§ 1596.
Foreign language proficiency: special pay for proficiency beneficial for intelligence interests
(a)
The Secretary of Defense may pay special pay under this section to a civilian officer or employee of the Department of Defense who—
(1)
has been certified as being proficient in a foreign language identified by the Secretary of Defense as being a language in which proficiency by civilian personnel of the Department is important for the effective collection, production, or dissemination of foreign intelligence information; and
(2)
is serving in a position, or is subject to assignment to a position, in which proficiency in that language facilitates performance of officially assigned intelligence or intelligence-related duties.
(Added [Pub. L. 101–193, title V, § 501(a)(1)], Nov. 30, 1989, [103 Stat. 1707], § 1592; renumbered § 1596, [Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title XIV, § 1484(a)], Nov. 5, 1990, [104 Stat. 1715]; amended [Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1633(e)(2)], Sept. 23, 1996, [110 Stat. 2752]; [Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]], title XI, § 1131(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, [114 Stat. 1654], 1654A–317.)