HR 1815 RFS 
Sec. 503. Separation at age 64 for reserve component senior officers. 
Sec. 504. Improved administration of transitions involving officers in senior 
general and flag officer positions. 
Sec. 505. Consolidation of grade limitations on officer assignment and insignia 
practice known as frocking. 
Sec. 506. Authority for designation of a general/flag officer position on the 
Joint Staff to be held by reserve component general or flag of-
ficer on active duty. 
Sec. 507. Authority to retain permanent professors at the Naval Academy be-
yond 30 years of active commissioned service. 
Sec. 508. Authority for appointment of Coast Guard flag officer as Chief of 
Staff to the President. 
Sec. 509. Clarification of time for receipt of statutory selection board commu-
nications. 
Sec. 510. Standardization of grade of senior dental officer of the Air Force 
with that of senior dental officer of the Army. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Use of Reserve Montgomery GI Bill benefits and benefits for mobi-
lized members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard for 
payments for licensing or certification tests. 
Sec. 512. Modifications to new Reserve educational benefit for certain active 
service in support of contingency operations. 
Sec. 513. Military technicians (dual status) mandatory separation. 
Sec. 514. Military retirement credit for certain service by National Guard mem-
bers performed while in a State duty status immediately after 
the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 
Sec. 515. Use of National Guard to provide military support to civilian law en-
forcement agencies for domestic counter-terrorism activities. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
Sec. 521. Repeal of limitation on amount of financial assistance under ROTC 
scholarship programs. 
Sec. 522. Increased enrollment for eligible defense industry employees in the 
defense product development program at Naval Postgraduate 
School. 
Sec. 523. Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials. 
Sec. 524. Authority for National Defense University award of degree of Master 
of Science in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy. 
Sec. 525. One-year extension of authority to use appropriated funds to provide 
recognition items for recruitment and retention of certain re-
serve component personnel. 
Sec. 526. Report on rationale and plans of the Navy to provide enlisted mem-
bers an opportunity to obtain graduate degrees. 
Sec. 527. Increase in annual limit on number of ROTC scholarships under 
Army Reserve and National Guard program. 
Sec. 528. Capstone overseas field studies trips to People’s Republic of China 
and Republic of China on Taiwan. 
Sec. 529. Sense of Congress concerning establishment of National College of 
Homeland Security. 
Subtitle D—General Service Requirements 
Sec. 531. Uniform enlistment standards for the Armed Forces.
HR 1815 RFS 
Sec. 532. Increase in maximum term of original enlistment in regular compo-
nent. 
Sec. 533. Members completing statutory initial military service obligation. 
Sec. 534. Extension of qualifying service for initial military service under Na-
tional Call to Service program. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to Casualties 
Sec. 541. Requirement for members of the Armed Forces to designate a person 
to be authorized to direct the disposition of the member’s re-
mains. 
Sec. 542. Enhanced program of Casualty Assistance Officers and Seriously In-
jured/Ill Assistance Officers. 
Sec. 543. Standards and guidelines for Department of Defense programs to as-
sist wounded and injured members. 
Sec. 544. Authority for members on active duty with disabilities to participate 
in Paralympic Games. 
Subtitle F—Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters 
Sec. 551. Clarification of authority of military legal assistance counsel to pro-
vide military legal assistance without regard to licensing re-
quirements. 
Sec. 552. Use of teleconferencing in administrative sessions of courts-martial. 
Sec. 553. Extension of statute of limitations for murder, rape, and child abuse 
offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 554. Offense of stalking under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 555. Rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct under Uniform 
Code of Military Justice. 
Subtitle G—Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense 
Dependents Education 
Sec. 561. Enrollment in overseas schools of Defense Dependents’ Education 
System of children of citizens or nationals of the United States 
hired in overseas areas as full-time Department of Defense em-
ployees. 
Sec. 562. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of 
members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense ci-
vilian employees. 
Sec. 563. Continuation of impact aid assistance on behalf of dependents of cer-
tain members despite change in status of member. 
Subtitle H—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 565. Cold War Victory Medal. 
Sec. 566. Establishment of Combat Medevac Badge. 
Sec. 567. Eligibility for Operation Enduring Freedom campaign medal. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 571. Extension of waiver authority of Secretary of Education with respect 
to student financial assistance during a war or other military 
operation or national emergency. 
Sec. 572. Adoption leave for members of the Armed Forces adopting children. 
Sec. 573. Report on need for a personnel plan for linguists in the Armed 
Forces.
HR 1815 RFS 
Sec. 574. Ground combat and other exclusion policies. 
Sec. 575. Eligibility of certain persons for space-available travel on military air-
craft. 
Sec. 576. Comptroller General study of military recruiting. 
Sec. 577. Addition of information concerning mental health services and treat-
ment to subjects required to be covered in mandatory 
preseparation counseling. 
Sec. 578. Improvement to Department of Defense response to sexual assault af-
fecting members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 579. Report on employment matters for members of the National Guard 
and Reserve. 
Sec. 580. Sense of Congress that colleges and universities give equal access to 
military recruiters and ROTC in accordance with the Solomon 
amendment and requirement for report to Congress. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2006. 
Sec. 602. Additional pay for permanent military professors at United States 
Naval Academy with over 36 years of service. 
Sec. 603. Basic pay rates for reserve component members selected to attend 
military service academy preparatory schools. 
Sec. 604. Clarification of restriction on compensation for correspondence 
courses. 
Sec. 605. Permanent authority for supplemental subsistence allowance for low- 
income members with dependents. 
Sec. 606. Basic allowance for housing for Reserve members. 
Sec. 607. Overseas cost of living allowance. 
Sec. 608. Income replacement payments for Reserves experiencing extended and 
frequent mobilization for active duty service. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. Extension or resumption of certain bonus and special pay authorities 
for reserve forces. 
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for certain 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. Extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of other bonus and special pay authorities. 
Sec. 615. Expansion of eligibility of dental officers for additional special pay. 
Sec. 616. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for hardship duty pay. 
Sec. 617. Flexible payment of assignment incentive pay. 
Sec. 618. Active-duty reenlistment bonus. 
Sec. 619. Reenlistment bonus for members of Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 620. Combination of affiliation and accession bonuses for service in the Se-
lected Reserve. 
Sec. 621. Eligibility requirements for prior service enlistment bonus. 
Sec. 622. Increase in authorized maximum amount of enlistment bonus. 
Sec. 623. Discretion of Secretary of Defense to authorize retroactive hostile fire 
and imminent danger pay. 
Sec. 624. Increase in maximum bonus amount for nuclear-qualified officers ex-
tending period of active duty.
HR 1815 RFS 
Sec. 625. Increase in maximum amount of nuclear career annual incentive 
bonus for nuclear-qualified officers trained while serving as en-
listed members. 
Sec. 626. Uniform payment of foreign language proficiency pay to eligible re-
serve component members and regular component members. 
Sec. 627. Retention bonus for members qualified in certain critical skills or sat-
isfying other eligibility criteria. 
Sec. 628. Availability of critical-skills accession bonus for persons enrolled in 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who are obtaining 
nursing degrees. 
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances 
Sec. 641. Authorized absences of members for which lodging expenses at tem-
porary duty location may be paid. 
Sec. 642. Extended period for selection of home for travel and transportation 
allowances for dependents of deceased member. 
Sec. 643. Transportation of family members incident to repatriation of mem-
bers held captive. 
Sec. 644. Increased weight allowances for shipment of household goods of sen-
ior noncommissioned officers. 
Subtitle D—Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 651. Monthly disbursement to States of State income tax withheld from 
retired or retainer pay. 
Sec. 652. Revision to eligibility for nonregular service retirement after estab-
lishing eligibility for regular retirement. 
Sec. 653. Denial of military funeral honors in certain cases. 
Sec. 654. Child support for certain minor children of retirement-eligible mem-
bers convicted of domestic violence resulting in death of child’s 
other parent. 
Sec. 655. Concurrent receipt of veterans disability compensation and military 
retired pay. 
Sec. 656. Military Survivor Benefit Plan beneficiaries under insurable interest 
coverage. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
Sec. 661. Increase in authorized level of supplies and services procurement 
from overseas exchange stores. 
Sec. 662. Requirements for private operation of commissary store functions. 
Sec. 663. Provision of information technology services for accommodations pro-
vided by nonappropriated fund instrumentalities for wounded 
members of the Armed Forces and their families. 
Sec. 664. Provision of and payment for overseas transportation services for 
commissary and exchange supplies. 
Sec. 665. Compensatory time off for certain nonappropriated fund employees. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 671. Inclusion of Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff among senior enlisted members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 672. Special and incentive pays considered for saved pay upon appoint-
ment of members as officers.