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Sec. 619. Availability of Selected Reserve accession bonus for persons who pre-
viously served in the Armed Forces for a short period. 
Sec. 620. Availability of nuclear officer continuation pay for officers with more 
than 26 years of commissioned service. 
Sec. 621. Waiver of years-of-service limitation on receipt of critical skills reten-
tion bonus. 
Sec. 622. Accession bonus for participants in the Armed Forces Health Profes-
sional Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program. 
Sec. 623. Payment of assignment incentive pay for Reserve members serving in 
combat zone for more than 22 months. 
Sec. 624. Increase in maximum monthly rate of hardship duty pay. 
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances 
Sec. 631. Allowance for participation in Reserve screening conducted through 
electronic means. 
Sec. 632. Allowance for civilian clothing for members of the Armed Forces trav-
eling in connection with medical evacuation. 
Sec. 633. Moving expenses for JROTC instructors who agree to serve in hard- 
to-fill positions. 
Sec. 634. Transportation of additional motor vehicle of members on change of 
permanent station to or from nonforeign areas outside the con-
tinental United States. 
Sec. 635. Payment of inactive duty training travel costs for certain Selected Re-
serve members. 
Subtitle D—Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 641. Disregarding periods of confinement of member in determining bene-
fits for dependents who are victims of abuse by the member. 
Sec. 642. Continuation of authority for members of the Armed Forces to des-
ignate a recipient for a portion of the death gratuity. 
Sec. 643. Recoupment of annuity amounts previously paid, but subject to offset 
for dependency and indemnity compensation. 
Sec. 644. Special survivor indemnity allowance for persons affected by required 
Survivor Benefit Plan annuity offset for dependency and in-
demnity compensation. 
Sec. 645. Expansion of combat-related special compensation eligibility for chap-
ter 61 military retirees with fewer than 20 years of creditable 
service. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
Sec. 651. Access to Defense Commissary and Exchange System by surviving 
spouse and dependents of certain disabled veterans. 
Sec. 652. Authority to continue commissary and exchange benefits for certain 
involuntarily separated members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 653. Authorization of installment deductions from pay of employees of ex-
ecutive branch instrumentalities to collect indebtedness to the 
United States. 
Subtitle F—Consolidation of Special Pay, Incentive Pay, and Bonus 
Authorities 
Sec. 661. Consolidation of special pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities of 
the uniformed services. 
Sec. 662. Transitional provisions.
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(f) SELECTED RESERVE ENLISTMENT BONUS FOR 
PERSONS WITH PRIOR SERVICE.—Section 308i(f) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
SEC. 612. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND SPECIAL 
PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH CARE PRO-
FESSIONALS. 
(a) NURSE OFFICER CANDIDATE ACCESSION PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2130a(a)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(b) REPAYMENT OF EDUCATION LOANS FOR CER-
TAIN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE IN THE SE-
LECTED RESERVE.—Section 16302(d) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘January 1, 2010’’. 
(c) ACCESSION BONUS FOR REGISTERED NURSES.— 
Section 302d(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(d) INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY
FOR NURSE ANES-
THETISTS.—Section 302e(a)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2009’’.