§ 1611. Postemployment assistance: certain terminated intelligence employees

• (a) Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may, in the case of any individual who is a qualified former intelligence employee, use appropriated funds—
  • (1) to assist that individual in finding and qualifying for employment other than in a defense intelligence position;
  • (2) to assist that individual in meeting the expenses of treatment of medical or psychological disabilities of that individual; and
  • (3) to provide financial support to that individual during periods of unemployment.
• (b) For purposes of this section, a qualified former intelligence employee is an individual who was employed as a civilian employee of the Department of Defense in a sensitive defense intelligence position—
  • (1) who has been found to be ineligible for continued access to information designated as “Sensitive Compartmented Information” and employment in a defense intelligence position; or
  • (2) whose employment in a defense intelligence position has been terminated.
• (c) Assistance may be provided to a qualified former intelligence employee under subsection (a) only if the Secretary determines that such assistance is essential to—
  • (1) maintain the judgment and emotional stability of the qualified former intelligence employee; and
  • (2) avoid circumstances that might lead to the unlawful disclosure of classified information to which the qualified former intelligence employee had access.
• (d) Assistance may not be provided under this section in the case of any individual after the end of the five-year period beginning on the date of the termination of the employment of the individual in a defense intelligence position.