Sentence:  It <WSD>provides</WSD> that the $ 1800 termination payment each cadet is to get , after serving a two-year hitch without pay , will be spread over both years , not taxed in its entirety at a possibly higher rate in the year received . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation