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50 U.S.C. § 3222

Section 3222 · Program on recruitment and training

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Current — December 23, 2022
As of October 7, 2010
(a) Program
(a) Program

(1) Requirement

(1) The Director of National Intelligence shall carry out a program to ensure that selected students or former students are provided funds to continue academic training, or are reimbursed for academic training previously obtained, in areas of specialization that the Director, in consultation with the other heads of the elements of the intelligence community, identifies as areas in which the current capabilities of the intelligence community are deficient or in which future capabilities of the intelligence community are likely to be deficient.
The Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall carry out a program to ensure that selected individuals are provided funds for academic training (including with respect to both undergraduate and postgraduate education), or to reimburse for academic training previously obtained—

(A) in capabilities, missions, or skillsets, especially in the fields of science, technology, math, and engineering, to address workforce requirements in which the intelligence community is deficient or likely to be deficient in the future; or

(B) for such individuals who have backgrounds or experiences that the Director has identified as—

(i) contributing to capabilities, missions, or skillsets in which the intelligence community is deficient or likely to be deficient in future; and

(ii) being underrepresented in the intelligence community or likely to be underrepresented in the future.

(2) Commitment

(2) A student or former student selected for participation in the program shall commit to employment with an element of the intelligence community, following completion of appropriate academic training, under such terms and conditions as the Director considers appropriate.
An individual selected for participation in the program shall commit to employment with an element of the intelligence community for a period that the Director determines is commensurate with the amount of funding provided to the individual under the program and under such terms and conditions as the Director considers appropriate.

(3) Designation

(3) The program shall be known as the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program.
The program shall be known as the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program.

(4) Outreach

The Director, in consultation with the heads of the elements of the intelligence community, shall maintain a publicly available internet website on the program that describes—

(A) the intent of the program;

(B) the conditions and requirements for selection and participation;

(C) application instructions;

(D) the areas covered by the program pursuant to the review conducted under subsection (b)(2); and

(E) any other details the Director determines appropriate.

(b) Elements
(b) Elements

In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Director shall—

In carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Director shall—

(1) establish such requirements relating to the academic training of participants as the Director considers appropriate to ensure that participants are prepared for employment as intelligence professionals; and

(1) establish such requirements relating to the academic training of participants as the Director considers appropriate to ensure that participants are prepared for employment as intelligence professionals; and

(2) periodically review the areas of specialization of the elements of the intelligence community to determine the areas in which such elements are, or are likely to be, deficient in capabilities.
(2) on an annual basis, review the areas that will contribute to the capabilities, missions, and skillsets in which the intelligence community is deficient or is likely to be deficient in the future.
(c) Use of funds
(c) Use of funds

Funds made available for the program under subsection (a) shall be used—

Funds made available for the program under subsection (a) shall be used—

(1) to provide a monthly stipend for each month that a student is pursuing a course of study;
(1) to provide a monthly stipend for each month that a participant is pursuing a course of study;
(2) to pay the full tuition of a student or former student for the completion of such course of study;
(2) to pay the partial or full tuition of a participant for the completion of such course of study;

(3) to reimburse a participant for tuition paid by the participant before becoming an employee of an element of the intelligence community, including with respect to providing payments for student loans used for such tuition;

(3) to pay for books and materials that the student or former student requires or required to complete such course of study;
(4) to pay for books and materials that the participant requires or required to complete such course of study;
(4) to pay the expenses of the student or former student for travel requested by an element of the intelligence community in relation to such program; or
(5) to pay the expenses of the participant for travel requested by an element of the intelligence community in relation to such program; or
(5) for such other purposes the Director considers reasonably appropriate to carry out such program.
(6) for such other purposes the Director considers reasonably appropriate to carry out such program.
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