Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110
§1599a Financial Assistance to Certain Employees in Acquisition of Critical Skills
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 81 — CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES › § 1599a
Summary
The Secretary of Defense must create an undergraduate training program for civilian intelligence employees in the Military Department, like the civilian program run by the NSA. Payments to run it can only be made when Congress provides appropriated funds.
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Title 10, §1599a
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(a)Training Program.—
The Secretary of Defense shall establish an undergraduate training program with respect to civilian employees in the Military Department Civilian Intelligence Personnel Management System that is similar in purpose, conditions, content, and administration to the program established by the Secretary of Defense under section 16 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 3614) for civilian employees of the National Security Agency.
(b)Use of Funds for Training Program.—
Any payment made by the Secretary to carry out the program required to be established by subsection (a) may be made in any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for that purpose.
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2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–291 substituted “(50 U.S.C. 3614)” for “(50 U.S.C. 402 note)”. 2013—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–239 substituted “National Security Agency Act” for “National Security Act”.
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10 U.S.C. § 1599a
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110