50 U.S.C. § 1903 : US Code - Section 1903: National Security Education Board

Search 50 U.S.C. § 1903 : US Code - Section 1903: National Security Education Board

(a) Establishment
The Secretary of Defense shall establish a National Security
Education Board.
(b) Composition
The Board shall be composed of the following individuals or the
representatives of such individuals:
(1) The Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as the chairman
of the Board.
(2) The Secretary of Education.
(3) The Secretary of State.
(4) The Secretary of Commerce.
(5) The Director of Central Intelligence.
(6) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
(7) Six individuals appointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be experts in the
fields of international, language, area, and counterproliferation
studies education and who may not be officers or employees of the
Federal Government.
(c) Term of appointees
Each individual appointed to the Board pursuant to subsection
(b)(6) of this section shall be appointed for a period specified by
the President at the time of the appointment, but not to exceed
four years. Such individuals shall receive no compensation for
service on the Board but may receive reimbursement for travel and
other necessary expenses.
(d) Functions
The Board shall perform the following functions:
(1) Develop criteria for awarding scholarships, fellowships,
and grants under this chapter, including an order of priority in
such awards that favors individuals expressing an interest in
national security issues or pursuing a career in a national
security position.
(2) Provide for wide dissemination of information regarding the
activities assisted under this chapter.
(3) Establish qualifications for students desiring scholarships
or fellowships, and institutions of higher education desiring
grants, under this chapter, including, in the case of students
desiring a scholarship or fellowship, a requirement that the
student have a demonstrated commitment to the study of the
discipline for which the scholarship or fellowship is to be
awarded.
(4) After taking into account the annual analyses of trends in
language, international, area, and counterproliferation studies
under section 1906(b)(1) of this title, make recommendations to
the Secretary regarding -
(A) which countries are not emphasized in other United States
study abroad programs, such as countries in which few United
States students are studying and countries which are of
importance to the national security interests of the United
States, and are, therefore, critical countries for the purposes
of section 1902(a)(1)(A) of this title;
(B) which areas within the disciplines described in section
1902(a)(1)(B) of this title relating to the national security
interests of the United States are areas of study in which
United States students are deficient in learning and are,
therefore, critical areas within those disciplines for the
purposes of that section;
(C) which areas within the disciplines described in section
1902(a)(1)(C) of this title are areas in which United States
students, educators, and Government employees are deficient in
learning and in which insubstantial numbers of United States
institutions of higher education provide training and are,
therefore, critical areas within those disciplines for the
purposes of that section;
(D) how students desiring scholarships or fellowships can be
encouraged to work for an agency or office of the Federal
Government involved in national security affairs or national
security policy upon completion of their education; and
(E) which foreign languages are critical to the national
security interests of the United States for purposes of section
1902(a)(1)(D) of this title (relating to grants for the
National Flagship Language Initiative) and section
1902(a)(1)(E) of this title (relating to the scholarship
program for advanced English language studies by heritage
community citizens).
(5) Encourage applications for fellowships under this chapter
from graduate students having an educational background in any
academic discipline, particularly in the areas of science or
technology.
(6) Provide the Secretary biennially with a list of scholarship
recipients and fellowship recipients, including an assessment of
their foreign area and language skills, who are available to work
in a national security position.
(7) Not later than 30 days after a scholarship or fellowship
recipient completes the study or education for which assistance
was provided under the program, provide the Secretary with a
report fully describing the foreign area and language skills
obtained by the recipient as a result of the assistance.
(8) Review the administration of the program required under
this chapter.