HR 5200
117th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Military education and training
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Public contracts and procurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula
To direct the Department of Defense to designate an executive agent responsible for continuing education in strategic foreign languages, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 10, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Sep 10, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1