‘‘(d) GRANTS
TO FACILITATE EMPLOYMENT.—(1)
The Secretary of Defense shall enter into agreements with
State and local law enforcement agencies to assist eligible
members selected under subsection (c) to obtain suitable
employment with these agencies. Under the agreement,
the law enforcement agency shall agree to employ a sepa-
rated member selected for the program on a full-time basis
for at least a two-year period.
‘‘(2) Under an agreement referred to in paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall agree to pay to the law enforce-
ment agency involved an amount equal to the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the basic salary to be paid to the sepa-
rated member during the required two-year period of
employment; and
‘‘(B) $50,000.
‘‘(3) Payments required under paragraph (2) may be
made by the Secretary in such installments as the Sec-
retary may determine.
‘‘(4) If a separated member who is placed under this
program leaves the employment of the law enforcement
agency before the end of the two years of required employ-
ment service, the agency shall reimburse the Secretary in
an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount
already paid under the agreement as the unserved portion
bears to the two years of required service.
‘‘(5) The Secretary may not make a grant under this
subsection to a law enforcement agency if the Secretary
determines that the law enforcement agency terminated
the employment of another employee in order to fill the
vacancy so created with a separated member under this
program.’’.
(b) PLACEMENT PROGRAM WITH HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS.—Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding after section 1152, as added by sub-
section (a), the following new section:
‘‘§ 1153. Assistance to separated members to obtain
employment with health care providers
‘‘(a) PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall establish a program to assist eligible members
of the armed forces to obtain employment by health care
providers upon their discharge or release from active duty.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—(1) Except as provided
in paragraph (2), a member shall be eligible for selection
by the Secretary of Defense to participate in the program
established under subsection (a) if the member—
‘‘(A) is selected for involuntary separation, is
approved for separation under section 1174a or
1175 of this title, or is given early retirement under
section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 1993 during the four-year period
beginning on October 1, 1993;
‘‘(B) has received an associate degree, bacca-
laureate, or advanced degree from an accredited in-
stitution of higher education or a junior or commu-
nity college;
‘‘(C) has a military occupational specialty,
training, or experience related to health care or is
likely to be able to obtain such training in a short
period of time, as determined by the Secretary; and
‘‘(D) satisfies such other criteria for selection
as the Secretary may prescribe.
‘‘(2) A member who is discharged or released from
service under other than honorable conditions shall not be
eligible to participate in the program.
‘‘(c) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall select members to participate in
the program established under subsection (a) on the basis
of applications submitted to the Secretary before the date
of the discharge or release of the members from active
duty. An application shall be in such form and contain
such information as the Secretary may require.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may not select a member to par-
ticipate in the program unless the Secretary has sufficient
appropriations for the placement program available at the
time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be in-
curred by the United States under subsections (d) with
respect to that member.
‘‘(d) GRANTS
TO FACILITATE EMPLOYMENT.—(1)
The Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement
with a health care provider to assist eligible members se-
lected under subsection (c) to obtain suitable employment
with the health care provider. Under the agreement, the
provider shall agree to employ a separated member se-
lected for the program on a full-time basis for at least
a two-year period.
‘‘(2) Under an agreement referred to in paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall agree to pay to the health care
provider involved an amount equal to the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the basic salary to be paid to the sepa-
rated member during the required two-year period of
employment; and
‘‘(B) $50,000.
‘‘(3) Payments required under paragraph (2) may be
made by the Secretary in such installments as the Sec-
retary may determine.
‘‘(4) If a separated member who is placed under this
program leaves the employment of the health care provider
before the end of the two years of required employment
service, the provider shall reimburse the Secretary in an
amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount al-
ready paid under the agreement as the unserved portion
bears to the two years of required service.
‘‘(5) The Secretary may not make a grant under this
subsection to a health care provider if the Secretary deter-
mines that the provider terminated the employment of an-
other employee in order to fill the vacancy so created with
a separated member under this program.’’.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new items:
‘‘1152. Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with law enforce-
ment agencies.
‘‘1153. Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with health care
providers.’’.
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