Sec. 4. Employment for resettled Afghan and Iraqi special immigrants
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly establish and operate a temporary program to offer employment as translators, interpreters, or cultural awareness instructors to individuals described in subsection (b). Individuals referred to in subsection
(a)are individuals who were admitted into the United States as a special immigrant under one of the applicable provisions of law. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the program established under subsection
(a)shall be funded from the annual general operating budget of the Department of Defense. The Secretary of State shall reimburse the Department of Defense for any costs associated with individuals described in subsection
(b)whose work was for the Department of State. Nothing in this section may be construed as affecting in any manner practices and procedures regarding the handling of or access to classified information. The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall work with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services, and nongovernmental organizations to ensure that individuals described in subsection
(b)are informed of the program established under subsection (a). The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out the program established under subsection (a), including establishing pay scales and hiring procedures, and determining the number of positions required to be filled. The program established under subsection
(a)shall terminate on December 31, 2023.