eligible program participant
(3)In this subsection, the term “eligible program participant” means an individual who— (A)has successfully completed an academic program for which a scholarship or fellowship under this section was awarded; (B)has not previously been appointed to the excepted service position under paragraph (1)(A); and (C)at the time of the appointment of the individual to an excepted service position under paragraph (1)(A)— (i)under the terms of the agreement for such scholarship or fellowship, owes a service commitment to a Department or Federal agency or office referred to in paragraph (1); (ii)is employed by the Federal Government under a non-permanent appointment to a position in the excepted service that has national security responsibilities; or (iii)is a former civilian employee of the Federal Government who has less than a one-year break in service from the last period of Federal employment of such individual in a non-permanent appointment in the excepted service with national security responsibilities.