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                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
           CHAPTER 83--CIVILIAN DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEES
 
        SUBCHAPTER I--DEFENSE-WIDE INTELLIGENCE PERSONNEL POLICY
 
Sec. 1611. Postemployment assistance: certain terminated 
        intelligence employees
        
    (a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense 
may, in the case of any individual who is a qualified former 
intelligence employee, use appropriated funds--
        (1) to assist that individual in finding and qualifying for 
    employment other than in a defense intelligence position;
        (2) to assist that individual in meeting the expenses of 
    treatment of medical or psychological disabilities of that 
    individual; and
        (3) to provide financial support to that individual during 
    periods of unemployment.

    (b) Qualified Former Intelligence Employees.--For purposes of this 
section, a qualified former intelligence employee is an individual who 
was employed as a civilian employee of the Department of Defense in a 
sensitive defense intelligence position--
        (1) who has been found to be ineligible for continued access to 
    information designated as ``Sensitive Compartmented Information'' 
    and employment in a defense intelligence position; or
        (2) whose employment in a defense intelligence position has been 
    terminated.

    (c) Conditions.--Assistance may be provided to a qualified former 
intelligence employee under subsection (a) only if the Secretary 
determines that such assistance is essential to--
        (1) maintain the judgment and emotional stability of the 
    qualified former intelligence employee; and
        (2) avoid circumstances that might lead to the unlawful 
    disclosure of classified information to which the qualified former 
    intelligence employee had access.

    (d) Duration of Assistance.--Assistance may not be provided under 
this section in the case of any individual after the end of the five-
year period beginning on the date of the termination of the employment 
of the individual with in \1\ a defense intelligence position.
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    (e) Annual Report.--(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional committees specified in paragraph (2) an annual report 
with respect to any expenditure made under this section.
    (2) The committees referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
        (A) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
    Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
    of the House of Representatives.
        (B) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
    Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
    Senate.

(Added Pub. L. 103-359, title VIII, Sec. 806(a)(1), Oct. 14, 1994, 108 
Stat. 3441, Sec. 1599; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, 
Sec. 1502(a)(11), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 503; renumbered Sec. 1611 and 
amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1632(c), Sept. 23, 
1996, 110 Stat. 2749; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, Sec. 1067(1), 
Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title 
XI, Sec. 1141(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-318.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 1604(e)(4) of this title and in section 17 of Pub. L. 86-36 as 
added by Pub. L. 102-88, title V, Sec. 503, Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 
436, set out as a note under section 402 of Title 50, War and National 
Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-359, Sec. 806(b).


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1141(b)(1)], substituted ``a defense intelligence position'' for 
``an intelligence component of the Department of Defense''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1141(b)(2)], substituted ``sensitive defense intelligence 
position'' for ``sensitive position in an intelligence component of the 
Department of Defense'' in introductory provisions and ``in a defense 
intelligence position'' for ``with the intelligence component'' in pars. 
(1) and (2).
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1141(b)(3)], substituted ``in a defense intelligence position'' for 
``an intelligence component of the Department of Defense''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title XI, 
Sec. 1141(b)(4)], struck out heading and text of subsec. (f). Text read 
as follows: ``In this section, the term `intelligence component of the 
Department of Defense' includes the National Reconnaissance Office and 
any intelligence component of a military department.''
    1999--Subsec. (e)(2)(A). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services'' for ``Committee on National Security''.
    1996--Pub. L. 104-201 renumbered section 1599 of this title as this 
section.
    Subsec. (e)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1502(a)(11)(A), substituted 
``The Committee on National Security, the Committee on Appropriations,'' 
for ``The Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations''.
    Subsec. (e)(2)(B). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1502(a)(11)(B), substituted 
``The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations,'' 
for ``The Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``includes the National 
Reconnaissance Office and any intelligence component of a military 
department.'' for ``means any of the following:
        ``(1) The National Security Agency.
        ``(2) The Defense Intelligence Agency.
        ``(3) The National Reconnaissance Office.
        ``(4) The Central Imagery Office.
        ``(5) The intelligence components of any of the military 
    departments.''


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-201 effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 
1635 of Pub. L. 104-201, set out as a note under section 1593 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1612, 1613 of this title.
