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Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-110

§3221 Assignment of Intelligence Community Personnel as Language Students

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of National Intelligence can assign intelligence community analysts who need foreign-language skills to take language courses at accredited colleges, universities, or other higher-education programs at the undergraduate or graduate level. The Director may pay the full cost of that training, including textbooks and other reading materials, for employees working full- or part-time. Payments can come from appropriated or nonappropriated funds. This payment is in addition to any other pay, benefits, allowances, or travel expenses the analyst receives.

Full Legal Text

Title 50, §3221

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(a)In general
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)Authority for reimbursement of costs of tuition and training
(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)Relationship to compensation as an analyst
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.

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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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110