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(14) REENLISTMENT BONUS FOR SELECTED RE-
SERVE.—Subsection (d) of section 308b of such title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) A member who does not complete the term of en-
listment in the element of the Selected Reserve for which 
the bonus was paid to the member under this section shall 
be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) 
of this title.’’. 
(15) READY
RESERVE
ENLISTMENT
BONUS.— 
Section 308g of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (d) and inserting 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) REPAYMENT.—A person who does not serve satis-
factorily in the element of the Ready Reserve in the combat 
or combat support skill for the period for which the bonus 
was paid under this section shall be subject to the repay-
ment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.’’; 
(B) by striking subsections (e) and (f); and 
(C) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) 
as subsections (e) and (f), respectively. 
(16) READY RESERVE REENLISTMENT, ENLIST-
MENT, AND VOLUNTARY EXTENSION OF ENLISTMENT 
BONUS.—Section 308h of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (c) and inserting 
the following new subsection:
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‘‘(c) REPAYMENT.—A person who does not complete the 
period of enlistment or extension of enlistment for which 
the bonus was paid under this section shall be subject to 
the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.’’; 
(B) by striking subsections (d) and (e); and 
(C) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) 
as subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 
(17) PRIOR SERVICE ENLISTMENT BONUS.—Sub-
section (d) of section 308i of such title is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(d) A person who receives a bonus payment under 
this section and who, during the period for which the bonus 
was paid, does not serve satisfactorily in the element of the 
Selected Reserve with respect to which the bonus was paid 
shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 
303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(18) ENLISTMENT BONUS.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 309 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) A member who does not complete the term of en-
listment for which a bonus was paid to the member under 
this section, or a member who is not technically qualified 
in the skill for which a bonus was paid to the member under 
this section, shall be subject to the repayment provisions of 
section 303a(e) of this title.’’.
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(19) SPECIAL PAY FOR NUCLEAR-QUALIFIED OF-
FICERS EXTENDING ACTIVE DUTY.—Subsection (b) of 
section 312 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) REPAYMENT.—An officer who does not complete 
the period of active duty in connection with the supervision, 
operation, and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion 
plants that the officer agreed to serve, and for which a pay-
ment was made under subsection (a)(3) or subsection (d)(1), 
shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 
303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(20) NUCLEAR
CAREER
ACCESSION
BONUS.— 
Paragraph (2) of section 312b(a) of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) An officer who does not commence or complete sat-
isfactorily the nuclear power training specified in the agree-
ment under paragraph (1) shall be subject to the repayment 
provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(21) ENLISTED MEMBERS EXTENDING DUTY AT 
DESIGNATED LOCATIONS OVERSEAS.—Subsection (d) 
of section 314 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) A member who, having entered into a written 
agreement to extend a tour of duty for a period under sub-
section (a), receives a bonus payment under subsection 
(b)(2) for a 12-month period covered by the agreement and
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ceases during that 12-month period to perform the agreed 
tour of duty shall be subject to the repayment provisions 
of section 303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(22) ENGINEERING
AND
SCIENTIFIC
CAREER 
CONTINUATION PAY.—Subsection (c) of section 315 of 
such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) An officer who, having entered into a written 
agreement under subsection (b) and having received all or 
part of a bonus under this section, does not complete the 
period of active duty as specified in the agreement shall 
be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) 
of this title.’’. 
(23) CRITICAL
ACQUISITION
POSITIONS.—Sub-
section (f) of section 317 of such title is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(c) An officer who, having entered into a written 
agreement under subsection (a) and having received all or 
part of a bonus under this section, does not complete the 
period of active duty as specified in the agreement shall 
be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) 
of this title.’’. 
(24) SPECIAL
WARFARE
OFFICERS
EXTENDING 
PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY.—Subsection (h) of section 
318 of such title is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(h) An officer who, having entered into a written 
agreement under subsection (b) and having received all or 
part of a bonus under this section, does not complete the 
period of active duty in special warfare service as specified 
in the agreement shall be subject to the repayment provi-
sions of section 303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(25) SURFACE WARFARE OFFICERS EXTENDING 
PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY.—Subsection (f) of section 
319 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) An officer who, having entered into a written 
agreement under subsection (b) and having received all or 
part of a bonus under this section, does not complete the 
period of active duty as a department head on a surface 
vessel specified in the agreement, shall be subject to the re-
payment provisions of section 303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(26) JUDGE
ADVOCATE
CONTINUATION
PAY.— 
Subsection (f) of section 321 of such title is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) An officer who has entered into a written agree-
ment under subsection (b) and has received all or part of 
the amount payable under the agreement but who does not 
complete the total period of active duty specified in the 
agreement, shall be subject to the repayment provisions of 
section 303a(e) of this title.’’.
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(27) 15-YEAR
CAREER
STATUS
BONUS.—Sub-
section (f) of section 322 of such title is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(f) If a person paid a bonus under this section does 
not complete a period of active duty beginning on the date 
on which the election of the person under paragraph (1) 
of subsection (a) is received and ending on the date on 
which the person completes 20 years of active duty service 
as described in paragraph (2) of such subsection, the person 
shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 
303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(28) ACCESSION BONUS FOR NEW OFFICERS IN 
CRITICAL SKILLS.—Subsection (g) of section 324 of 
such title, as redesignated by section 628(a)(1), is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) REPAYMENT.—An individual who, having re-
ceived all or part of the bonus under an agreement referred 
to in subsection (a), is not thereafter commissioned as an 
officer or does not commence or does not complete the total 
period of active duty service specified in the agreement shall 
be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) 
of this title.’’. 
(29) SAVINGS PLAN FOR EDUCATION EXPENSES 
AND OTHER CONTINGENCIES.—Subsection (g) of sec-
tion 325 of such title is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(g) REPAYMENT.—If a person does not complete the 
qualifying service for which the person is obligated under 
a commitment for which a benefit has been paid under this 
section, the person shall be subject to the repayment provi-
sions of section 303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(30) INCENTIVE
BONUS
FOR
CONVERSION
TO 
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY.—Subsection (e) 
of section 326 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) REPAYMENT.—A member who does not convert to 
and complete the period of service in the military occupa-
tional specialty specified in the agreement executed under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the repayment provisions 
of section 303a(e) of this title.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10.— 
(1) ENLISTMENT INCENTIVES FOR PURSUIT OF 
SKILLS
TO
FACILITATE
NATIONAL
SERVICE.—Sub-
section (i) of section 510 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) If a National Call to Service participant who has 
entered into an agreement under subsection (b) and received 
or benefitted from an incentive under paragraph (1) or (2) 
of subsection (e) fails to complete the total period of service 
specified in such agreement, the National Call to Service
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participant shall be subject to the repayment provisions of 
section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(2) ADVANCED
EDUCATION
ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 2005 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph 
(3) and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) that if such person does not complete the pe-
riod of active duty specified in the agreement, or does 
not fulfill any term or condition prescribed pursuant 
to paragraph (4), such person shall be subject to the 
repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’; 
(B) by striking subsections (c), (d), (f), (g) 
and (h); 
(C) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (c); and 
(D) by inserting after subsection (c), as so 
redesignated, the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) As a condition of the Secretary concerned pro-
viding financial assistance under section 2107 or 2107a of 
this title to any person, the Secretary concerned shall re-
quire that the person enter into the agreement described in 
subsection (a). In addition to the requirements of para-
graphs (1) through (4) of such subsections (a), the agree-
ment shall specify that, if the person does not complete the 
education requirements specified in the agreement or does
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not fulfill any term or condition prescribed pursuant to 
paragraph (4) of such subsection, the person shall be subject 
to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37 
without the Secretary first ordering such person to active 
duty as provided for under subsection (a)(2) and sections 
2107(f) and 2107a(f) of this title.’’. 
(3) TUITION FOR OFF-DUTY TRAINING OR EDU-
CATION.—Section 2007 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) REPAYMENT.—If such person does not complete 
the period of active duty specified in the agreement under 
subsection (b), the person shall be subject to the repayment 
provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(4) FAILURE TO COMPLETE ADVANCED TRAINING 
OR TO ACCEPT COMMISSION.—Section 2105 of such 
title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘A member’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) A member’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(b) If such person does not complete the period of ac-
tive duty specified under subsection (a), the person shall 
be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) 
of title 37.’’.
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(5) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SPE-
CIALLY SELECTED MEMBERS.—Section 2107 of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(j) REPAYMENT.—A person who, after signing a writ-
ten agreement under this section, is not commissioned as 
an officer or does not complete the period of service as speci-
fied in subsection (b), (f) or (h)(2) shall be subject to the 
repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(6) HEALTH
PROFESSIONS
SCHOLARSHIP
AND 
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR ACTIVE SERV-
ICE.—Subparagraph (C) of section 2123(e)(1) of such 
title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) If such person does not complete the period 
of active duty obligation specified under subsection 
(a), such person shall be subject to the repayment pro-
visions of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(7) FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE: NURSE
OFFICER 
CANDIDATES.—Subsection (d) of section 2130a of such 
title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) REPAYMENT.—A person who does not complete a 
nursing degree program in which the person is enrolled in 
accordance with the agreement entered into under sub-
section (a), or having completed the nursing degree pro-
gram, does not become an officer in the Nurse Corps of the
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Army or the Navy or an officer designated as a nurse officer 
of the Air Force or commissioned corps of the Public Health 
Service or does not complete the period of obligated active 
service required under the agreement, shall be subject to the 
repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(8) EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.— 
Subsection (g) of section 2173 of such title is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(g)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) An officer who does not complete the period of 
active duty specified in the agreement entered into under 
subsection (a)(3), or the alternative obligation under para-
graph (1), shall be subject to the repayment provisions of 
section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(9) SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DEGREE PRO-
GRAM FOR DEGREE OR CERTIFICATION IN INFORMA-
TION
ASSURANCE.—Section 2200a of such title is 
amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (e) and inserting 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) REPAYMENT FOR PERIOD OF UNSERVED OBLI-
GATED SERVICE.—(1) A member of an armed force who 
does not complete the period of active duty specified in the
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service agreement under section (b) shall be subject to the 
repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 37. 
‘‘(2)(A) A civilian employee of the Department of De-
fense who voluntarily terminates service before the end of 
the period of obligated service required under an agreement 
entered into under subsection (b) shall refund to the United 
States an amount determined by the Secretary of Defense 
as being appropriate to obtain adequate service in exchange 
for financial assistance and otherwise to achieve the goals 
set forth in section 2200(a) of this title. 
‘‘(B) An obligation to reimburse the United States im-
posed under this paragraph is for all purposes a debt owed 
to the United States. A discharge in bankruptcy under title 
11 that is entered less than five years after the termination 
of an agreement under this section does not discharge the 
person signing such agreement from a debt arising under 
such agreement or under this subsection. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Defense may waive, in whole 
or in part a refund required under this paragraph if the 
Secretary determines that recovery would be against equity 
and good conscience or would be contrary to the best inter-
ests of the United States.’’. 
(B) by striking subsection (f); and 
(C) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (f).
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(10) ARMY CADET AGREEMENT TO SERVICE AS 
OFFICER.—Section 4348 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) A cadet or former cadet who does not fulfill the 
terms of the agreement as specified under section (a), or 
the alternative obligation under subsection (b), shall be sub-
ject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 
37.’’. 
(11) MIDSHIPMEN AGREEMENT FOR LENGTH OF 
SERVICE.—Section 6959 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) A midshipman or former midshipman who does 
not fulfill the terms of the agreement as specified under sec-
tion (a), or the alternative obligation under subsection (b), 
shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 
303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(12) AIR FORCE CADET AGREEMENT TO SERVICE 
AS OFFICER.—Section 9348 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) A cadet or former cadet who does not fulfill the 
terms of the agreement as specified under section (a), or 
the alternative obligation under subsection (b), shall be sub-
ject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 
37.’’.
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(13) EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS 
OF SELECTED RESERVE.—Section 16135 of such title 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 16135. Failure to participate satisfactorily; pen-
alties 
‘‘(a) PENALTIES.—At the option of the Secretary con-
cerned, a member of the Selected Reserve of an armed force 
who does not participate satisfactorily in required training 
as a member of the Selected Reserve during a term of enlist-
ment or other period of obligated service that created entitle-
ment of the member to educational assistance under this 
chapter, and during which the member has received such 
assistance, may— 
‘‘(1) be ordered to active duty for a period of two 
years or the period of obligated service the person has 
remaining under section 16132 of this title, whichever 
is less; or 
‘‘(2) be subject to the repayment provisions 
under section 303a(e) of title 37. 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF REPAYMENT.—Any repayment under 
section 303a(e) of title 37 shall not affect the period of obli-
gation of a member to serve as a Reserve in the Selected 
Reserve.’’. 
(14) HEALTH PROFESSIONS STIPEND PROGRAM 
PENALTIES AND LIMITATIONS.—Subparagraph (B) of
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section 16203(a)(1) of such title is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(B) shall be subject to the repayment provisions 
of section 303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(15) COLLEGE
TUITION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM 
FOR MARINE CORPS PLATOON LEADERS CLASS.—Sub-
section (f) of section 16401 of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may be 
required to repay the full amount of financial 
assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be subject to the 
repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of title 
37’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Any requirement to repay any portion of finan-
cial assistance received under this section shall be adminis-
tered under Secretary of Defense regulations issued under 
section 303a(e) of title 37. The Secretary of the Navy may 
waive the obligations referenced in paragraph (1) in the 
case of a person who—’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 14.—Section 
182 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) A cadet or former cadet who does not fulfill the 
terms of the obligation to serve as specified under section
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(b), or the alternative obligation under subsection (c), shall 
be subject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) 
of title 37.’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
303a of title 37, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 303a. Special pay: general provisions’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 5 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 303a 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘303a. Special pay: general provisions.’’. 
(f) CONTINUED APPLICATION OF CURRENT LAW TO 
EXISTING BONUSES.—In the case of any bonus, incentive 
pay, special pay, or similar payment, such as education 
assistance or a stipend, which the United States became ob-
ligated to pay before April 1, 2006, under a provision of 
law amended by subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section, 
such provision of law, as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply 
to the payment, or any repayment, of the bonus, incentive 
pay, special pay, or similar payment under such provision 
of law.
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SEC. 674. LEAVE ACCRUAL FOR MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO 
DEPLOYABLE SHIPS OR MOBILE UNITS OR TO 
OTHER DESIGNATED DUTY. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 701(f)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) This subsection applies to any of the following: 
‘‘(i) A member who serves on active duty for a 
continuous period of at least 120 days in an area in 
which the member is entitled to special pay under sec-
tion 310(a) of title 37. 
‘‘(ii) A member who is assigned to — 
‘‘(I) a deployable ship or mobile unit; or 
‘‘(II) other duty that is designated for the 
purpose of this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 675. ARMY RECRUITING PILOT PROGRAM TO ENCOUR-
AGE MEMBERS OF THE ARMY TO REFER 
OTHER PERSONS FOR ENLISTMENT. 
(a) REFERRAL BONUS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
of the Army may pay a bonus under this section to a mem-
ber of the Army who refers, to an Army recruiter, a person 
who has not previously served in an armed force and who, 
after such referral, enlists in the Regular Army or the Army 
Reserve. The referral may occur when a member contacts 
a recruiter on behalf of an interested person or when the 
interested person contacts the recruiter and informs the re-
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cruiter of the member’s role in initially recruiting the per-
son. 
(b) AMOUNT OF BONUS; TIME FOR PAYMENT.—A refer-
ral bonus under this section may not exceed $1,000 and 
may not be paid to the member making the referral unless 
and until the enlistee completes basic training and indi-
vidual advanced training. The bonus shall be paid in a 
lump sum. 
(c) RELATION TO PROHIBITION ON BOUNTIES.—The 
referral bonus authorized by this section is not a bounty 
for purposes of section 514(a) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(d) CERTAIN MEMBERS INELIGIBLE.— 
(1) REFERRAL OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY.—A mem-
ber may not receive a referral bonus under this sec-
tion for the referral of an immediate family member. 
(2) MEMBERS IN RECRUITING ROLES.—A mem-
ber serving in a recruiting or retention assignment or 
assigned to other duties regarding which eligibility 
for a referral bonus could be perceived as creating a 
conflict of interest may not receive a referral bonus. 
(e) LIMITATION ON INITIAL USE OF AUTHORITY.— 
During the first year in which referral bonuses are offered 
under this section, the Secretary of the Army may not pro-
vide more than 1,000 referral bonuses.
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(f) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—A referral bonus may 
not be paid under this section with respect to any referral 
made after December 31, 2007. 
SEC. 676. SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR RESERVE COMPO-
NENT MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO TOBACCO 
FARMERS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY TERMS 
OF TOBACCO QUOTA BUYOUT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The dispute resolution mechanism provided 
in section 624(b) of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco 
Reform Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 518c), which was in-
tended to help tobacco producers in hardship cir-
cumstances, is not likely to provide relief to tobacco 
producers who are also members of the reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces and were called or ordered 
to active duty for extended deployment. 
(2) The special compensation provided under 
this section addresses a unique situation and does not 
set a precedent for other persons seeking exceptions to 
the eligibility requirements for payments under such 
Act. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF COMPENSATION.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the Secretary of Defense shall make a payment 
under this section to any member of a reserve component 
whose eligibility for a payment under section 623 of the
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Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 
518b) as a producer of quota tobacco was adversely affected, 
or whose payment amount under such section was deter-
mined using a variable payment rate specified in subpara-
graph (B) or (C) of subsection (d)(3) of such section, because 
the member was serving on active duty under a call or order 
to active duty for a period of more than 30 days during 
any of the tobacco marketing years specified in subpara-
graph (A) of such subsection. 
(c) RESTRICTION TO MEMBERS WHO ARE LONG-TIME 
TOBACCO GROWERS.—To be eligible for a payment under 
this section, a member described in subsection (b) must have 
been a producer of quota tobacco (as defined in section 621 
of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 (7 
U.S.C. 518a)) during at least two of the three tobacco mar-
keting years before the 2002 marketing year. 
(d) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of the pay-
ment required under this section for a member shall be 
equal to 70 percent of the difference between— 
(1) the amount the member will receive under 
section 623 of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform 
Act of 2004; and 
(2) the amount that the member would have like-
ly received under such section had the member re-
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mained a full-time producer of quota tobacco and not 
been called or ordered to active duty. 
(e) CALCULATION OF PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall make the calculation required by 
subsection (c) in consultation with the Secretary of Agri-
culture. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Tricare Program Improvements 
Sec. 701. Services of mental health counselors. 
Sec. 702. Additional information required by surveys on TRICARE standard. 
Sec. 703. Enhancement of TRICARE coverage for members who commit to con-
tinued service in the selected reserve. 
Sec. 704. Study and plan relating to chiropractic health care services. 
Sec. 705. Surviving-dependent eligibility under TRICARE dental plan for sur-
viving spouses who were on active duty at time of death of mili-
tary spouse. 
Sec. 706. Exceptional eligibility for TRICARE prime remote. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 711. Authority to relocate patient safety center; renaming MedTeams Pro-
gram. 
Sec. 712. Modification of health care quality information and technology enhance-
ment reporting requirement. 
Sec. 713. Correction to eligibility of certain Reserve officers for military health 
care pending active duty following commissioning. 
Sec. 714. Prohibition on conversions of military medical positions to civilian 
medical positions until submission of certification. 
Sec. 715. Clarification of inclusion of dental care in medical readiness tracking 
and health surveillance program. 
Sec. 716. Cooperative outreach to members and former members of the naval serv-
ice exposed to environmental factors related to sarcoidosis. 
Sec. 717. Early identification and treatment of mental health and substance 
abuse disorders.
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Subtitle A—Tricare Program 
Improvements 
SEC. 701. SERVICES OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. 
(a) REIMBURSEMENT
OF MENTAL HEALTH COUN-
SELORS UNDER TRICARE.— 
(1) REIMBURSEMENT UNDER TRICARE.—Section 
1079(a)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or licensed or certified 
mental health counselors’’ after ‘‘certified mar-
riage and family therapists’’ both places it ap-
pears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or licensed or certified 
mental health counselors’’ after ‘‘that the thera-
pists.’’ 
(2) AUTHORITY TO ASSESS MEDICAL OR PSYCHO-
LOGICAL NECESSITY OF SERVICE OR SUPPLY.—Sec-
tion 1079(a)(13) of such title is amended by inserting 
‘‘, licensed or certified mental health counselor, ’’ after 
‘‘certified marriage and family therapist’’. 
(b) SERVICES OF MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO PERSONAL SERV-
ICES CONTRACTS.—Section 704(c)(2) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Pub-
lic Law 103–337; 108 Stat. 2799; 10 U.S.C. 1091
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note) is amended by inserting ‘‘mental health coun-
selors,’’ after ‘‘psychologists,’’. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF LICENSURE REQUIREMENT 
FOR
HEALTH-CARE
PROFESSIONALS.—Section 1094 
(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘mental health counselor,’’ after ‘‘psycholo-
gist,’’. 
SEC. 702. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SUR-
VEYS ON TRICARE STANDARD. 
Section 723(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Surveys required by paragraph (1) shall include 
questions seeking to determine from health care providers 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Whether the provider is aware of the 
TRICARE program. 
‘‘(B) What percentage of the provider’s current 
patient population uses any form of TRICARE. 
‘‘(C) Whether the provider accepts patients for 
whom payment is made under the medicare program 
for health care services. 
‘‘(D) If the provider accepts patients referred to 
in subparagraph (C), whether the provider would ac-
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cept additional such patients who are not in the pro-
vider’s current patient population.’’. 
SEC. 703. ENHANCEMENT OF TRICARE COVERAGE FOR MEM-
BERS WHO COMMIT TO CONTINUED SERVICE 
IN THE SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) EXTENSION OF COVERAGE FOR MEMBERS RE-
CALLED
TO ACTIVE DUTY.—Section 1076d of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by redesignating paragraph 
(3) as paragraph (4) and by inserting after para-
graph (2) the following new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) In the case of a member recalled to active duty 
before the period of coverage for which the member is eligible 
under subsection (a) terminates, the period of coverage of 
the member— 
‘‘(A) resumes after the member completes the sub-
sequent active duty service (subject to any additional 
entitlement to care and benefits under section 1145(a) 
of this title that is based on the same subsequent ac-
tive duty service); and 
‘‘(B) increases by any additional period of cov-
erage for which the member is eligible under sub-
section (a) based on the subsequent active duty serv-
ice.’’;
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(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘Unless ear-
lier terminated under paragraph (3)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subject to paragraph (3) and unless earlier termi-
nated under paragraph (4)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘member recalled to active duty’ 
means, with respect to a member who is eligible for 
coverage under this section based on a period of active 
duty service, a member who is called or ordered to ac-
tive duty for an additional period of active duty sub-
sequent to the period of active duty on which that eli-
gibility is based.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF COVERAGE FOR MEMBERS FACING 
INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT.—Section 1076d of such title is 
amended in subsection (b)(4), as redesignated by subsection 
(a)(1)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Eligibility’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
eligibility’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) In the case of a member who is separated from 
the Selected Reserve during a period of coverage for which 
the member is eligible under subsection (a) and whose sepa-
ration is a qualifying involuntary separation, that period
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of coverage shall not terminate on account of the separation. 
For purposes of the preceding sentence, a qualifying invol-
untary separation is involuntary retirement, involuntary 
transfer to the Retired Reserve, or discharge while qualified 
for transfer to the Retired Reserve when required by law 
or regulation to be either transferred to the Retired Reserve 
or discharged.’’. 
(c) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERS IN THE 
INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE.—Section 1076d of such title 
is amended in subsection (b)(4), as redesignated by sub-
section (a)(1), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply in special cir-
cumstances prescribed by the Secretary, including contin-
ued service by a member in the Individual Ready Reserve.’’. 
(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR MOBILIZED MEMBERS OF IN-
DIVIDUAL READY RESERVE FINDING NO POSITION IN SE-
LECTED RESERVE.—Section 1076d of such title is amended 
by adding at the end of subsection (b) (as amended by this 
section) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) In the case of a member of the Individual Ready 
Reserve who meets the requirements for eligibility for health 
benefits under TRICARE Standard under subsection (a) 
except for membership in the Selected Reserve, the period 
of coverage under this section may begin not later than one 
year after coverage would otherwise begin under this section
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had the member been a member of the Selected Reserve, if 
the member finds a position in the Selected Reserve during 
that one-year period.’’. 
(e) ELIGIBILITY OF FAMILY MEMBERS FOR 6 MONTHS 
FOLLOWING DEATH
OF MEMBER.—Section 1076d(c) of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘If a member of a reserve component dies while in a period 
of coverage under this section, the eligibility of the members 
of the immediate family of such member for TRICARE 
Standard coverage shall continue for six months beyond the 
date of death of the member.’’ 
(f) OTHER AMENDMENTS.—Section 1076d of such title 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘on or before 
the date of the release’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than 
120 days after release’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (f)(2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) The term ‘TRICARE Standard’ means— 
‘‘(A) medical care to which a dependent de-
scribed in section 1076(a)(2) of this title is enti-
tled; and 
‘‘(B) health benefits contracted for under the 
authority of section 1079(a) of this title and sub-
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ject to the same rates and conditions as apply to 
persons covered under that section.’’. 
SEC. 704. STUDY AND PLAN RELATING TO CHIROPRACTIC 
HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.— 
(1) GROUPS
COVERED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall conduct a study of providing chiropractic 
health care services and benefits to the following 
groups: 
(A) All members of the uniformed services 
on active duty and entitled to care under section 
1074(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
(B) All members described in subparagraph 
(A) and their eligible dependents, and all mem-
bers of reserve components of the uniformed serv-
ices and their eligible dependents. 
(C) All members or former members of the 
uniformed services who are entitled to retired or 
retainer pay or equivalent pay and their eligible 
dependents. 
(2) MATTERS EXAMINED.—For each group listed 
in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), the study shall 
examine the following with respect to chiropractic 
health care services and benefits: