[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2274 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2274

 To establish a language arts facility for Homeland Security personnel 
                     and law enforcement officers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 10 (legislative day, February 9), 2006

 Mr. Domenici introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a language arts facility for Homeland Security personnel 
                     and law enforcement officers.

    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 ``Foreign Language Training Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act--
            (1) the term ``executive agency'' has the same meaning as 
        in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, except that the 
        term does not include the Department of Defense;
            (2) the term ``law enforcement officer'' has the same 
        meaning as in section 8331 of title 5, United States Code; and
            (3) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security.

SEC. 3. LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM AND FACILITY.

    (a) Program Expansion.--The Secretary shall expand the language 
arts program at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, 
New Mexico, to provide training for the Department of Homeland Security 
personnel and law enforcement officers identified under section 4.
    (b) Facility.--The Secretary is authorized to construct a language 
arts facility at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in 
Artesia, New Mexico.

SEC. 4. TRAINING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Homeland Security.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) identify any employee of the Department of Homeland 
        Security for whom foreign language education is necessary; and
            (2) require foreign language education for any employee 
        identified under paragraph (1).
    (b) Law Enforcement.--The head of each executive agency shall--
            (1) identify any law enforcement officer employed by such 
        executive agency for whom foreign language education is 
        necessary; and
            (2) require foreign language education for any law 
        enforcement officer identified under paragraph (1).
    (c) Training.--Foreign language education for any individual 
identified under subsection (a)(1) or (b)(1) shall be provided at the 
language arts facility authorized under section 3(b).

SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.
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