50 USC § 1914 - Department of Defense program to protect United States students against foreign agents

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title: "50 USC § 1914 - Department of Defense program to protect United States students against foreign agents"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "1914"
section_name: "Department of Defense program to protect United States students against foreign agents"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 115–91, div. A, title XII, § 1277, Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1700.)"
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# § 1914. 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** December 12, 2017

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).

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

## 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.