---
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"
date: "2026-07-12"
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](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, and the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) 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](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) to assist eligible members and former members 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/10/3451.md?p=3) following the discharge or [release](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) of such members or former members from [active duty](/usc/10/101.md?p=d-1). Eligible law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) shall consist of [State](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4) law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3), local law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3), and Indian tribes that perform law enforcement [functions](/usc/10/467.md?p=1) (as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of the Interior).
- (b) **Eligible Members.—** Any individual who, during the 6-year period beginning on October 1, 1993, is a member 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/10/2801.md?p=c-5) shall be eligible to participate in a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) covered by an agreement referred to in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Selection.—** In the selection of applicants for participation in a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) covered by an agreement referred to in [subsection (a)](#a), preference shall be given to a member or former member 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](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) occupational specialty, [training](/usc/10/301.md?p=9), or experience related to law enforcement (such as service as a member of the [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) police) or satisfies such other criteria for selection as the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3), the Attorney General, or a participating eligible law enforcement [agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) prescribed in accordance with the agreement.
- (d) **Grants To Facilitate Employment.—**
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, and the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard, may provide funds to the Attorney General for grants under this section to reimburse participating eligible law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) for costs, including salary and fringe benefits, of employing members or former members pursuant to a [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) referred to in [subsection (a)](#a).
  - (2) No grant with respect to an eligible member or former member may exceed a total of $50,000.
  - (3) Any grant with respect to an eligible member or former member shall be disbursed within 5 years after the date of the placement of a member or former member with a participating eligible law enforcement [agency](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3).
  - (4) Preference in awarding grants through existing law enforcement hiring [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) shall be given to [State](/usc/10/4951.md?p=4) or local law enforcement [agencies](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) or Indian tribes that agree to hire eligible members and former members.
- (e) **Administrative Expenses.—** Ten percent of the amount, if any, appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out the [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) established pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) may be used to administer the [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1).
- (f) **Requirement for Appropriation.—** No [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) may be selected to participate in the [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) established pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a) unless a sufficient amount of appropriated funds 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](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2).
- (g) **Authority To Expand Placement To Include Firefighters.—**
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) may expand the placement activities authorized by [subsection (a)](#a) to include the placement of eligible members and former members and eligible civilian employees of the [Department](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-6) of Defense as firefighters or members 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](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) covered by an agreement referred to in [subsection (a)](#a), if feasible, or in such other manner as the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) 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 of a [military installation](/usc/10/2801.md?p=c-4), as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) 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.