Pub. L. 110-181, div. A, tit. IX, subtit. F, sec. 958
REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.
SEC. 958. REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.(a) In General.—Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the date referred to in subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of each military department, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the foreign language proficiency of the personnel of the Department of Defense.(b) Contents.—Each report submitted under subsection (a) shall include—(1) the number of positions, identified by each foreign language and dialect, for each military department and Defense Agency concerned that—(A) require proficiency in that foreign language or dialect for the year in which the submission of the report is required;(B) are anticipated to require proficiency in that foreign language or dialect for each of the five years following the date of the submission of the report; and(C) are authorized in the future-years defense plan to be maintained for proficiency in a foreign language or dialect;(2) the number of personnel for each military department and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and dialect, that are serving in a position that requires proficiency in the foreign language or dialect—(A) to perform the primary duty of the position; and(B) that meet the required level of proficiency of the Interagency Language Roundtable;122 STAT. 298(3) the number of personnel for each military department and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and dialect, that are recruited or hired as accessions to serve in a position that requires proficiency in the foreign language or dialect;(4) the number of personnel for each military department and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and dialect, that served in a position that requires proficiency in the foreign language or dialect and discontinued service during the preceding calendar year;(5) the number of positions that require proficiency in a foreign language or dialect that are fulfilled by contractors;(6) the percentage of work requiring linguistic skills that is fulfilled by personnel of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))); and(7) an assessment of the foreign language capacity and capabilities of each military department and Defense Agency and of the Department of Defense as a whole.(c) Non-Military Personnel.—Except as provided in paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b), a report submitted under subsection (a) shall cover only members of the Armed Forces on active duty and reserve duty assigned to the military departments concerned or to the Department of Defense.(d) Termination of Requirement.—The duty to submit a report under subsection (a) shall terminate on December 31, 2013.