---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 1152"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "1152"
heading: "Assistance to eligible members and former members to obtain employment with law enforcement agencies"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/1152"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 58 — Benefits and Services for Members Being Separated or Recently Separated"
---

# §1152. Assistance to eligible members and former members to obtain employment with law enforcement agencies

- (a) **Placement Program.—** The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, may enter into an agreement with the Attorney General to establish or participate in a program to assist eligible [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) and former [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) to obtain employment as law enforcement [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) with eligible law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1) following the discharge or release of such [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) or former [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) from [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1). Eligible law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1) shall consist of [State](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1), local law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1), and Indian tribes that perform law enforcement functions (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior).
- (b) **Eligible Members.—** Any individual who, during the 6-year period beginning on October 1, 1993, is a [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) of the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) and is separated with an honorable discharge or is released from service on [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1) characterized as honorable by the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-9) shall be eligible to participate in a program covered by an agreement referred to in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Selection.—** In the selection of applicants for participation in a program covered by an agreement referred to in [subsection (a)](#a), preference shall be given to a [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) or former [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) who—
  - (1) is selected for involuntary separation, is approved for separation under section [1174a](/usc/10/1174a.md) or [1175](/usc/10/1175.md) of this title, or retires pursuant to the authority provided in [section 4403](/usc/10/4403.md) of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Public Law 102–484; [10 U.S.C. 1293](/usc/10/1293.md) note); and
  - (2) has a military occupational specialty, training, or experience related to law enforcement (such as service as a [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) of the military police) or satisfies such other criteria for selection as the Secretary, the Attorney General, or a participating eligible law enforcement [agency](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1) prescribed in accordance with the agreement.
- (d) **Grants To Facilitate Employment.—**
  - (1) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, may provide [funds](/usc/10/2871.md?p=6) to the Attorney General for grants under this section to reimburse participating eligible law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1) for costs, including salary and fringe benefits, of employing [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) or former [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) pursuant to a program referred to in [subsection (a)](#a).
  - (2) No grant with respect to an eligible [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) or former [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) may exceed a total of $50,000.
  - (3) Any grant with respect to an eligible [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) or former [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) shall be disbursed within 5 years after the date of the placement of a [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) or former [member](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) with a participating eligible law enforcement [agency](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1).
  - (4) Preference in awarding grants through existing law enforcement hiring programs shall be given to [State](/usc/10/2815a.md?p=g-2) or local law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/4701.md?p=g-1) or Indian tribes that agree to hire eligible [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) and former [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5).
- (e) **Administrative Expenses.—** Ten percent of the amount, if any, appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out the program established pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) may be used to administer the program.
- (f) **Requirement for Appropriation.—** No person may be selected to participate in the program established pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) unless a sufficient amount of appropriated [funds](/usc/10/2871.md?p=6) is available at the time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be incurred by the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) under an agreement referred to in [subsection (a)](#a) that applies with respect to the person.
- (g) **Authority To Expand Placement To Include Firefighters.—**
  - (1) The Secretary may expand the placement activities authorized by [subsection (a)](#a) to include the placement of eligible [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) and former [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) and eligible civilian employees of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense as firefighters or [members](/usc/10/1408.md?p=a-5) of rescue squads or ambulance crews with public fire [departments](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6).
  - (2) The expansion authorized by this subsection may be made through a program covered by an agreement referred to in [subsection (a)](#a), if feasible, or in such other manner as the Secretary considers appropriate.
  - (3) A civilian employee of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense shall be eligible to participate in the expanded placement activities authorized under this subsection if the employee, during the six-year period beginning October 1, 1993, is terminated from such employment as a result of reductions in defense spending or the closure or [realignment](/usc/10/2391.md?p=e-1) of a [military installation](/usc/10/183a.md?p=h-7), as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title XIII, § 1332(a), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1793; amended Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V, § 543(d), title XI, § 1132(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2771, 2872; Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1503(a)(11), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 511; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title V, § 575, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2535; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(a)(20), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1901; Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Subsecs. (a), (d)(1). Pub. L. 107–296 substituted “of Homeland Security” for “of Transportation”.

1997—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 105–85 inserted “(1)” before “The Secretary may”.

1996—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104–201, in heading, substituted “Authority To Expand Placement To Include Firefighters” for “Conditional Expansion of Placement to Include Firefighters”, in par. (1), substituted “The Secretary may” for “(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may”, and in par. (2), struck out “The Secretary may implement the expansion authorized by this subsection only if the Secretary certifies to Congress not later than April 3, 1994, that such expansion will facilitate personnel transition programs of the Department of Defense.” after “(2)” and inserted “authorized by this subsection” after “The expansion”.

Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 104–106 substituted “not later than April 3, 1994,” for “not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995”.

1994—Pub. L. 103–337, § 543(d), inserted “, and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard,” after “Secretary of Defense” in subsecs. (a) and (d).

Pub. L. 103–337, § 1132(a)(1), substituted “eligible members and former members” for “separated members” in section catchline and amended text generally, substituting subsecs. (a) to (g) for former subsecs. (a) to (f).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2002 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 107–296 effective on the date of transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section 1704(g) of Pub. L. 107–296, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.