Critical Foreign Language Law and Legal Definition
According to 20 USCS § 1003 (3), the term “critical foreign language” means “each of the languages contained in the list of critical languages designated by the Secretary in the Federal Register on August 2, 1985 (50 Fed. Reg. 31412; promulgated under the authority of section 212(d) of the Education for Economic Security Act (repealed by section 2303 of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988)), as updated by the Secretary from time to time and published in the Federal Register, except that in the implementation of this definition with respect to a specific title, the Secretary may set priorities according to the purposes of such title and the national security, economic competitiveness, and educational needs of the United States.”
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Adoption Record [Foreign Relations]
- Adoption Service [Foreign Relations]
- Adverse Modification of Critical Habitat
- Affect Interstate And Foreign Commerce
- Agency or Instrumentality of a Foreign State
- Agent of a Foreign Power
- Agent of a Foreign Principal
- Ambiguous Language
- American Foreign Policy Council [AFPC]
- Automated Critical Asset Management System [ACAMS]
