---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2719d"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2719d"
heading: "Language incentive pay for civil service employees"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2719d"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Department of State"
---

# §2719d. Language incentive pay for civil service employees


The [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) may provide special monetary incentives to acquire or retain proficiency in [foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) languages to civil service [employees](/usc/22/4341.md?p=1) who serve in domestic positions requiring critical language skills that are located in the 50 [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1), the District of Columbia, and non-[foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) areas (the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and other [United States](/usc/22/1395.md?p=a-1) territories and possessions). The amounts of such incentives should be similar to the language incentive pay provided to members of the [Foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) Service pursuant to [section 4024(b)(3) of this title](/usc/22/4024.md?p=b-3), as amended by section 5206.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title II, § 5203, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1591.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 5206, referred to in text, is section 5206 of Pub. L. 119–60, which amended section 4024 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

For definition of “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 119–60, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.