To direct the Department of Defense to designate an executive agent responsible for continuing education in strategic foreign languages, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness within the Department of Defense (DOD) to designate an executive agent for commercially available advanced foreign language training to meet operational readiness requirements of DOD. The executive agent must establish a procedure for the respective military departments to reimburse any organization of DOD that provides foreign language instruction to service members.
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in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
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Introduced Sep 10, 2021
Last action Sep 10, 2021
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1
Sep 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
lower
Sep 10, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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