50 U.S.C. § 3222: Program on recruitment and…

Summary

The Director of National Intelligence must run a program, working with leaders of the intelligence agencies, to pay for selected people’s college or graduate training or to repay training they already got. The program targets skills the intelligence community lacks or might lack in the future, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math, and it also targets people whose backgrounds add those needed skills and who are underrepresented. People chosen must agree to work for an intelligence agency for a time the Director sets that matches the funding they receive. The program will be called the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program and must have a public website explaining its purpose, rules, how to apply, and the areas covered by the annual review. The Director will set academic requirements so participants are ready for intelligence jobs and will review every year which skill areas are needed. Program funds may be used in six ways: a monthly stipend while studying; paying full or part of tuition; reimbursing past tuition or student loans; buying required books and materials; covering travel the agency asks for; and other reasonable uses the Director approves.

Title 50, §3222

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(a)Program

(1)Requirement

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)Commitment

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)Designation

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

(4)Outreach

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)Elements

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)Use of funds

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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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

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Title 50, §3222

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