(B) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe the procedures for initiating and determining appeals of adverse actions pursuant to elections made under subparagraph (A). § 1613. Miscellaneous provisions (a) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.-Nothing in sections 1601 through 1603 and 1606 through 1610 may be construed to impair the continued effectiveness of a collective bargaining agreement with respect to an agency or office that is a successor to an agency or office covered by the agreement before the succession. (b) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall notify Congress of any regulations prescribed to carry out this subchapter (other than sections 1605 and 1611). Such notice shall be provided by submitting a copy of the regulations to the congressional oversight committees not less than 60 days before such regulations take effect. § 1614. Definitions In this subchapter: (1) The term "defense intelligence position" means a civilian position as an intelligence officer or intelligence employee of the Department of Defense. (2) The term "intelligence component of the Department of Defense" means any of the following: (A) The National Security Agency. (B) The Defense Intelligence Agency. (C) The National Imagery and Mapping Agency. (D) Any other component of the Department of Defense that performs intelligence functions and is designated by the Secretary of Defense as an intelligence component of the Department of Defense. (E) Any successor to a component specified in, or designated pursuant to, this paragraph. (3) The term "congressional oversight committees" means (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. (4) The term "excepted service" has the meaning given such term in section 2103 of title 5. (5) The term "preference eligible" has the meaning given such term in section 2108(3) of title 5. (6) The term "Senior Executive Service position" has the meaning given such term in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5. (7) The term "collective bargaining agreement" has the meaning given such term in section 7103(8) of title 5. SUBCHAPTER II-DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 1622. 1623. Uniform allowance: civilian employees. Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisition of critical sk § 1621. Defense Intelligence Agency merit pay system The Secretary of Defense may by regulation establish a mer pay system for such employees of the Defense Intelligence Agen as the Secretary considers appropriate. The merit pay system sha be designed to carry out purposes consistent with those set fort in section 5401 of title 5, as in effect on October 31, 1993. § 1622. Uniform allowance: civilian employees (a) The Secretary of Defense may pay an allowance under the section to any civilian employee of the Defense Intelligence Agenc who (1) is assigned to a Defense Attaché Office outside the United States; and (2) is required by regulation to wear a prescribed uniform in performance of official duties. (b) Notwithstanding section 5901(a) of title 5, the amount any such allowance shall be the greater of the following: (1) The amount provided for employees of the Departmen: of State assigned to positions outside the United States and re quired by regulation to wear a prescribed uniform in perform ance of official duties. (2) The maximum allowance provided under section 1593(b) of this title. (c) An allowance paid under this section shall be treated in the same manner as is provided in subsection (c) of section 5901 of title 5 for an allowance paid under that section. § 1623. Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisi tion of critical skills (a) The Secretary of Defense shall establish an undergraduate training program with respect to civilian employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency that is similar in purpose, conditions, content, and administration to the program which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish under section 16 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 402 note) for civilian employees of the National Security Agency. (b) Any payments made by the Secretary to carry out the program required to be established by subsection (a) may be made in any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for that purpose. E DAVID L. BOREN NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION ACT OF 1991 (Public Law 102-183; 105 Stat. 1271; approved December 4, 1991) TITLE VIII-NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARSHIPS, SEC. 801. [50 U.S.C. 1901] SHORT TITLE, FINDINGS, AND PURPOSES. (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 title 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 lan guages, area studies, counterproliferation studies, and othe international fields that are critical to the Nation's interest. (3) To produce an increased pool of applicants for work: the departments and agencies of the United States Gover ment with national security responsibilities. (4) To expand, in conjunction with other Federal program the international experience, knowledge base, and perspective on which the United States citizenry, Government employee and leaders rely. (5) To permit the Federal Government to advocate the cause of international education. SEC. 802. [50 U.S.C. 1902] SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND GRANT PROGRAM. (a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.— (1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of Defense shall carry ou a program for (A) awarding scholarships to undergraduate student who (i) are United States citizens in order to enable such students to study, for at least one academic se mester or equivalent term, in foreign countries that are critical countries (as determined under section 803(d)(4)(A)) in those languages and study areas where deficiencies exist (as identified in the assess ments undertaken pursuant to section 806(d)); and (ii) pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(A), enter into an agreement to work in a national security position or work in the field of higher education in the area of study for which the scholarship was awarded; (B) awarding fellowships to graduate students who (i) are United States citizens to enable such stu dents to pursue education as part of a graduate degree program of a United States institution of higher edu cation in the disciplines of foreign languages, area studies, counterproliferation studies, and other international fields relating to the national security inter ests of the United States that are critical areas of those disciplines (as determined under section 803(d)(4)(B))and in which deficiencies exist (as identified in the assessments undertaken pursuant to section 806(d)); and (ii) pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B), enter into an agreement to work in a national security position or work in the field of education in the area of study for which the fellowship was awarded; (C) awarding grants to institutions of higher education to enable such institutions to establish, operate, or im prove programs in foreign languages, area studies. counterproliferation studies, and other international fields that are critical areas of those disciplines (as determined under section 803(d)(4)(C)); and (D) awarding grants to institutions of higher education to carry out activities under the National Flagship Language Initiative (described in subsection (i)). (2) FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. Of the amount available for obligation out of the National Security Education Trust Fund for any fiscal year for the purposes stated in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall have a goal of allocating (A) 1⁄2 of such amount for the awarding of scholarships pursuant to paragraph (1)(A); (B) 3 of such amount for the awarding of fellowships pursuant to paragraph (1)(B); and (C) 3 of such amount for the awarding of grants pursuant to paragraph (1)(C). The funding allocation under this paragraph shall not apply to grants under paragraph (1)(D) for the National Flagship Language Initiative described in subsection (i). For the authorization of appropriations for the National Flagship Language Initiative, see section 811. (3) CONSULTATION WITH NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION BOARD. The program required under this title shall be carried out in consultation with the National Security Education Board established under section 803. (4) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.-The Secretary may enter into one or more contracts, with private national organizations having an expertise in foreign languages, area studies, counterproliferation studies, and other international fields, for the awarding of the scholarships, fellowships, and grants described in paragraph (1) in accordance with the provisions of this title. The Secretary may enter into such contracts without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) or any other provision of law that requires the use of competitive procedures. In addition, the Secretary may enter into personal service contracts for periods up to one year for program administration, except that not more than 10 such contracts may be in effect at any one time. (b) SERVICE AGREEMENT.—In awarding a scholarship or fellowship under the program, the Secretary or contract organization referred to in subsection (a)(4), as the case may be, shall require a recipient of any fellowship, or any scholarship to enter into an agreement that, in return for such assistance, the recipient— (1) will maintain satisfactory academic progress, as determined in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary, and agrees that failure to maintain such progress shall constitute grounds upon which the Secretary or contract organization referred to in subsection (a)(4) may terminate such assistance; (2) will (A) not later than eight years after such recipient's completion of the study for which scholarship assistance was provided under the program, and in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary (i) work in a national security position for a period specified by the Secretary, which period shall be no longer than the period for which scholarship assistance was provided; or (ii) if the recipient demonstrates to the Secretary (in accordance with such regulations) that no national security position in an agency or office of the Federal |