PILOT PROJECT ON CIVILIAN LINGUIST RESERVE CORPS.

SEC. 613. [50 U.S.C. 3322 note] PILOT PROJECT ON CIVILIAN LINGUIST RESERVE CORPS. (a) Pilot Project.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a pilot project to assess the feasibility and advisability of establishing a Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps comprised of United States citizens with advanced levels of proficiency in foreign languages who would be available upon the call of the Secretary to perform such service or duties with respect to such foreign languages in the intelligence community as the Secretary may specify. (2) The Secretary shall conduct the pilot project in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence. (3) The Secretary shall conduct the pilot project through the National Security Education Program. (b) Conduct of Project.—Taking into account the findings and recommendations contained in the report required under section 325 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-306; 116 Stat. 2393), in conducting the pilot project under subsection (a) the Secretary of Defense shall— (1) identify several foreign languages that are critical for the national security of the United States; (2) identify United States citizens with advanced levels of proficiency in the foreign languages identified under paragraph (1) who would be available to perform the services and duties referred to in subsection (a); and (3) when considered necessary by the Secretary, implement a call for the performance of such services and duties. (c) Duration of Project.—The pilot project under subsection (a) shall be conducted for a five-year period. (d) Authority To Enter Into Contracts.—The Secretary of Defense may enter into contracts with appropriate agencies or entities to carry out the pilot project under subsection (a). (e) Reports.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an initial and a final report on the pilot project conducted under subsection (a). (2) Each report required under paragraph (1) shall contain information on the operation of the pilot project, the success of the pilot project in carrying out the objectives of the establishment of a Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps, and recommendations for the continuation or expansion of the pilot project. (3) The final report shall be submitted not later than six months after the completion of the pilot project.