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 118 STAT. 3953 PUBLIC LAW 108–487—DEC. 23, 2004 the element, the head of the element determines that equity or the interests of the United States so require.’’. (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to training under section 802(i) of the David L. Boren National Secu- rity Act of 1991 that begins on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) INCREASE IN ANNUAL FUNDING.—Section 811 of that Act (50 U.S.C. 1911) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsections: ‘‘(b) FUNDING FROM INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT FOR FISCAL YEARS BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 2005.— In addition to amounts that may be made available to the Secretary under the Fund for a fiscal year, the Director of National Intel- ligence shall transfer to the Secretary from amounts appropriated for the Intelligence Community Management Account for each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2005, $6,000,000 to carry out the grant program for the National Flagship Language Initiative under section 802(a)(1)(D). ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—Amounts made available under this section shall remain available until expended.’’. (c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall take such actions as the Secretary considers appropriate to increase the number of qualified educational institutions that receive grants under the National Flagship Language Initiative under section 802(i) of the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to estab- lish, operate, or improve activities designed to train students in programs in a range of disciplines to achieve advanced levels of proficiency in those foreign languages that the Secretary identifies as being the most critical to the national security of the United States. (d) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO SUPPORT STUDIES ABROAD.—Educational institutions that receive grants under the National Flagship Language Initiative may support students who pursue total immersion foreign language studies overseas of foreign languages that are critical to the national security of the United States. SEC. 603. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES FOR HERITAGE COMMUNITY CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PRO- GRAM. (a) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.—(1) Subsection (a)(1) of section 802 of the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1902) is amended— (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C); (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(E) awarding scholarships to students who— ‘‘(i) are United States citizens who— ‘‘(I) are native speakers (referred to as ‘herit- age community citizens’) of a foreign language that is identified as critical to the national security interests of the United States who should be actively recruited for employment by Federal secu- rity agencies with a need for linguists; and 50 USC 1902 note. 50 USC 1902 note. Applicability. 50 USC 1902 note. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00487 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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