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Title 50 — War and National Defense

Chapter 37 — National Security Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants

§ 1914. Department of Defense program to protect United States students against foreign agents

Statutory text

(a)

Program

The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a program to prepare United States students studying abroad through Department of Defense National Security Education Programs to recognize and protect themselves against recruitment efforts by intelligence agents.

(b)

Briefing

Not later than 180 days after , the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the program required under subsection (a).

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

    Pub. L. 115–91 div. A title XII § 1277 · 131 Stat. 1283

    Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 1914

    (Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, § 1277, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1700.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, § 1277, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1700.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1277. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM TO PROTECT UNITED STATES STUDENTS AGAINST FOREIGN AGENTS. (a) Program.— The Secretary of Defense shall develop and implement a program to prepare United States students studying abroad through Department of Defense National Security Education Programs to recognize and protect themselves against recruitment efforts by intelligence agents. (b) Briefing.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the program required under subsection (a).

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, and not as part of the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 which comprises this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, § 1277, , 131 Stat. 1700.)

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