DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE RESOURCES COORDINATOR.

SEC. 192. DESIGNATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE RESOURCES COORDINATOR. (a) Policy.—It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Department of State, by virtue of the Secretary's overall responsibility under section 701(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4011(a)) for training and instruction in the field of foreign relations to meet the needs of all Federal agencies, should take the lead in this interagency effort; and (2) in order to promote efficiency and quality in the training provided by the Secretary of State and other Federal agencies, the Secretary should call upon other agencies to share in the joint management and coordination of Federal foreign language resources. (b) Foreign Language Resources Coordinator.— (1) The Secretary of State should appoint a Foreign Language Resources Coordinator (in this subsection referred to as the “Coordinator”) who shall be responsible— (A) for coordinating the efforts of the appropriate agencies of Government— (i) to strengthen mechanisms for sharing of foreign language resources; and (ii) to identify Federal foreign language resource requirements in the areas of diplomacy, military preparedness, international security, and other foreign policy objectives; and (B) for making recommendations to the Secretary of State as to which Federal foreign language assets, if any, should be made available to the private sector in support of national global economic competitiveness goals. (2) All appropriate United States Government agencies maintaining and utilizing Federal foreign language training and related resources shall cooperate fully with any Coordinator.