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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2474
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a program to assist
members of the Armed Forces who are involuntarily separated from
active duty to obtain training and employment as law enforcement
officers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 1993
Mr. HORN (for himself, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HOBSON, Mrs. JOHN-
SON of Connecticut, Mr. MCDADE, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr.
PASTOR, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. TORRES, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr.
UPTON, and Mr. WAXMAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a pro-
gram to assist members of the Armed Forces who are
involuntarily separated from active duty to obtain train-
ing and employment as law enforcement officers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Security
Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM TO ASSIST
DISCHARGED 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED
FORCES TO OBTAIN TRAINING AND EMPLOY-
MENT AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
(a) TRAINING AND PLACEMENT PROGRAM.—Chapter
58 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following new section:
‘‘§ 1152. Training and placement of involuntarily sep-
arated members as law enforcement offi-
cers
‘‘(a) TRAINING AND PLACEMENT OF INVOLUNTARILY
SEPARATED MEMBERS.—The Secretary of Defense shall
establish a program to assist members of the armed forces
who are involuntarily separated from active duty after six
or more years of continuous active duty immediately be-
fore the separation to obtain training and employment as
law enforcement officers with a unit of local government
described in subsection (b).
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.—If a member of
the armed forces described in subsection (a) is not accept-
ed by a unit of local government for training and employ-
ment as a law enforcement officer within one year after
the date of the separation of the member, the member
shall not be eligible for a stipend under subsection (h),
and a unit of local government providing the training or
employment shall not receive assistance under this section
for such member.
‘‘(c) AGREEMENTS WITH UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall offer to enter
into agreements under this subsection with any unit of
local government providing law enforcement functions in
a high crime area if the unit of local government agrees—
‘‘(A) to select a member of the armed forces de-
scribed in subsection (a) to receive training as a law
enforcement officer;
‘‘(B) to offer the member full-time employment
with the unit of local government as a law enforce-
ment officer for a period of at least two years; and
‘‘(C) to treat the member so employed in the
same manner as any other law enforcement officer
employed by the unit of local government for pur-
poses of determining seniority, duty assignments, or
eligibility for benefits.
‘‘(2) If a State does not have any high crime areas,
the Secretary shall enter into agreements under this sub-
section with units of local governments that provide law
enforcement functions in areas in the State with the high-
est rates of crime.
‘‘(3) The actual selection of a member by a unit of
local government pursuant to the agreement shall be sub-
ject to the certification of the Secretary of Defense that
the member meets the eligibility requirements described
in subsection (a).
‘‘(4) Under an agreement referred to in paragraph
(1), the Secretary of Defense shall agree to pay to the
unit of local government an amount based upon the basic
salary paid by the unit of local government to the selected
member as a law enforcement officer. The rate of payment
by the Secretary shall be as follows:
‘‘(A) For the first year of employment, 100 per-
cent of the basic salary.
‘‘(B) For the second year of employment, 80
percent of the basic salary.
‘‘(C) For the third year of employment if con-
tinued under the agreement, 60 percent of the basic
salary.
‘‘(D) For the fourth year of employment if con-
tinued under the agreement, 40 percent of the basic
salary.
‘‘(E) For the fifth year of employment if con-
tinued under the agreement, 20 percent of the basic
salary.
‘‘(5) Payments required under paragraph (4) may be
made by the Secretary of Defense in such installments as
the Secretary may determine. If the Secretary makes pay-