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124 STAT. 2693 PUBLIC LAW 111–259—OCT. 7, 2010 SEC. 337. REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IN THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. (a) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter for four years, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the congres- sional intelligence committees and the Committees on Armed Serv- ices of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the proficiency in foreign languages and, as appropriate, in foreign dialects, of each element of the intelligence community, including— (1) the number of positions authorized for such element that require foreign language proficiency and a description of the level of proficiency required; (2) an estimate of the number of such positions that such element will require during the five-year period beginning on the date of the submission of the report; (3) the number of positions authorized for such element that require foreign language proficiency that are filled by— (A) military personnel; and (B) civilian personnel; (4) the number of applicants for positions in such element in the preceding fiscal year that indicated foreign language proficiency, including the foreign language indicated and the proficiency level; (5) the number of persons hired by such element with foreign language proficiency, including the foreign language and a description of the proficiency level of such persons; (6) the number of personnel of such element currently attending foreign language training, including the provider of such training; (7) a description of the efforts of such element to recruit, hire, train, and retain personnel that are proficient in a foreign language; (8) an assessment of methods and models for basic, advanced, and intensive foreign language training utilized by such element; (9) for each foreign language and, as appropriate, dialect of a foreign language— (A) the number of positions of such element that require proficiency in the foreign language or dialect; (B) the number of personnel of such element that are serving in a position that requires proficiency in the foreign language or dialect to perform the primary duty of the position; (C) the number of personnel of such element that are serving in a position that does not require proficiency in the foreign language or dialect to perform the primary duty of the position; (D) the number of personnel of such element rated at each level of proficiency of the Interagency Language Roundtable; (E) whether the number of personnel at each level of proficiency of the Interagency Language Roundtable meets the requirements of such element; (F) the number of personnel serving or hired to serve as linguists for such element that are not qualified as linguists under the standards of the Interagency Language Roundtable;