ments in advance and the member leaves the employment
of the unit of local government before the end of the period
covered by the advance payment, the unit of local govern-
ment shall reimburse the Secretary of Defense for any
portion of the advance payment that remains unpaid to
the member.
‘‘(6) The Secretary of Defense may not enter into an
agreement under this subsection with a unit of local gov-
ernment if the Secretary determines that the agency ter-
minated the employment of another law enforcement offi-
cer in order to fill the vacancy so created with a member
described in subsection (a).
‘‘(d) PRIORITY GIVEN TO VIOLENT CRIME AREAS.—
In entering into agreements with units of local government
under subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense shall give
priority to those units of local government performing law
enforcement functions in areas with an especially high rate
of violent crimes, as identified by the Attorney General.
‘‘(e) ASSISTANCE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF AP-
PROPRIATIONS.—Each agreement under subsection (c)
shall contain a condition that the provision of assistance,
including stipends, under the agreement is subject to the
certification of the Secretary of Defense that, at the time
the member described in subsection (a) is selected to re-
ceive training and employment as a law enforcement offi-
cer, the Secretary has sufficient appropriations to carry
out this section available to satisfy the obligations to be
incurred by the United States with respect to the training
and employment of that member.
‘‘(f) NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS PER STATE.—(1)
Except as provided in paragraph (2), for each fiscal year,
the number of members of the armed forces who are se-
lected to receive assisted training and employment under
this section as law enforcement officers in a particular
State may not exceed the number that bears the same
ratio to 75 percent of the total number of participants to
be selected in that fiscal year as the population of that
State bears to the total population of all the States.
‘‘(2) Of the total number of members to be selected
to receive assisted training and employment under this
section for a fiscal year, 25 percent of such participants
shall be selected pursuant to agreements entered into
under subsection (c) on a competitive basis without regard
to the limitation on the number of participants per State
specified in paragraph (1).
‘‘(g) PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT.—A member of the
armed forces described in subsection (a) who is selected
by a unit of local government to receive assisted training
and employment as a law enforcement officer pursuant to
an agreement under subsection (c) shall be required to
enter into an agreement with the unit of local government
and the Secretary of Defense in which the member
agrees—
‘‘(1) to obtain, within such time as the unit of
local government may require, the training required
by the unit of local government to become a law en-
forcement officer; and
‘‘(2) to accept employment with the unit of
local government as a law enforcement officer for at
least two years, to begin within six months after
completing the training under paragraph (1).
‘‘(h) TRAINING STIPEND.—(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall pay to each
member of the armed forces who is selected to receive as-
sisted training and employment as a law enforcement offi-
cer pursuant to an agreement under subsection (c) a sti-
pend in an amount equal to not more than $5,000 to cover
costs incurred by the member while training to become
a law enforcement officer.
‘‘(2) A member who is employed by the unit of local
government or receives a living allowance from the unit
of local government while receiving training as a law en-
forcement officer shall not be paid a stipend under para-
graph (1).
‘‘(i) 
REIMBURSEMENT
UNDER
CERTAIN
CIR-
CUMSTANCES.—(1) If a member of the armed forces who
receives assisted training and employment as a law en-
forcement officer under this section fails to successfully
complete the training required to become a law enforce-
ment officer or voluntarily leaves, or is terminated for
cause, from the employment during the one year of re-
quired employment, the member shall be required to reim-
burse the Secretary of Defense for any stipend paid to
the person under subsection (h)(1) in an amount that
bears the same ratio to the amount of the stipend as the
unserved portion of required service bears to the one year
of required service.
‘‘(2) The obligation to reimburse the Secretary under
this subsection is, for all purposes, a debt owing the Unit-
ed States. A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 shall
not release a member described in subsection (a) from the
obligation to reimburse the Secretary. Any amount owed
by a person under paragraph (1) shall bear interest at
the rate equal to the highest rate being paid by the United
States on the day on which the reimbursement is deter-
mined to be due for securities having maturities of ninety
days or less and shall accrue from the day on which the
person is first notified of the amount due. The Secretary
may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the
Treasury to arrange for the collection of amounts owed
by a person under paragraph (1) through the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
‘‘(j) EXCEPTIONS
TO
REIMBURSEMENT
PROVI-
SIONS.—(1) A member of the armed forces described in
subsection (a) shall not be considered to be in violation
of an agreement entered into under subsection (g) during
any period in which the member—
‘‘(A) is pursuing a full-time course of study, ap-
proved by the unit of local government involved, re-
lated to the field of law enforcement at an edu-
cational or vocational institution;
‘‘(B) is serving on active duty as a member of
the Armed Forces;
‘‘(C) is employed by any unit of local govern-
ment and serves as a law enforcement officer in a
high crime area;
‘‘(D) is temporarily totally disabled for a period
of time not to exceed three years as established by
sworn affidavit of a qualified physician;
‘‘(E) is unable to secure employment for a pe-
riod not to exceed 12 months by reason of the care
required by a spouse who is disabled; or
‘‘(F) satisfies the provisions of such additional
reimbursement exceptions as may be prescribed by
the Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(2) A person shall be excused from reimbursement
under subsection (i) if the person becomes permanently
totally disabled as established by sworn affidavit of a
qualified physician. The Secretary may also waive reim-
bursement in cases of extreme hardship to the person, as
determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(k) INFORMATION REGARDING PLACEMENT PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide informa-
tion regarding the training and placement opportunities
available under this section to members of the armed
forces as part of preseparation counseling provided under
section 1142 of this title. The information provided shall
include a list of all units of local government with which
the Secretary has entered into an agreement under sub-
section (c) and the name, address, and telephone number
of the representative of each unit of local government ad-
ministering the agreement on behalf of the unit of local
government.
‘‘(l) SPECIAL ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS AL-
READY SEPARATED OR TERMINATED.—A member of the
armed forces described in subsection (a) who was involun-
tarily separated during the period beginning on October
1, 1990, and ending on October 1, 1993, may receive as-
sisted training and employment under this section if the
member is accepted by a unit of local government for
training and employment as a law enforcement officer by
October 1, 1994.
‘‘(m) EXPANSION OF PROGRAM.—(1) If the Secretary
of Defense determines for a fiscal year that the number
of eligible members likely to be selected to participate in
the training and placement program under this section the
Secretary may authorize local governments entering into
an agreement under subsection (c) to select—
‘‘(A) civilian employees of the Department of
Defense who are terminated from employment with
the Department as a result of reductions in defense
spending or the closure or realignment of a military
installation; and
‘‘(B) employees of private defense contractors
who were employed for not less than five years with
a private defense contractor and are terminated or
laid off (or receive a notice of termination or lay off)
as a result of the completion or termination of a de-
fense contract or program or reductions in defense
spending.
‘‘(2) A civilian employee of the Department of De-
fense or the Department of Energy or an employee of a
private defense contractor who is terminated for cause
shall not be eligible for a stipend under subsection (h),
and a unit of local government providing training or em-
ployment to such an employee shall not receive assistance
under this section for such employee.
‘‘(n) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘State’ includes the District of
Columbia, American Samoa, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Palau,
and the Virgin Islands.
‘‘(2) The term ‘unit of local government’
means—
‘‘(A) any city, county, township, town, bor-
ough, parish, village, or other general purpose
political subdivision of a State;
‘‘(B) an Indian tribe which performs law
enforcement functions as determined by the
Secretary of the Interior; or
‘‘(C) any agency of the District of Colum-
bia government or the United States Govern-
ment performing law enforcement functions in
and for the District of Columbia.
‘‘(3) The term ‘law enforcement officer’ means
an individual involved in crime and juvenile delin-
quency control or reduction, or enforcement of the
laws, including police, corrections, probation, parole,
and judicial officers.
‘‘(4) The term ‘high crime area’ shall have such
meaning as may be given the term by the Attorney
General.
‘‘(5) The term ‘private defense contractor’
means a person that provides services, supplies, or
both (including construction) to the Department of
Defense under a contract directly with the Depart-
ment.
‘‘(o) TERMINATION.—Members of the armed forces
described in subsection (a) may not be selected to receive
assisted training and employment as law enforcement offi-
cers pursuant to an agreement under subsection (c) after
September 30, 1999.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding
at the end the following new items:
‘‘1152. Training and placement of involuntarily separated members as law en-
forcement officers.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1152 of title 10,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take
effect on October 1, 1993.