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at all times, to be able to locate and understand ex-
actly where a recovering service member is in the 
medical holdover process. 
(2) A determination of whether the tracking 
system can be designed to ensure that— 
(A) the commander of each military med-
ical facility where recovering service members 
are located is able to track appointments of 
such members to ensure they are meeting time-
liness and other standards that serve the mem-
ber; and 
(B) each recovering service member is able 
to know when his appointments and other med-
ical evaluation board or physical evaluation 
board deadlines will be and that they have been 
scheduled in a timely and accurate manner. 
(3) Any other information needed to conduct 
oversight of care of the member through out the 
medical holdover process. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
results of the study, with such findings and recommenda-
tions as the Secretary considers appropriate.
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SEC. 1438. STUDY AND REPORT ON WAITING PERIODS FOR 
APPOINTMENTS AT DEPARTMENT OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall conduct a study on the average length of time 
between the desired date for which a veteran seeks to 
schedule an appointment for health care at a Department 
of Veterans Affairs medical facility and the date on which 
such appointment is completed. 
(b) FOCUS
OF STUDY.—In conducting the study 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall focus on appoint-
ments scheduled and completed at Department medical fa-
cilities located in both rural and urban areas. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
a report to Congress containing the findings of the study 
under subsection (a) and recommendations for decreasing 
the waiting time between the desired date of an appoint-
ment and the completion of the appointment to a max-
imum of 15 days. 
SEC. 1439. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STUDY ON THE FEA-
SIBILITY OF MEASURING FAMILY MEMBER 
SATISFACTION WITH HEALTH CARE SERV-
ICES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on 
the feasibility of measuring family member satisfaction
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with the quality of health care services provided to pa-
tients, particularly those patients incapacitated by injuries 
that render them unable to respond completely to surveys 
on their own. 
Subtitle C—General Provisions 
SEC. 
1451. 
MORATORIUM 
ON 
CONVERSION 
TO 
CON-
TRACTOR PERFORMANCE OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE FUNCTIONS AT MILITARY MED-
ICAL FACILITIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The conduct of public-private competitions 
for the performance of Department of Defense func-
tions, based on Office of Management and Budget 
Circular A–76, can lead to dramatic reductions in 
the workforce, undermining an agency’s ability to 
perform its mission. 
(2) The Army Garrison commander at the Wal-
ter Reed Army Medical Center has stated that the 
extended A–76 competition process contributed to 
the departure of highly skilled administrative and 
maintenance personnel, which led to the problems at 
the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. 
(b) MORATORIUM.—During the one-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no study 
or competition may be begun or announced pursuant to
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section 2461 of title 10, United States Code, or otherwise 
pursuant to Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A–76 relating to the possible conversion to performance 
by a contractor of any Department of Defense function 
carried out at a military medical facility. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives a report on the public- 
private competitions being conducted for Department of 
Defense functions carried out at military medical facilities 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act by each military 
department and defense agency. Such report shall in-
clude— 
(1) for each such competition— 
(A) the cost of conducting the public-pri-
vate competition; 
(B) the number of military personnel and 
civilian employees of the Department of De-
fense affected; 
(C) the estimated savings identified and 
the savings actually achieved;
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(D) an evaluation whether the anticipated 
and budgeted savings can be achieved through 
a public-private competition; and 
(E) the effect of converting the perform-
ance of the function to performance by a con-
tractor on the quality of the performance of the 
function; 
(2) a description of any public-private competi-
tion the Secretary would conduct if the moratorium 
under subsection (b) were not in effect; and 
(3) an assessment of whether any method of 
business reform or reengineering other than a pub-
lic-private competition could, if implemented in the 
future, achieve any anticipated or budgeted savings. 
SEC. 1452. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF RESOURCES 
FROM MEDICAL CARE. 
Neither the Secretary of Defense nor the Secretaries 
of the military departments may transfer funds or per-
sonnel from medical care functions to administrative func-
tions within the Department of Defense in order to comply 
with the new administrative requirements imposed by this 
title or the amendments made by this title.
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SEC. 1453. INCREASE IN PHYSICIANS AT HOSPITALS OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall increase the 
number of resident physicians at hospitals of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 1454. TRANSPORTATION OF REMAINS OF DECEASED 
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CER-
TAIN OTHER PERSONS. 
Section 1482(a)(8) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘When transportation of the remains includes 
transportation by aircraft under section 562 of the John 
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 10 U.S.C. 1482 note), 
the Secretary concerned shall provide, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, for delivery of the remains by air to the 
commercial, general aviation, or military airport nearest 
to the place selected by the designee.’’. 
TITLE CC—AUTHORIZATION OF 
ADDITIONAL 
APPROPRIA-
TIONS FOR OPERATION IRAQI 
FREEDOM 
AND 
OPERATION 
ENDURING FREEDOM 
Sec. 1501. Purpose and statement of congressional policy. 
Sec. 1502. Army procurement. 
Sec. 1503. Navy and Marine Corps procurement. 
Sec. 1504. Air Force procurement. 
Sec. 1505. Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund.
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Sec. 1506. Defense-wide activities procurement. 
Sec. 1507. Research, development, test, and evaluation. 
Sec. 1508. Operation and maintenance. 
Sec. 1509. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 1510. Other Department of Defense programs. 
Sec. 1511. Iraq Freedom Fund. 
Sec. 1512. Iraq Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1513. Afghanistan Security Forces Fund. 
Sec. 1514. Military personnel. 
Sec. 1515. Authorized Army construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 1516. Authorized Navy construction and land acquisition projects. 
Sec. 1517. National Nuclear Security Administration. 
Sec. 1518. Treatment as additional authorizations. 
SEC. 1501. PURPOSE AND STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL 
POLICY. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to author-
ize appropriations for the Department of Defense for fiscal 
year 2008 to provide additional funds for Operation Iraqi 
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. 
(b) POLICY.—Congress has provided members of the 
Armed Forces deployed outside of the United States, and 
the families of such members, with ongoing funds for their 
protection and operations and will continue to support 
their service and valor on behalf of the United States. 
SEC. 1502. ARMY PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts of the Army 
in amounts as follows: 
(1) For aircraft procurement, $1,677,706,000. 
(2) 
For 
ammunition 
procurement, 
$313,000,000.
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(3) For weapons and tracked combat vehicles 
procurement, $4,780,172,000. 
(4) For missile procurement, $295,626,000. 
(5) For other procurement, $11,123,699,000. 
SEC. 1503. NAVY AND MARINE CORPS PROCUREMENT. 
(a) NAVY.—Funds are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated for fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts for 
the Navy in amounts as follows: 
(1) For aircraft procurement, $2,917,958,000. 
(2) For weapons procurement, $251,281,000. 
(3) For other procurement, $727,580,000. 
(b) MARINE CORPS.—Funds are hereby authorized to 
be appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for the procurement 
account for the Marine Corps in the amount of 
$3,863,267,000. 
(c) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS AMMUNITION.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 for the procurement account for ammunition for the 
Navy and the Marine Corps in the amount of 
$590,090,000. 
SEC. 1504. AIR FORCE PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for procurement accounts for the Air 
Force in amounts as follows: 
(1) For aircraft procurement, $5,189,709,000.
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(2) For ammunition procurement, $74,005,000. 
(3) For missile procurement, $1,800,000. 
(4) For other procurement, $3,926,810,000. 
SEC. 1505. JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT 
FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized for fiscal year 2008 for the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund in the amount 
of $4,000,000,000. 
(b) USE AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 1514 of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2439) shall apply to the funds 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in subsection (a). 
(c) REVISION OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall revise the management plan re-
quired by section 1514(d) of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 to iden-
tify projected transfers and obligations through September 
30, 2008. 
(d) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1514(f) of 
the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2007 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2010’’.
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SEC. 1506. DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES PROCUREMENT. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the procurement account for Defense- 
wide in the amount of $594,768,000. 
SEC. 1507. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Department of Defense 
for research, development, test, and evaluation as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $91,278,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $516,303,000. 
(3) For the Air Force, $816,041,000. 
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $727,498,000. 
SEC. 1508. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces for ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, for operation and 
maintenance, in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $45,350,964,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $5,426,407,000. 
(3) For the Marine Corps, $4,013,093,000. 
(4) For the Air Force, $10,536,330,000. 
(5) 
For 
Defense-wide 
activities, 
$6,098,990,000. 
(6) For the Army Reserve , $158,410,000. 
(7) For the Navy Reserve, $69,598,000.
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(8) 
For 
the 
Marine 
Corps 
Reserve, 
$68,000,000. 
(9) 
For 
the 
Army 
National 
Guard, 
$466,150,000. 
(10) For the Air National Guard, $31,168,000. 
(11) For the Strategic Readiness Fund, 
$1,000,000,000. 
SEC. 1509. WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the use of the Armed Forces and other 
activities and agencies of the Department of Defense for 
providing capital for working capital and revolving funds 
in amounts as follows: 
(1) For the Defense Working Capital Funds, 
$1,676,275,000. 
(2) For the National Defense Sealift Fund, 
$5,100,000. 
SEC. 1510. OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS. 
(a) DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM.—Funds are here-
by authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Defense Health Program in the 
amount of $1,022,842,000 for operation and maintenance. 
(b) DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES, DEFENSE-WIDE.—Funds are hereby authorized
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to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fis-
cal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense- 
wide in the amount of $257,618,000. 
(c) DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—Funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2008 for expenses, not otherwise 
provided for, for the Office of the Inspector General of 
the Department of Defense in the amount of $4,394,000 
for operation and maintenance. 
SEC. 1511. IRAQ FREEDOM FUND. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 for the Iraq Freedom Fund in the amount 
of $107,500,000. 
SEC. 1512. IRAQ SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 for the Iraq Security Forces Fund in the amount 
of $2,000,000,000. 
(b) USE, TRANSFER, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS 
REGARDING FUNDS.—Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of sec-
tion 1516 of the John Warner National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 
120 Stat. 2441) shall apply to the funds appropriated pur-
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suant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 
(a). 
(c) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1516(g) of 
the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2007 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’. 
SEC. 1513. AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2008 for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund in the 
amount of $2,700,000,000. 
(b) USE, TRANSFER, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS 
REGARDING FUNDS.—Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of sec-
tion 1517 of the John Warner National Defense Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 
120 Stat. 2442) shall apply to the funds appropriated pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection 
(a). 
(c) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 1517(g) of 
the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2007 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 
2008’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2009’’.
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SEC. 1514. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel accounts for 
fiscal year 2008 a total of $17,471,763,000. 
SEC. 1515. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZED PROJECTS.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
subsection (b) the Secretary of the Army may acquire real 
property and carry out military construction projects for 
the installations or locations outside the United States, 
and in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Army: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Afghanistan ......................
Bagram Air Base ..................................
$103,000,000 
Iraq ...................................
Camp Adder ..........................................
$31,850,000 
Al Asad ..................................................
$46,100,000 
Camp Anaconda ....................................
$49,200,000 
Fallujah .................................................
$880,000 
Camp Marez ..........................................
$880,000 
Mosul .....................................................
$43,000,000 
Camp Ramadi .......................................
$880,000 
Scania ....................................................
$5,000,000 
Camp Speicher ......................................
$54,900,000 
Camp Taqqadum ...................................
$880,000 
Tikrit .....................................................
$43,000,000 
Camp Victory ........................................
$24,600,000 
Camp Warrior .......................................
$880,000 
Various Locations .................................
$102,000,000 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds 
are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 2007, for military con-
struction, land acquisition, and military family housing 
functions of the Department of the Army in the total 
amount of $526,450,000 as follows:
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(1) For military construction projects outside 
the United States authorized by subsection (a), 
$507,050,000. 
(2) For architectural and engineering services 
and construction design under section 2807 of title 
10, United States Code, $19,400,000. 
SEC. 1516. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) AUTHORIZED PROJECTS.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
subsection (b), the Secretary of the Navy may acquire real 
property and carry out military construction projects for 
the installations or locations inside the United States, and 
in the amounts, set forth in the following table: 
Navy: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
California ........
Camp Pendleton .................................................
$102,034,000 
Twenty-Nine Palms ............................................
$4,440,000 
North Carolina 
Camp Lejeune ....................................................
$43,310,000 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subject 
to section 2825 of title 10, United States Code, funds are 
hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years be-
ginning after September 30, 2007, for military construc-
tion, land acquisition, and military family housing func-
tions of the Department of the Navy in the total amount 
of $169,071,000, as follows:
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(1) For military construction projects inside the 
United 
States 
authorized 
by 
subsection 
(a), 
$149,814,000. 
(2) For architectural and engineering services 
and construction design under section 2807 of title 
10, United States Code, $7,491,000. 
(3) For construction and acquisition, planning 
and design, and improvement of military family 
housing and facilities, $11,766,000. 
SEC. 1517. NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRA-
TION. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal year 2008 to the Department of Energy for the Na-
tional Nuclear Security Administration for defense nuclear 
nonproliferation in the amount of $50,000,000. 
SEC. 1518. TREATMENT AS ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
title are in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to 
be appropriated by this Act. 
TITLE DD—NATIONAL GUARD 
ENHANCEMENT 
Sec. 1601. Short title. 
Subtitle A—National Guard Bureau 
Sec. 1611. Enhancement of duties and position of Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau. 
Sec. 1612. Establishment of National Guard Bureau as joint activity of De-
partment of Defense. 
Sec. 1613. Enhancement of functions of National Guard Bureau.