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[CITE: 10USC1152]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
    CHAPTER 58--BENEFITS AND SERVICES FOR MEMBERS BEING SEPARATED OR 
                           RECENTLY SEPARATED
 
Sec. 1152. Assistance to eligible members and former members to 
        obtain employment with law enforcement agencies
        
    (a) Placement Program.--The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary 
of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, may enter into an 
agreement with the Attorney General to establish or participate in a 
program to assist eligible members and former members of the armed 
forces to obtain employment as law enforcement officers with eligible 
law enforcement agencies following the discharge or release of such 
members or former members from active duty. Eligible law enforcement 
agencies shall consist of State law enforcement agencies, local law 
enforcement agencies, and Indian tribes that perform law enforcement 
functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior).
    (b) Eligible Members.--Any individual who, during the 6-year period 
beginning on October 1, 1993, is a member of the armed forces and is 
separated with an honorable discharge or is released from service on 
active duty characterized as honorable by the Secretary concerned shall 
be eligible to participate in a program covered by an agreement referred 
to in subsection (a).
    (c) Selection.--In the selection of applicants for participation in 
a program covered by an agreement referred to in subsection (a), 
preference shall be given to a member or former member who--
        (1) is selected for involuntary separation, is approved for 
    separation under section 1174a or 1175 of this title, or retires 
    pursuant to the authority provided in section 4403 of the Defense 
    Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 
    (division D of Public Law 102-484; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note); and
        (2) has a military occupational specialty, training, or 
    experience related to law enforcement (such as service as a member 
    of the military police) or satisfies such other criteria for 
    selection as the Secretary, the Attorney General, or a participating 
    eligible law enforcement agency prescribed in accordance with the 
    agreement.

    (d) Grants To Facilitate Employment.--(1) The Secretary of Defense, 
and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard, may 
provide funds to the Attorney General for grants under this section to 
reimburse participating eligible law enforcement agencies for costs, 
including salary and fringe benefits, of employing members or former 
members pursuant to a program referred to in subsection (a).
    (2) No grant with respect to an eligible member or former member may 
exceed a total of $50,000.
    (3) Any grant with respect to an eligible member or former member 
shall be disbursed within 5 years after the date of the placement of a 
member or former member with a participating eligible law enforcement 
agency.
    (4) Preference in awarding grants through existing law enforcement 
hiring programs shall be given to State or local law enforcement 
agencies or Indian tribes that agree to hire eligible members and former 
members.
    (e) Administrative Expenses.--Ten percent of the amount, if any, 
appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out the program established 
pursuant to subsection (a) may be used to administer the program.
    (f) Requirement for Appropriation.--No person may be selected to 
participate in the program established pursuant to subsection (a) unless 
a sufficient amount of appropriated funds is available at the time of 
the selection to satisfy the obligations to be incurred by the United 
States under an agreement referred to in subsection (a) that applies 
with respect to the person.
    (g) Authority To Expand Placement To Include Firefighters.--(1) The 
Secretary may expand the placement activities authorized by subsection 
(a) to include the placement of eligible members and former members and 
eligible civilian employees of the Department of Defense as firefighters 
or members of rescue squads or ambulance crews with public fire 
departments.
    (2) The expansion authorized by this subsection may be made through 
a program covered by an agreement referred to in subsection (a), if 
feasible, or in such other manner as the Secretary considers 
appropriate.
    (3) A civilian employee of the Department of Defense shall be 
eligible to participate in the expanded placement activities authorized 
under this subsection if the employee, during the six-year period 
beginning October 1, 1993, is terminated from such employment as a 
result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or realignment 
of a military installation, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1332(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1793; amended Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, Sec. 543(d), 
title XI, Sec. 1132(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2771, 2872; Pub. L. 
104-106, div. A, title XV, Sec. 1503(a)(11), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 
511; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title V, Sec. 575, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 
Stat. 2535; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, Sec. 1073(a)(20), Nov. 18, 
1997, 111 Stat. 1901.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 105-85 inserted ``(1)'' before ``The 
Secretary may''.
    1996--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104-201, in heading, substituted 
``Authority To Expand Placement To Include Firefighters'' for 
``Conditional Expansion of Placement to Include Firefighters'', in par. 
(1), substituted ``The Secretary may'' for ``(1) Subject to paragraph 
(2), the Secretary may'', and in par. (2), struck out ``The Secretary 
may implement the expansion authorized by this subsection only if the 
Secretary certifies to Congress not later than April 3, 1994, that such 
expansion will facilitate personnel transition programs of the 
Department of Defense.'' after ``(2)'' and inserted ``authorized by this 
subsection'' after ``The expansion''.
    Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``not later than April 
3, 1994,'' for ``not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995''.
    1994--Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 543(d), inserted ``, and the Secretary 
of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard,'' after ``Secretary 
of Defense'' in subsecs. (a) and (d).
    Pub. L. 103-337, Sec. 1132(a)(1), substituted ``eligible members and 
former members'' for ``separated members'' in section catchline and 
amended text generally, substituting subsecs. (a) to (g) for former 
subsecs. (a) to (f).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1142 of this title.
