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Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73

§3221 Assignment of intelligence community personnel as language students

Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 44— - NATIONAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE › Part Part C— - Additional Education Provisions › § 3221

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of National Intelligence can send intelligence community analysts who need foreign-language skills to accredited colleges, universities, or technical schools. The training can be at the undergraduate or graduate level and must teach the languages needed for the analysts’ job. The Director acts through the heads of the intelligence agencies. The Director can pay back the full cost of that training, including textbooks and reading materials. That payback can cover full- or part-time students and may come from appropriated or nonappropriated funds. Getting this payback does not replace any other pay, allowances, travel costs, or benefits the analyst already gets.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §3221

War and National Defense — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Director of National Intelligence, acting through the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, may assign employees of such elements in analyst positions requiring foreign language expertise as students at accredited professional, technical, or other institutions of higher education for training at the graduate or undergraduate level in foreign languages required for the conduct of duties and responsibilities of such positions.
(b)(1)The Director of National Intelligence may reimburse an employee assigned under subsection (a) for the total cost of the training described in that subsection, including costs of educational and supplementary reading materials.
(2)The authority under paragraph (1) shall apply to employees who are assigned on a full-time or part-time basis.
(3)Reimbursement under paragraph (1) may be made from appropriated or nonappropriated funds.
(c)Reimbursement under this section to an employee who is an analyst is in addition to any benefits, allowances, travel expenses, or other compensation the employee is entitled to by reason of serving in such an analyst position.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 441m of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 3221

Title 50 — War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73