[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4629 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4629

To amend the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to 
              create a critical foreign language program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 17, 2005

 Mr. Holt (for himself, Mr. Oberstar, Mr. Baird, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, 
Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. McGovern, 
and Ms. Bordallo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
Select Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select) and Armed Services, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
                        the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to 
              create a critical foreign language program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``K-16 Critical Foreign Language 
Pipeline Act''.

SEC. 2. CRITICAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM UNDER THE NATIONAL 
              SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM.

    (a) Program.--Section 802 of the David L. Boren National Security 
Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1902) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the final 
                period and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(F) awarding grants to institutions of higher 
                education to carry out activities under the Critical 
                Foreign Language Program described in subsection 
                (j).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Critical Foreign Language Program.--
            ``(1) Grants.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
        grants to five institutions of higher education to establish a 
        program to collaborate with elementary schools and secondary 
        schools for language learning pipelines to train students from 
        kindergarten through college to be proficient in those foreign 
        languages that the Secretary identifies as being the most 
        critical in the interests of the national security of the 
        United States.
            ``(2) Program.--A program established pursuant to a grant 
        awarded under paragraph (1) may include--
                    ``(A) study or work abroad;
                    ``(B) experiential and community learning;
                    ``(C) distance learning;
                    ``(D) language learning for professional, business, 
                and other disciplines; and
                    ``(E) innovative opportunities for language 
                learning through immersion, internships, and community 
                service.
            ``(3) Application requirements.--An applicant for a grant 
        under paragraph (1) shall--
                    ``(A) demonstrate the ability to collaborate 
                effectively with elementary schools and secondary 
                schools to ensure that students who successfully 
                achieve an advanced proficiency level at such schools 
                will continue studying a foreign language at an 
                institution for higher education and achieve a superior 
                proficiency level while enrolled in an academic degree 
                program;
                    ``(B) demonstrate that the program designed by the 
                applicant for such a grant is able to be replicated for 
                use by other institutions of higher education and 
                elementary schools and secondary schools in the United 
                States; and
                    ``(C) agree to provide funds for at least 10 
                percent of the cost of such program.
            ``(4) Distribution of funds.--The Secretary of Defense 
        shall award an equal amount of the funds appropriated pursuant 
        to section 811(c) for a fiscal year to each of the institutions 
        of higher education that are awarded grants pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) for such fiscal year.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 811 of the David L. 
Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1911) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Funding for Critical Foreign Language Program.--In addition 
to amounts that may be made available to the Secretary under the Fund 
for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary for each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2006, 
$5,000,000, to carry out the grant program for the Critical Foreign 
Language Program under section 802(j).''.
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