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[CITE: 50USC1903]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
   CHAPTER 37--NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
 
Sec. 1903. National Security Education Board


(a) Establishment

    The Secretary of Defense shall establish a National Security 
Education Board.

(b) Composition

    The Board shall be composed of the following individuals or the 
representatives of such individuals:
        (1) The Secretary of Defense, who shall serve as the chairman of 
    the Board.
        (2) The Secretary of Education.
        (3) The Secretary of State.
        (4) The Secretary of Commerce.
        (5) The Director of Central Intelligence.
        (6) The Chairperson of the National Endowment for the 
    Humanities.
        (7) Six individuals appointed by the President, by and with the 
    advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be experts in the fields 
    of international, language, area, and counterproliferation studies 
    education and who may not be officers or employees of the Federal 
    Government.

(c) Term of appointees

    Each individual appointed to the Board pursuant to subsection (b)(6) 
of this section shall be appointed for a period specified by the 
President at the time of the appointment, but not to exceed four years. 
Such individuals shall receive no compensation for service on the Board 
but may receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses.

(d) Functions

    The Board shall perform the following functions:
        (1) Develop criteria for awarding scholarships, fellowships, and 
    grants under this chapter, including an order of priority in such 
    awards that favors individuals expressing an interest in national 
    security issues or pursuing a career in a national security 
    position.
        (2) Provide for wide dissemination of information regarding the 
    activities assisted under this chapter.
        (3) Establish qualifications for students desiring scholarships 
    or fellowships, and institutions of higher education desiring 
    grants, under this chapter, including, in the case of students 
    desiring a scholarship or fellowship, a requirement that the student 
    have a demonstrated commitment to the study of the discipline for 
    which the scholarship or fellowship is to be awarded.
        (4) After taking into account the annual analyses of trends in 
    language, international, area, and counterproliferation studies 
    under section 1906(b)(1) of this title, make recommendations to the 
    Secretary regarding--
            (A) which countries are not emphasized in other United 
        States study abroad programs, such as countries in which few 
        United States students are studying and countries which are of 
        importance to the national security interests of the United 
        States, and are, therefore, critical countries for the purposes 
        of section 1902(a)(1)(A) of this title;
            (B) which areas within the disciplines described in section 
        1902(a)(1)(B) of this title relating to the national security 
        interests of the United States are areas of study in which 
        United States students are deficient in learning and are, 
        therefore, critical areas within those disciplines for the 
        purposes of that section;
            (C) which areas within the disciplines described in section 
        1902(a)(1)(C) of this title are areas in which United States 
        students, educators, and Government employees are deficient in 
        learning and in which insubstantial numbers of United States 
        institutions of higher education provide training and are, 
        therefore, critical areas within those disciplines for the 
        purposes of that section; and
            (D) how students desiring scholarships or fellowships can be 
        encouraged to work for an agency or office of the Federal 
        Government involved in national security affairs or national 
        security policy upon completion of their education.

        (5) Encourage applications for fellowships under this chapter 
    from graduate students having an educational background in any 
    academic discipline, particularly in the areas of science or 
    technology.
        (6) Provide the Secretary biennially with a list of scholarship 
    recipients and fellowship recipients, including an assessment of 
    their foreign area and language skills, who are available to work in 
    a national security position.
        (7) Not later than 30 days after a scholarship or fellowship 
    recipient completes the study or education for which assistance was 
    provided under the program, provide the Secretary with a report 
    fully describing the foreign area and language skills obtained by 
    the recipient as a result of the assistance.
        (8) Review the administration of the program required under this 
    chapter.

(Pub. L. 102-183, title VIII, Sec. 803, Dec. 4, 1991, 105 Stat. 1273; 
Pub. L. 102-496, title IV, Sec. 404(d), Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3186; 
Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title X, Sec. 1078(e), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2666; Pub. L. 105-272, title III, Sec. 305(a)(3), (b), Oct. 20, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2401; Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, title XIII, Sec. 1335(g), 
Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-788.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(g)(1), redesignated 
par. (7) as (6) and struck out former par. (6) which read as follows: 
``The Secretary of Energy.''
    Pub. L. 105-272, Sec. 305(b), amended par. (6) generally. Prior to 
amendment, par. (6) read as follows: ``The Director of the United States 
Information Agency.''
    Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(g)(1)(B), redesignated 
par. (8) as (7). Former par. (7) redesignated (6).
    Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(g)(1)(B), redesignated 
par. (8) as (7).
    Pub. L. 105-272, Sec. 305(a)(3), substituted ``area, and 
counterproliferation'' for ``and area''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(g)(2), substituted 
``subsection (b)(6)'' for ``subsection (b)(7)''.
    Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 105-272, Sec. 305(a)(3), substituted ``area, 
and counterproliferation'' for ``and area'' in introductory provisions.
    1996--Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1078(e)(1), inserted 
before period at end ``, including an order of priority in such awards 
that favors individuals expressing an interest in national security 
issues or pursuing a career in a national security position''.
    Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1078(e)(2)(A), in introductory 
provisions, substituted ``After taking into account the annual analyses 
of trends in language, international, and area studies under section 
1906(b)(1) of this title, make recommendations'' for ``Make 
recommendations''.
    Subsec. (d)(4)(A). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1078(e)(2)(B), substituted 
``and countries which are of importance to the national security 
interests of the United States'' after ``are studying''.
    Subsec. (d)(4)(B). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1078(e)(2)(C), substituted 
``relating to the national security interests of the United States'' 
after ``section 1902(a)(1)(B) of this title''.
    Subsec. (d)(5) to (8). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 1078(e)(3), (4), added 
pars. (5) to (7) and redesignated former par. (5) as (8).
    1992--Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 102-496, Sec. 404(d)(2), added par. 
(7). Former par. (7) redesignated (8).
    Subsec. (b)(8). Pub. L. 102-496, Sec. 404(d)(1), (3), redesignated 
par. (7) as (8), substituted ``Six individuals'' for ``Four 
individuals'', and inserted before period at end ``and who may not be 
officers or employees of the Federal Government''.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-277 effective on earlier of Oct. 1, 1999, 
or date of abolition of the United States Information Agency pursuant to 
reorganization plan described in section 6601 of Title 22, Foreign 
Relations and Intercourse, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 105-277, set out 
as an Effective Date note under section 6531 of Title 22.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1902, 1906, 1908 of this 
title.
