ELIGIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH BASE CLOSURES.

SEC. 2823. ELIGIBILITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH BASE CLOSURES. (a) Expanded Eligibility.—Subsection (b) of section 1013 of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) is amended by striking out the matter above the first proviso and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(b)(1) In order to be eligible for the benefits of this section, a civilian employee or a member of the Armed Forces— “(A) must be assigned to or employed at or in connection with the installation or activity at the time of public announcement of the closure action, or employed by a nonappropriated fund instrumentality operated in connection with such base or installation; “(B) must have been transferred from such installation or activity, or terminated as an employee as a result of a reduction in force, within six months prior to public announcement of the closure action; or “(C) must have been transferred from the installation or activity on an overseas tour within three years prior to public announcement of the closure action. “(2) A member of the Armed Forces shall also be eligible for the benefits of this section if the member— “(A) was transferred from the installation or activity within three years prior to public announcement of the closure action; and “(B) in connection with the transfer, was informed of a future, programmed reassignment to the installation. “(3) The eligibility of a civilian employee and member of the Armed Forces under paragraph (1) and a member of the Armed Forces under paragraph (2) for benefits under this section in connection with the closure of an installation or activity is subject to the additional conditions set out in paragraphs (4) and (5).”. 105 STAT. 1548 (b) Conforming Amendments.— (1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended— “(A) in paragraph (1), by striking out “servicemen” and inserting in lieu thereof “member of the Armed Forces of the United States”; and “(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the semicolon the following: “or, in the case of a member of the Armed Forces not assigned to that base or installation at the time of public announcement of such closing, will prevent any reassignment of such member to the base or installation”. (2) The first proviso of subsection (b) of such section is amended— “(A) by striking out “Provided, That, at” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(4) At”; (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and (C) by striking out the colon at the end and inserting in lieu thereof a period. (3) The second proviso of subsection (b) of such section is amended— (A) by striking out “Provided further, That as” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(5) As”; and (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively. (4) Subsection (1) of such section is amended by striking out “the second proviso of subsection (b)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (b)(5)”.