COAST GUARD FORCE REDUCTION TRANSITION BENEFITS.

SEC. 542. COAST GUARD FORCE REDUCTION TRANSITION BENEFITS. (a) Involuntary Separation Benefits and Services.— Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 1141 is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) by striking out “Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps” and inserting in lieu thereof “armed forces”; and (B) by striking out “or on or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994” and inserting in lieu thereof “or after November 29, 1993, or, with respect to a member of the Coast Guard, if the member was on active duty in the Coast Guard after September 30, 1994,”. (2) Section 1143 is amended— (A) in the heading, by striking out “: Department of Defense”; (B) in subsection (a), by inserting “and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard” after “Secretary of Defense” and by striking out “under the jurisdiction of the Secretary”; (C) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary of Transportation shall establish permanent employment assistance centers at appropriate Coast Guard installations.”; (D) in subsection (c), by inserting “and the Secretary of Transportation” after “Secretary of Defense”; and (E) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary of Transportation shall provide the same preference in hiring to involuntarily separated members of the Coast Guard, and the dependents 108 STAT. 2768of such members, in Coast Guard nonappropriated fund instrumentalities.”. (3) Section 1143a is amended— (A) in the heading by striking out “: Department of Defense”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(h) Coast Guard.— This section shall apply to the Coast Guard in the same manner and to the same extent as it applies to the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Transportation shall implement the requirements of this section for the Coast Guard.”. (4) Section 1145 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) Coast Guard.— The provisions of this section shall apply to members of the Coast Guard (and their dependents) involuntarily separated from active duty during the five-year period beginning on October 1, 1994. The Secretary of Transportation shall implement this section for the Coast Guard.”. (5) Section 1146 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary of Transportation shall implement this provision for Coast Guard members involuntarily separated during the five-year period beginning October 1, 1994”. (6) Section 1147(a) is amended— (A) by inserting “(1)” before “The Secretary of a military department”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(2) The Secretary of Transportation may prescribe regulations to permit members of the Coast Guard who are involuntarily separated during the five-year period beginning October 1, 1994, to continue for not more than 180 days after the date of such separation to reside (along with others of the member’s household) in military family housing provided or leased by the Coast Guard to the individual as a member of the armed forces.” . (7) Section 1148 is amended by inserting “and the Secretary of Transportation” after “Secretary of Defense”. (8) Section 1149 is amended— (A) by inserting “or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard” after “Secretary of Defense”; and (B) by striking out “of the military department”. (9) Section 1150 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) Coast Guard.— This section shall apply to the Coast Guard in the same manner and to the same extent as it applies to the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations to implement this section for the Coast Guard.”. (10) The table of sections at the beginning of the chapter is amended by striking out “: Department of Defense” in the items relating to section 1143 and 1143a. (b) Special Separation Benefit.— Section 1174a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “of each military department” and inserting in lieu thereof “concerned”; (2) in subsection (d), by striking out “of a military department” and inserting in lieu thereof “concerned”; (3) in subsection (e)(3), by striking out “of the military department”; and 108 STAT. 2769 (4) in subsection (h), by striking out “of a military department” and inserting in lieu thereof “concerned”. (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive.— Section 1175 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by inserting “and the Secretary of Transportation” after “Secretary of Defense”; (2) in subsection (c), by striking out “of the military department”; (3) in subsection (g), by inserting “and the Department of Transportation for the Coast Guard” before the period at the end; (4) in subsection (h)(3)— (A) by inserting “by the Secretary of Defense” after “incentive payments made” in the first sentence; and (B) by inserting “to the Secretary” after “shall be available” in the second sentence; and (5) in subsection (i), by inserting “and the Secretary of Transportation” after “Secretary of Defense”. (d) Temporary Early Retirement Authority.— Section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2702; 10 U.S.C. 1293 note) shall apply to the Coast Guard in the same manner and to the same extent as that provision applies to the Department of Defense. The Secretary of Transportation shall implement the provisions of that section with respect to the Coast Guard and apply the applicable provisions of title 14, United States Code, relating to retirement of Coast Guard personnel. (e) Effective Date.— This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply only to members of the Coast Guard who are separated after September 30, 1994.