107 STAT. 1794 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 member of the military police) or satisfies such other criteria for selection as the Secretai^ of Defense may prescribe. "(2) A member who is discharged or released from service under other than honorable conditions shall not be eligible to participate in the program. "(c) SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS. —(1) The Secretary of Defense shall select members to participate in the program established under subsection (a) on the basis of applications submitted to the Secretary not later than one year after the date of the discharge or release of the members from active duty. An application shall be in such form and contain such information as the Secretary may require. "(2) The Secretary may not select a member to participate in the program unless the Secretary has sufficient appropriations for the placement program available at the time of the selection to satisfy the obligations to be incurred by the United States under subsection (d) with respect to that member. "(d) GRANTS TO FACILITATE EMPLOYMENT. —(1) The Secretary of Defense may enter into agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies to assist eligible members selected under subsection (c) to obtain suitable employment as law enforcement officers with these agencies. Under such an agreement, a law enforcement agency shall agree to employ a participant in the program on a full-time basis for at least five years. "(2) Under an agreement referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall agree to pay to the law enforcement agency involved an amount based upon the basic salary paid by the law enforcement agency to the participant as a law enforcement officer. The rate of payment by the Secretary shall be as follows: "(A) For the first year of employment, 50 percent of the basic salary, except that the payment may not exceed $25,000. "(B) For the second year of emplo3ment, 40 percent of the basic salary, except that the payment may not exceed $10,000. "(C) For the third year of employment, 30 percent of the basic salary, except that the payment may not exceed $7,500. "(D) For the fourth year of employment, 20 percent of the bsisic salary, except that the payment may not exceed $5,000. "(E) For the fifth year of employment, 10 percent of the basic salary, except that the payment may not exceed $2,500. "(3) Payments required under paragraph (2) may be made by the Secretary in such installments as the Secretary may determine. "(4) If a participant who is placed under this program leaves the employment of the law enforcement agency before the end of the five years of required employment service, the agency shall reimburse the Secretary in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount cdready paid under the agreement as the unservedjportion bears to the five years of required service. "(5) The Secretary may not make a grant under this subsection to a law enforcement agency if the Secretary determines that the law enforcement agency terminated the employment of another employee in order to fill the vacancy so created with a participant in uiis program. "(e) AGREEMENTS WITH STATES. —(1) In addition to the agreemento referred to in subsection (d)(D, the Secretary of Defense
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