10 USC § 1623 - Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisition of critical skills

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s1623"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 1623 - Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisition of critical skills"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "1623"
section_name: "Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisition of critical skills"
chapter_number: 83
chapter_name: "CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY PERSONNEL"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "PERSONNEL"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–193, title V, § 507(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1709, § 1608; renumbered § 1623, Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1632(a)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2745; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(9), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3509.)"
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# § 1623. Financial assistance to certain employees in acquisition of critical skills

**(a)** The Secretary of Defense shall establish an undergraduate training program with respect to civilian employees of the Defense Intelligence Agency that is similar in purpose, conditions, content, and administration to the program which the Secretary of Defense is authorized to establish under section 16 of the National Security Agency Act of 1959 (50 U.S.C. 3614) for civilian employees of the National Security Agency.

**(b)** Any payments made by the Secretary to carry out the program required to be established by subsection (a) may be made in any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriated funds are available for that purpose.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–193, title V, § 507(a)(1), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1709, § 1608; renumbered § 1623, Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1632(a)(2), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2745; amended Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title X, § 1071(c)(9), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3509.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1623, added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , , related to education, training, and experience requirements for general and flag officers assigned to a procurement command, prior to repeal by , , , effective .

A prior section 1624, added , , , required a training program for quality assurance personnel, prior to repeal by , , ; , , , effective .

### Amendments

2014—Subsec. (a).  substituted “()” for “( note)”.

1996— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

> “Section 1608 [now 1623] of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [
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