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 107 STAT. 1676 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 (c) EVALUATION OF ADJUSTMENT IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE PRO- FICIENCY PAY.—(1) The Secretary shall include in the test program an evaluation of adjustments in foreign language proficiency pay for active and reserve component personnel (which may be adjusted for purposes of the test program without regard to section 316(b) of title 37, United States Code). (2) Before any adjustment in foreign language proficiency pay is included in the test program as authorized by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the committees namea in subsection (d)(2) the following information related to proficiency pay adjustments: (A) The response of the Secretary to the findings of the Inspector General in the report on the Defense Foreign Lan- •^ guage Program referred to in subsection (a)(1), specifically including the following matters raised in that report: (i) Inadequate centralized oversight of planning, policy, roles, responsibilities, and funding for foreign language programs. (ii) Inadequate management and validation of the requirements process for foreign language programs. (iii) Inadequate uniform career management of language-trained personnel, including failure to take sufficient advantoge of language skills and to recoup investment of training dollars. (iv) Inadequate training programs, both resident and nonresident. (B) The current manning of linguistic billete (shown by service, by active or reserve component, and by career field). (C) The rates of retention in the service for languagetrained personnel (shown by service, by active or reserve component, and by career field). (D) The rates of retention by career field for languagetrained personnel (shown by service and by active or reserve component). (E) The rates of language proficiency for personnel serving in linguistic billete (shown by service, by active or reserve component, and by career field). (F) Trends in performance ratings for personnel serving in linguistic billete (shown by service, by active or reserve component, and by career field). (G) Promotion rates for personnel serving in linguistic billete (shown by service, by active or reserve component, and by career field). (H) The estimated cost of foreign language proficiency pay as proposed to be paid at the adjusted rates for the test program under paragraph (1)— (i) for each year of the test program; and (ii) for five years, if those rates are subsequently applied to the entire Department of Defense. (3) The rates for adjusted foreign language proficiency pay as proposed to be paid for the test program under paragraph (1) may not take effect for the test program unless the senior official responsible for personnel matters in the Office of the Secretary of Defense determines that— (A) the foreign language proficiency pay levels established for the test program are consistent with proficiency pay levels for other functions throughout the Department of Defense; and

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