work in the
departments and agencies of the United States Government with
national security responsibilities.
(4) To expand, in conjunction with other Federal programs, the
international experience, knowledge base, and perspectives on
which the United States citizenry, Government employees, and
leaders rely.
(5) To permit the Federal Government to advocate the cause of
international education.