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‘‘(4) If a participant who is placed under this program leaves
the employment of the health care provider before the end of the
five years of required employment service, the provider 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 five years of required service.
‘‘(5) The Secretary may not make a grant under this subsection
to a health care provider if the Secretary determines that the
provider terminated the employment of another employee in order
to fill the vacancy so created with a participant in this program.
‘‘(e) AGREEMENTS WITH STATES.—(1) In addition to the agree-
ments referred to in subsection (d)(1), the Secretary of Defense
may enter into an agreement directly with a State to allow the
State to arrange the placement of participants in the program
with health care providers. Paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection
(d) shall apply with respect to any placement made through such
an agreement.
‘‘(2) The Secretary may reserve up to 10 percent of the funds
made available to carry out the program for a fiscal year for
the placement of participants through agreements entered into
under paragraph (1).
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, 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 Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Palau, and the Virgin Islands.’’.
(c) PRESEPARATION COUNSELING.—Section 1142(b)(4) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘program estab-
lished under section 1151 of this title to assist members to obtain
employment as elementary or secondary school teachers or teachers’
aides.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘programs established under
sections 1151, 1152, and 1153 of this title.’’.
(d) STUDY ON EXPANSION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PLACE-
MENT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE THE BORDER PATROL.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the Commissioner of the
Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall conduct a study
regarding the feasibility of expanding the law enforcement place-
ment program established under section 1152 of title 10, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a), to include the placement
of members of the Armed Forces who are discharged or released
from active duty with the Border Patrol of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
(2) Not later than March 1, 1994, the Secretary shall submit
a report to Congress containing the results of the study required
by this subsection.
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning 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 pro-
viders.’’.
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SEC. 1333. GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO PRO-
VIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION TO DISLOCATED DEFENSE WORKERS AND
YOUNG ADULTS.
(a) GRANT PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—(1) The Secretary of Defense
may establish a program to provide demonstration grants to institu-
tions of higher education to assist such institutions in providing
education and training in environmental restoration and hazardous
waste management to eligible dislocated defense workers and young
adults described in subsection (d). The Secretary shall award the
grants pursuant to a merit-based selection process.
(2) A grant provided under this subsection may cover a period
of not more than three fiscal years, except that the payments
under the grant for the second and third fiscal year shall be subject
to the approval of the Secretary and to the availability of appropria-
tions to carry out this section in that fiscal year.
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under subsection
(a), an institution of higher education shall submit an application
to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require. The application shall
include the following:
(1) An assurance by the institution of higher education
that it will use the grant to supplement and not supplant
non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for the
education and training activities funded by the grant.
(2) A proposal by the institution of higher education to
provide expertise, training, and education in hazardous mate-
rials and waste management and other environmental fields
applicable to defense manufacturing sites and Department of
Defense and Department of Energy defense facilities.
(c) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—(1) An institution of higher edu-
cation receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall use the grant
to establish a consortium consisting of the institution and one
or more of each of the entities described in paragraph (2) for
the purpose of establishing and conducting a program to provide
education and training in environmental restoration and waste
management to eligible individuals described in subsection (d). To
the extent practicable, the Secretary shall authorize the consortium
to use a military installation closed or selected to be closed under
a base closure law in providing on-site basic skills training to
participants in the program.
(2) The entities referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
(A) Appropriate State and local agencies.
(B) Private industry councils (as described in section 102
of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1512)).
(C) Community-based organizations (as defined in section
4(5) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1503(5)).
(D) Businesses.
(E) Organized labor.
(F) Other appropriate educational institutions.
(d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—A program established or conducted
using funds provided under subsection (a) may provide education
and training in environmental restoration and waste management
to—
(1) individuals who have been terminated or laid off from
employment (or have received notice of termination or lay off)
as a consequence of reductions in expenditures by the United
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States for defense, the cancellation, termination, or completion
of a defense contract, or the closure or realignment of a military
installation under a base closure law, as determined in accord-
ance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary; or
(2) individuals who have attained the age of 16 but not
the age of 25.
(e) ELEMENTS
OF EDUCATION
AND TRAINING PROGRAM.—In
establishing or conducting an education and training program using
funds provided under subsection (a), the institution of higher edu-
cation shall meet the following requirements:
(1) The institution of higher education shall establish and
provide a work-based learning system consisting of education
and training in environmental restoration—
(A) which may include basic educational courses, on-
site basic skills training, and mentor assistance to individ-
uals described in subsection (d) who are participating in
the program; and
(B) which may lead to the awarding of a certificate
or degree at the institution of higher education.
(2) The institution of higher education shall undertake
outreach and recruitment efforts to encourage participation
by eligible individuals in the education and training program.
(3) The institution of higher education shall select partici-
pants for the education and training program from among
eligible individuals described in paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (d).
(4) To the extent practicable, in the selection of young
adults described in subsection (d)(2) to participate in the edu-
cation and training program, the institution of higher education
shall give priority to those young adults who—
(A) have not attended and are otherwise unlikely to
be able to attend an institution of higher education; or
(B) have, or are members of families who have, received
a total family income that, in relation to family size, is
not in excess of the higher of—
(i) the official poverty line (as defined by the Office
of Management and Budget, and revised annually in
accordance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)); or
(ii) 70 percent of the lower living standard income
level.
(5) To the extent practicable, the institution of higher edu-
cation shall select instructors for the education and training
program from institutions of higher education, appropriate
community programs, and industry and labor.
(6) To the extent practicable, the institution of higher edu-
cation shall consult with appropriate Federal, State, and local
agencies carrying out environmental restoration programs for
the purpose of achieving coordination between such programs
and the education and training program conducted by the
consortium.
(f) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—To the extent practicable,
the Secretary shall provide grants to institutions of higher education
under subsection (a) in a manner which will equitably distribute
such grants among the various regions of the United States.
(g) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF GRANT TO A SINGLE RECIPIENT.—
The amount of a grant under subsection (a) that may be made
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to a single institution of higher education in a fiscal year may
not exceed 1⁄3 of the amount made available to provide grants
under such subsection for that fiscal year.
(h) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—(1) The Secretary may provide
a grant to an institution of higher education under subsection
(a) only if the institution agrees to submit to the Secretary, in
each fiscal year in which the Secretary makes payments under
the grant to the institution, a report containing—
(A) a description and evaluation of the education and train-
ing program established by the consortium formed by the
institution under subsection (c); and
(B) such other information as the Secretary may reasonably
require.
(2) Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the President and Congress
an interim report containing—
(A) a compilation of the information contained in the
reports received by the Secretary from each institution of higher
education under paragraph (1); and
(B) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the demonstration
grant program authorized by this section.
(3) Not later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary shall submit
to the President and Congress a final report containing—
(A) a compilation of the information described in the
interim report; and
(B) a final evaluation of the effectiveness of the demonstra-
tion grant program authorized by this section, including a
recommendation as to the feasibility of continuing the program.
(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
(1) BASE
CLOSURE
LAW.—The term ‘‘base closure law’’
means the following:
(A) The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510;
10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(B) Title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments
and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–
526; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(C) Section 2687 of title 10, United States Code.
(D) Any other similar law enacted after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) ENVIRONMENTAL
RESTORATION.—The term ‘‘environ-
mental restoration’’ means actions taken consistent with a
permanent remedy to prevent or minimize the release of
hazardous substances into the environment so that such sub-
stances do not migrate to cause substantial danger to present
or future public health or welfare or the environment.
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘institu-
tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given such term
in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1141(a)).
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Defense.
(j) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 4452 of the Defense Conver-
sion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division
D of Public Law 102–484; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) is repealed.
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