ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL FLAGSHIP LANGUAGE INITIATIVE WITHIN THE NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 333. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL FLAGSHIP LANGUAGE INITIATIVE WITHIN THE NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) National Flagship Language Initiative.— (1) Expansion of grant program authority.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 802 of the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1902) is amended— (A) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (B)(ii); (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(D) awarding grants to institutions of higher education to carry out activities under the National Flagship Language Initiative (described in subsection (i)).” . (2) Provisions of national flagship language initiative.—Such section, as amended by section 332, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(i) National Flagship Language Initiative.—(1) Under the National Flagship Language Initiative, institutions of higher education shall establish, operate, or improve activities designed to train students in programs in a range of disciplines to achieve advanced levels of proficiency in those foreign languages that the Secretary identifies as being the most critical in the interests of the national security of the United States. “(2) An undergraduate student who has been awarded a scholarship under subsection (a)(1)(A) or a graduate student who has been awarded a fellowship under subsection (a)(1)(B) may participate in the activities carried out under the National Flagship Language Initiative. “(3) An institution of higher education that receives a grant pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(D) shall give special consideration to applicants who are employees of the Federal Government. “(4) For purposes of this subsection, the Foreign Language Center of the Defense Language Institute and any other educational institution that provides training in foreign languages operated by the Department of Defense or an agency in the intelligence community is deemed to be an institution of higher education, and may carry out the types of activities permitted under the National Flagship Language Initiative.” . (3) Inapplicability of funding allocation rules.—Subsection (a)(2) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following flush sentences:““The funding allocation under this paragraph shall not apply to grants under paragraph (1)(D) for the National Flagship Language Initiative described in subsection (i). For the authorization of appropriations for the National Flagship Language Initiative, see section 811.”. (4) Board requirement.—Section 803(d)(4) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 1903(d)(4)) is amended— (A) by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (C); (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting “; and”; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(E) which foreign languages are critical to the national security interests of the United States for purposes of section 802(a)(1)(D) (relating to grants for the National Flagship Language Initiative).” . (b) Funding.—The David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “SEC. 811. ADDITIONAL ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. “(a) In General.—In addition to amounts that may be made available to the Secretary under the Fund for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 2003, $10,000,000, to carry out the grant program for the National Flagship Language Initiative under section 802(a)(1)(D). “(b) Availability of Appropriated Funds.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.” . (c) [50 U.S.C. 1902 nt] Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date the Secretary of Defense submits the report required under section 334 of this Act and notifies the appropriate committees of Congress (as defined in subsection (c) of that section) that the programs carried out under the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 are being managed in a fiscally and programmatically sound manner. (d) [50 U.S.C. 1902 nt] Construction.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting any program or project carried out under the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 as in effect on the date that precedes the date of the enactment of this Act.