MODIFICATIONS TO NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 1332. MODIFICATIONS TO NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) Findings and Policies.— (1) Findings.—Congress finds that— (A) the United States Government actively encourages and financially supports the training, education, and development of many United States citizens; (B) as a condition of some of those supports, many of those citizens have an obligation to seek either compensated or uncompensated employment in the Federal sector; and (C) it is in the United States national interest to maximize the return to the Nation of funds invested in the development of such citizens by seeking to employ them in the Federal sector. (2) Policy.—It shall be the policy of the United States Government to— (A) establish procedures for ensuring that United States citizens who have incurred service obligations as the result of receiving financial support for education and 116 STAT. 2300training from the United States Government and have applied for Federal positions are considered in all recruitment and hiring initiatives of Federal departments, bureaus, agencies, and offices; and (B) advertise and open all Federal positions to United States citizens who have incurred service obligations with the United States Government as the result of receiving financial support for education and training from the United States Government. (b) Fulfillment of Service Requirement if National Security Positions Are Unavailable.—Section 802(b)(2) of the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1902) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: “(ii) if the recipient demonstrates to the Secretary (in accordance with such regulations) that no national security position in an agency or office of the Federal Government having national security responsibilities is available, work in other offices or agencies of the Federal Government or in the field of higher education in a discipline relating to the foreign country, foreign language, area study, or international field of study for which the scholarship was awarded, for a period specified by the Secretary, which period shall be determined in accordance with clause (i); or”; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: “(ii) if the recipient demonstrates to the Secretary (in accordance with such regulations) that no national security position is available upon the completion of the degree, work in other offices or agencies of the Federal Government or in the field of higher education in a discipline relating to foreign country, foreign language, area study, or international field of study for which the fellowship was awarded, for a period specified by the Secretary, which period shall be determined in accordance with clause (i); and”.