59 USC 1913 - National Language Service Corps

50 U.S. CODE § 1913 - NATIONAL LANGUAGE SERVICE CORPS
(a) Establishment
(1) The Secretary of Defense may establish and maintain within the Department of Defense a
National Language Service Corps (in this section referred to as the “Corps”).
(2) The purpose of the Corps is to provide a pool of nongovernmental personnel with foreign
language skills who, as provided in regulations prescribed under this section, agree to provide
foreign language services to the Department of Defense or another department or agency of the
United States.
(b) National Security Education Board
If the Secretary establishes the Corps, the Secretary shall provide for the National Security
Education Board to oversee and coordinate the activities of the Corps to such extent and in such
manner as determined by the Secretary under paragraph (9) of section 1903 (d) of this title.
(c) Membership
To be eligible for membership in the Corps, a person must be a citizen of the United States
authorized by law to be employed in the United States, have attained the age of 18 years, and
possess such foreign language skills as the Secretary considers appropriate for membership in the
Corps.
(d) Training
The Secretary may provide members of the Corps such training as the Secretary prescribes for
purposes of this section.
(e) Service
Upon a determination that it is in the national interests of the United States, the Secretary shall call
upon members of the Corps to provide foreign language services to the Department of Defense or
another department or agency of the United States. If a member of the Corps is, as of the time of
such determination, employed by or performing under a contract for an element of another Federal
agency, the Secretary shall first obtain the concurrence of the head of that agency.
(f) Funding
The Secretary may impose fees, in amounts up to full-cost recovery, for language services and
technical assistance rendered by members of the Corps. Amounts of fees received under this
section shall be credited to the account of the Department providing funds for any costs incurred by
the Department in connection with the Corps. Amounts so credited to such account shall be merged
with amounts in such account, and shall be available to the same extent, and subject to the same
conditions and limitations, as amounts in such account. Any amounts so credited shall remain
available until expended.