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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1245

To amend title 10, United States Code, to assist members of the Armed

Forces who are discharged or released from active duty to obtain employment with law enforcement agencies and health care providers.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 4, 1993

Mr. WYNN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to assist members

of the Armed Forces who are discharged or released

from active duty to obtain employment with law enforcement agencies and health care providers.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EFFORTS TO PLACE

2 SEPARATED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED

3 FORCES IN EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS WITH

4 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND HEALTH

5 CARE PROVIDERS.

6 (a) PLACEMENT PROGRAM WITH LAW ENFORCE7 MENT AGENCIES.—Chapter 58 of title 10, United States

8 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

9 section:

10 ‘‘§ 1152. Assistance to separated members to obtain

11 employment with law enforcement agen12 cies

13 ‘‘(a) PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De14 fense shall establish a program to assist eligible members

15 of the Armed Forces to obtain employment by State and

16 local law enforcement agencies upon their discharge or re17 lease from active duty.

18 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—(1) Except as provided

19 in paragraph (2), a member of the Armed Forces may

20 apply to participate in the program established under sub21 section (a) if the member—

22 ‘‘(A) is selected for involuntary separation, is

23 approved for separation under section 1174a or

24 1175 of this title, or is given early retirement under

25 section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization
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1 Act for Fiscal Year 1993 during the four-year period

2 beginning on October 1, 1993;

3 ‘‘(B) has a military occupational specialty,

4 training, or experience related to law enforcement,

5 such as service as a member of the military police;

6 and

7 ‘‘(C) satisfies such other criteria for selection as

8 the Secretary of Defense may prescribe.

9 ‘‘(2) A member who is discharged or released from

10 service under other than honorable conditions shall not be

11 eligible to participate in the program.

12 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—(1) The Sec13 retary of Defense shall select members to participate in

14 the program established under subsection (a) on the basis

15 of applications submitted to the Secretary before the date

16 of the discharge or release of the members from active

17 duty. An application shall be in such form and contain

18 such information as the Secretary may require.

19 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may not select a member to par20 ticipate in the program unless the Secretary has sufficient

21 appropriations for the placement program available at the

22 time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be in23 curred by the United States under subsection (d) with re24 spect to that member.
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1 ‘‘(d) GRANTS TO FACILITATE EMPLOYMENT.—(1)

2 The Secretary of Defense shall enter into agreements with

3 State and local law enforcement agencies to assist eligible

4 members selected under subsection (c) to obtain suitable

5 employment with these agencies. Under the agreement,

6 the law enforcement agency shall agree to employ a sepa7 rated member selected for the program on a full-time basis

8 for at least a two-year period.

9 ‘‘(2) Under an agreement referred to in paragraph

10 (1), the Secretary shall agree to pay to the law enforce11 ment agency involved an amount equal to the lesser of—

12 ‘‘(A) the basic salary to be paid to the sepa13 rated member during the required two-year period of

14 employment; and

15 ‘‘(B) $50,000.

16 ‘‘(3) Payments required under paragraph (2) may be

17 made by the Secretary in such installments as the Sec18 retary may determine.

19 ‘‘(4) If a separated member who is placed under this

20 program leaves the employment of the law enforcement

21 agency before the end of the two years of required employ22 ment service, the agency shall reimburse the Secretary in

23 an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount

24 already paid under the agreement as the unserved portion

25 bears to the two years of required service.
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1 ‘‘(5) The Secretary may not make a grant under this

2 subsection to a law enforcement agency if the Secretary

3 determines that the law enforcement agency terminated

4 the employment of another employee in order to fill the

5 vacancy so created with a separated member under this

6 program.’’.

7 (b) PLACEMENT PROGRAM WITH HEALTH CARE

8 PROVIDERS.—Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code,

9 is amended by adding after section 1152, as added by sub10 section (a), the following new section:

11 ‘‘§ 1153. Assistance to separated members to obtain

12 employment with health care providers

13 ‘‘(a) PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De14 fense shall establish a program to assist eligible members

15 of the armed forces to obtain employment by health care

16 providers upon their discharge or release from active duty.

17 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—(1) Except as provided

18 in paragraph (2), a member shall be eligible for selection

19 by the Secretary of Defense to participate in the program

20 established under subsection (a) if the member—

21 ‘‘(A) is selected for involuntary separation, is

22 approved for separation under section 1174a or

23 1175 of this title, or is given early retirement under

24 section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization
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1 Act for Fiscal Year 1993 during the four-year period

2 beginning on October 1, 1993;

3 ‘‘(B) has received an associate degree, bacca4 laureate, or advanced degree from an accredited in5 stitution of higher education or a junior or commu6 nity college;

7 ‘‘(C) has a military occupational specialty,

8 training, or experience related to health care or is

9 likely to be able to obtain such training in a short

10 period of time, as determined by the Secretary; and

11 ‘‘(D) satisfies such other criteria for selection

12 as the Secretary may prescribe.

13 ‘‘(2) A member who is discharged or released from

14 service under other than honorable conditions shall not be

15 eligible to participate in the program.

16 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—(1) The Sec17 retary of Defense shall select members to participate in

18 the program established under subsection (a) on the basis

19 of applications submitted to the Secretary before the date

20 of the discharge or release of the members from active

21 duty. An application shall be in such form and contain

22 such information as the Secretary may require.

23 ‘‘(2) The Secretary may not select a member to par24 ticipate in the program unless the Secretary has sufficient

25 appropriations for the placement program available at the
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1 time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be in2 curred by the United States under subsections (d) with

3 respect to that member.

4 ‘‘(d) GRANTS TO FACILITATE EMPLOYMENT.—(1)

5 The Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement

6 with a health care provider to assist eligible members se7 lected under subsection (c) to obtain suitable employment

8 with the health care provider. Under the agreement, the

9 provider shall agree to employ a separated member se10 lected for the program on a full-time basis for at least

11 a two-year period.

12 ‘‘(2) Under an agreement referred to in paragraph

13 (1), the Secretary shall agree to pay to the health care

14 provider involved an amount equal to the lesser of—

15 ‘‘(A) the basic salary to be paid to the sepa16 rated member during the required two-year period of

17 employment; and

18 ‘‘(B) $50,000.

19 ‘‘(3) Payments required under paragraph (2) may be

20 made by the Secretary in such installments as the Sec21 retary may determine.

22 ‘‘(4) If a separated member who is placed under this

23 program leaves the employment of the health care provider

24 before the end of the two years of required employment

25 service, the provider shall reimburse the Secretary in an
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1 amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount al2 ready paid under the agreement as the unserved portion

3 bears to the two years of required service.

4 ‘‘(5) The Secretary may not make a grant under this

5 subsection to a health care provider if the Secretary deter6 mines that the provider terminated the employment of an7 other employee in order to fill the vacancy so created with

8 a separated member under this program.’’.

9 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

10 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding

11 at the end the following new items:

‘‘1152. Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with law enforcement agencies.

‘‘1153. Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with health care

providers.’’.

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