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 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1797 ''(4) If a participant who is placed under this program leaves the emplo}ment of the health care provider before the end of the five years of required employment service, the provider shall reimburse the Secretary in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total amount idready paid under the agreement as the unserved portion bears to the five years of required service. "(5) T^e Secretary may not make a grant under this subsection to a health care provider if the Secretary determines that the provider terminated the employment of another employee in order to fill the vacancy so created with a participant in this program. "(e) AGREEMENTS WITH STATES.— (1) In addition to the agreements referred to in subsection (d)(D, the Secretary of Defense may enter into an agreement directly with a State to allow the State to arrange the placement of participants in the program with health care providers. Paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (d) shall apply with respect to any placement made through such an agreement. "(2) The Secretary may reserve up to 10 percent of the funds made available to carry out the program for a fiscal year for the placement of participants through agreements entered into under paragraph (1). "(0 DEFINITIONS. —In this section, the term 'State' includes the District of Colimibia, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Palau, and the Virgin Islands.". (c) PRESEPARATION COUNSELING. —Section 1142(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "program estab- Hshed under section 1151 of this title to assist members to obtain employment as elementary or secondary school teachers or teachers' aides." and inserting in lieu thereof "programs established under sections 1151, 1152, and 1153 of this title.". (d) STUDY ON EXPANSION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PLACE- MENT PROGRAM TO INCLUDE THE BORDER PATROL.— (1) The Secretary of Defense, in O9nsultation with the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, shall conduct a study regarding the feasibilit}'^ of expanding the law enforcement placement program established under section 1152 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), to include the placement of members of the Armed Forces who are discharged or released from active duty with the Border Patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. (2) Not later than March 1, 1994, the Secretary shall submit Reports. a report to Congress containing the results of the study required by this subsection. ^ (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new items: "1152. Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with law enforcement agencies. "1153. Assistance to separated members to obtain employment with health care providers.".

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