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cies under section 8003(b)(2) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7703(b)(2)) as eligible to receive a basic support pay-
ment for heavily impacted local educational agencies
under such section for the fiscal year for which the de-
termination is made under this subsection; and
(2) make a payment to such local educational
agency under such section for such fiscal year.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Subsection (a) shall remain
in effect until the date that a Federal statute is enacted
authorizing the appropriations for, or duration of, any pro-
gram under title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) for fiscal
year 2008 or any succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 566. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL EDU-
CATIONAL AGENCIES ENROLLING MILITARY
DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the
‘‘Help for Military Children Affected by War Act of 2007’’.
(b) ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De-
fense may provide assistance to eligible local educational
agencies for the additional education, counseling, and other
needs of military dependent children who are affected by
war-related action.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—
The term ‘‘eligible local educational agency’’ means a
local educational agency that—
(A) has a number of military dependent
children in average daily attendance in the
schools served by the local educational agency
during the current school year, determined in
consultation with the Secretary of Education,
that—
(i) equaled or exceeded 20 percent of
the number of all children in average daily
attendance in the schools served by such
agency during the current school year; or
(ii) is 1,000 or more,
whichever is less; and
(B) is designated by the Secretary of De-
fense as impacted by—
(i) Operation Iraqi Freedom;
(ii) Operation Enduring Freedom; or
(iii) the global rebasing plan of the De-
partment of Defense.
(2) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given the
term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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(3) MILITARY
DEPENDENT
CHILD.—The term
‘‘military dependent child’’—
(A) means a child described in subpara-
graph (B) or (D)(i) of section 8003(a)(1) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)); and
(B) includes a child—
(i) who resided on Federal property
with a parent on active duty in the Na-
tional Guard or Reserve; or
(ii) who had a parent on active duty
in the National Guard or Reserve but did
not reside on Federal property.
(d) ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided under this sec-
tion may be used for—
(1) tutoring, after-school, and dropout prevention
activities for military dependent children with a par-
ent who is or has been impacted by war-related action
described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subsection
(c)(1)(B);
(2) professional development of teachers, prin-
cipals, and counselors on the needs of military de-
pendent children with a parent who is or has been
impacted by war-related action described in clause
(i), (ii), or (iii) of subsection (c)(1)(B); and
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(3) counseling and other comprehensive support
services for military dependent children with a parent
who is or has been impacted by war-related action de-
scribed in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subsection
(c)(1)(B), including the subsidization of a percentage
of hiring of a military-school liaison.
Subtitle F—Military Justice and
Legal Assistance Matters
SEC. 571. AUTHORITY OF JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES
TO ADMINISTER OATHS.
Section 936 of title 10, United States Code (article 136
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) The judges of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Armed Forces may administer oaths.’’.
SEC. 572. MILITARY LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN AREAS
WITHOUT ACCESS TO NON-MILITARY LEGAL
ASSISTANCE.
Section 1044(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) Civilian employees of the Department of De-
fense in locations where legal assistance from non-