                 CHAPTER 74--TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM
 
Sec. 9301. Short title; definitions


(a) Short title

    This chapter may be cited as the ``Troops-to-Teachers Program Act of 
1999''.

(b) Definitions

    In this chapter:
        (1) The term ``administering Secretary'', with respect to the 
    Troops-to-Teachers Program, means the following:
            (A) The Secretary of Defense with respect to the Armed 
        Forces (other than the Coast Guard) for the period beginning on 
        October 5, 1999, and ending on the date of the completion of the 
        transfer of responsibility for the Troops-to-Teachers Program to 
        the Secretary of Education under section 9307 of this title.
            (B) The Secretary of Transportation with respect to the 
        Coast Guard for the period referred to in subparagraph (A).
            (C) The Secretary of Education for any period after the 
        period referred to in subparagraph (A).

        (2) The term ``alternative certification or licensure 
    requirements'' means State or local teacher certification or 
    licensure requirements that permit a demonstrated competence in 
    appropriate subject areas gained in careers outside of education to 
    be substituted for traditional teacher training course work.
        (3) The term ``member of the Armed Forces'' includes a former 
    member of the Armed Forces.
        (4) The term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia, 
    American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the 
    Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
    Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Republic of 
    Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands.

(Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title XVII, Sec. 1701, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
817.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
title'', meaning title XVII of div. A of Pub. L. 106-65, Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 817, known as the Troops-to-Teachers Program Act of 1999, 
which enacted this chapter, repealed section 1151 of Title 10, Armed 
Forces, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 1151 of 
Title 10. For complete classification of title XVII to the Code, see 
Tables.
