§3222 — Title 50 War and National Defense | U.S. Code

Summary

The Director of National Intelligence must run a program called the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program to pay for people’s college or graduate school or to repay training they already paid for. The program targets skills the intelligence community lacks now or may need later, especially in science, technology, math, and engineering, and it can also help people with backgrounds that add needed skills and who are underrepresented. People chosen must agree to work for an intelligence agency for a time the Director sets based on how much support they get. The Director must keep a public website that explains the program, how to apply, who can join, the areas covered (based on an annual review of needed skills), and other details. The Director must set school standards so participants are ready for intelligence jobs and must review needed skill areas every year. Program funds may pay monthly stipends, full or partial tuition, reimburse past tuition or student loans, buy books and materials, cover travel the agency requests, and pay other reasonable costs.

Title 50, §3222

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(a)(1)The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall carry out a program to ensure that selected individuals are provided funds for academic training (including with respect to both undergraduate and postgraduate education), or to reimburse for academic training previously obtained—

(A)in capabilities, missions, or skillsets, especially in the fields of science, technology, math, and engineering, to address workforce requirements in which the intelligence community is deficient or likely to be deficient in the future; or

(B)for such individuals who have backgrounds or experiences that the Director has identified as—

(i)contributing to capabilities, missions, or skillsets in which the intelligence community is deficient or likely to be deficient in future; and

(ii)being underrepresented in the intelligence community or likely to be underrepresented in the future.

(2)An individual selected for participation in the program shall commit to employment with an element of the intelligence community for a period that the Director determines is commensurate with the amount of funding provided to the individual under the program and under such terms and conditions as the Director considers appropriate.

(3)The program shall be known as the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program.

(4)The Director, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall maintain a publicly available internet website on the program that describes—

(A)the intent of the program;

(B)the conditions and requirements for selection and participation;

(C)application instructions;

(D)the areas covered by the program pursuant to the review conducted under subsection (b)(2); and

(E)any other details the Director determines appropriate.

(b)In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Director shall—

(1)establish such requirements relating to the academic training of participants as the Director considers appropriate to ensure that participants are prepared for employment as intelligence professionals; and

(2)on an annual basis, review the areas that will contribute to the capabilities, missions, and skillsets in which the intelligence community is deficient or is likely to be deficient in the future.

(c)Funds made available for the program under subsection (a) shall be used—

(1)to provide a monthly stipend for each month that a participant is pursuing a course of study;

(2)to pay the partial or full tuition of a participant for the completion of such course of study;

(3)to reimburse a participant for tuition paid by the participant before becoming an employee of an element of the intelligence community, including with respect to providing payments for student loans used for such tuition;

(4)to pay for books and materials that the participant requires or required to complete such course of study;

(5)to pay the expenses of the participant for travel requested by an element of the intelligence community in relation to such program; or

(6)for such other purposes the Director considers reasonably appropriate to carry out such program.

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Editorial Notes

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

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–263 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to a program on recruitment and training for areas of specialization in which current or future capabilities of the intelligence community are deficient or likely to be deficient.

§3222 Program on recruitment and training

Summary

Title 50, §3222

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