SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS. (a) Short Title.—This title may be cited as the “Troops-to-Teachers Program Act of 1999”. (b) Definitions.—In this title: (1) The term “administering Secretary”, with respect to the Troops-to-Teachers Program, means the following: (A) The Secretary of Defense with respect to the Armed Forces (other than the Coast Guard) for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and ending on the date of the completion of the transfer of responsibility for the Troops-to-Teachers Program to the Secretary of Education under section 1707. (B) The Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard for the period referred to in subparagraph (A). (C) The Secretary of Education for any period after the period referred to in subparagraph (A). (2) The term “alternative certification or licensure requirements” means State or local teacher certification or licensure requirements that permit a demonstrated competence in appropriate subject areas gained in careers outside of education to be substituted for traditional teacher training course work. (3) The term “member of the Armed Forces” includes a former member of the Armed Forces. (4) The term “State” includes the District of Columbia, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, 113 STAT. 818the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Republic of Palau, and the United States Virgin Islands.