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‘‘(D) Any statement by the victim in con-
nection with the offense that is in the possession 
of the government. 
‘‘(E) Any portions relating to the victim in 
any report of an investigation of the offense that 
is in the possession of the government. 
‘‘(F) In the event the staff judge advocate 
advises pursuant to section 834 of this title (arti-
cle 34) that any charge or specification in con-
nection with the offense not be referred for trial, 
the advice making such recommendation, with 
such advice to be so provided before the con-
vening authority acts on the advice.’’. 
SEC. 549. ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN CRIME VICTIMS’ 
RIGHTS BY THE COURT OF CRIMINAL AP-
PEALS. 
Section 806b of title 10, United States Code (article 
6b of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY COURT 
OF CRIMINAL APPEALS.—(1)(A) If the victim of an offense 
under this chapter believes that a preliminary hearing rul-
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ing under section 832 of this title (article 32), or a court- 
martial ruling, violates the victim’s rights afforded by a 
section (article) or rule specified in paragraph (2), the vic-
tim may file an interlocutory appeal of such ruling by peti-
tioning the Court of Criminal Appeals for an order to re-
quire the judge advocate conducting such preliminary hear-
ing, or the court-martial, as the case may be, to comply 
with the section (article) or rule, as applicable. 
‘‘(B) A victim of an offense under this chapter who 
is subject to an order to submit to a deposition notwith-
standing the fact that the victim shall be available to testify 
at the court-martial of the offense may file an interlocutory 
appeal of such order by petitioning the Court of Criminal 
Appeals for an order to quash such order. 
‘‘(C) The Court of Criminal Appeals shall provide a 
de novo review of the question or questions raised by a peti-
tion filed under this paragraph. A single judge or panel 
of judges shall take up and decide the petition within 72 
hours after the petition is filed. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1)(A) applies with respect to the pro-
tections afforded by the following: 
‘‘(A) This section (article). 
‘‘(B) Military Rule of Evidence 412, relating to 
the admission of evidence regarding a victim’s sexual 
background.
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‘‘(C) Military Rule of Evidence 513, relating to 
the psychotherapist-patient privilege. 
‘‘(D) Military Rule of Evidence 514, relating to 
the victim advocate-victim privilege. 
‘‘(E) Military Rule of Evidence 615, relating to 
the exclusion of witnesses. 
‘‘(3) The proceedings of a preliminary hearing under 
section 832 of this title (article 32), or a court-martial, may 
not be stayed or subject to a continuance of more than five 
days for purposes of enforcing this subsection. If the Court 
of Criminal Appeals denies the relief sought, the reasons 
for the denial shall be clearly stated on the record in a writ-
ten opinion.’’. 
SEC. 550. RELEASE TO VICTIMS UPON REQUEST OF COM-
PLETE RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS AND TESTI-
MONY OF COURTS-MARTIAL IN CASES IN 
WHICH SENTENCES ADJUDGED COULD IN-
CLUDE PUNITIVE DISCHARGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 854(e) of title 10, United 
States Code (article 54(e) of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by insert-
ing ‘‘or the victim requests such records’’ before the 
period at the end of the first sentence; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a general or special court-martial 
involving an offense (other than an offense covered by para-
graph (1)) for which the sentence as adjudged could include 
punitive discharge from the armed forces, a copy of all pre-
pared records of the proceedings of the court-martial shall 
be given to the victim of the offense if the victim requests 
such records. 
‘‘(3) Records given to a victim under this subsection 
at the request of the victim in a case where the court-mar-
tial concerned resulted in the acquittal of the accused may 
include restrictions on release or use of such records or in-
formation in such records in order to protect the privacy 
or other interests of the accused.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and shall apply with respect to courts-martial 
first convened on or after that date. 
SEC. 551. REPRESENTATION AND ASSISTANCE OF VICTIMS 
BY SPECIAL VICTIMS’ COUNSEL IN QUES-
TIONING BY MILITARY CRIMINAL INVESTIGA-
TORS. 
Section 1044e(f) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(3)(A) In carrying out paragraph (1), a military 
criminal investigator seeking to question an individual eli-
gible for the assistance of a Special Victims’ Counsel under 
this section shall inform the individual of the individual’s 
right to be represented by a Special Victims’ Counsel in 
connection with such questioning. 
‘‘(B) If an individual described in subparagraph (A) 
requests representation by a Special Victims’ Counsel in 
connection with questioning described in that subpara-
graph— 
‘‘(i) a Special Victims’ Counsel shall represent 
and assist the individual during and in connection 
with such questioning; 
‘‘(ii) the military criminal investigator shall 
contact and question the individual only through the 
Special Victims’ Counsel representing the individual; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the military criminal investigation may 
not contact or question the individual without the 
consent of such Special Victims’ Counsel. 
‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph confers any right on 
an accused under investigation. 
‘‘(D) A violation of this paragraph shall not be a basis 
for the suppression of any statement of an individual de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), or derivative evidence of such
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SEC. 553. ENHANCEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY OF RE-
STRICTED REPORTING OF SEXUAL ASSAULT 
IN THE MILITARY. 
(a) PREEMPTION OF STATE LAW TO ENSURE CON-
FIDENTIALITY OF REPORTING.—Subsection (b) of section 
1565b of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) In the case of information disclosed pursuant to 
paragraph (1), any State law or regulation that would re-
quire an individual specified in paragraph (2) to disclose 
the personally identifiable information of the adult victim 
or alleged perpetrator of the sexual assault to a State or 
local law enforcement agency shall not apply, except when 
reporting is necessary to prevent or mitigate a serious and 
imminent threat to the health or safety of an individual.’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE.—Paragraph (1) of such 
subsection is amended by striking ‘‘a dependent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an adult dependent’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Such section is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) SEXUAL
ASSAULT.—The term ‘sexual as-
sault’ includes the offenses of rape, sexual assault, 
forcible sodomy, aggravated sexual contact, abusive 
sexual contact, and attempts to commit such offenses, 
as punishable under applicable Federal or State law.
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‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and any territory or possession of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 554. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF COMPLEX INVES-
TIGATIONS WITHIN THE NATIONAL GUARD 
BUREAU. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1101 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 10509. Office of Complex Investigations 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is in the National Guard 
Bureau an Office of Complex Investigations (in this section 
referred to as the ‘Office’) under the authority, direction, 
and control of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
‘‘(b) DISPOSITION AND FUNCTIONS.—The Office shall 
be organized, trained, equipped, and managed to conduct 
administrative investigations in order to assist the States 
in the organization, maintenance, and operation of the Na-
tional Guard as follows: 
‘‘(1) In investigations of allegations of sexual as-
sault involving members of the National Guard. 
‘‘(2) In Investigations in circumstances involv-
ing members of the National Guard in which other 
law enforcement agencies within the Department of
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Defense do not have, or have limited, jurisdiction or 
authority to investigate. 
‘‘(3) In investigations in such other cir-
cumstances involving members of the National Guard 
as the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may di-
rect. 
‘‘(c) SCOPE OF INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITY.—Individ-
uals performing investigations described in subsection 
(b)(1) are authorized— 
‘‘(1) to have access to all records, reports, audits, 
reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or 
other material available to the applicable establish-
ment which relate to programs and operations with 
respect to the National Guard; and 
‘‘(2) to request such information or assistance as 
may be necessary for carrying out those duties from 
any Federal, State, or local governmental agency or 
unit thereof.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 1101 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘10509. Office of Complex Investigations.’’.
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SEC. 555. MODIFICATION OF DEADLINE FOR ESTABLISH-
MENT OF DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
ON INVESTIGATION, PROSECUTION, AND DE-
FENSE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
Section 546(a)(2) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113–291; 128 Stat. 3374; 
10 U.S.C. 1561 note) is amended by striking ‘‘not later 
than’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.’’. 
SEC. 556. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 
REPORTS ON PREVENTION AND RESPONSE 
TO SEXUAL ASSAULT BY THE ARMY NATIONAL 
GUARD AND THE ARMY RESERVE. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2016, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to Congress a report on the preliminary assessment of the 
Comptroller General (made pursuant to a review conducted 
by the Comptroller General for purposes of this section) of 
the extent to which the Army National Guard and the Army 
Reserve— 
(1) have in place policies and programs to pre-
vent and respond to incidents of sexual assault in-
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volving members of the Army National Guard or the 
Army Reserve, as applicable; 
(2) provide medical and mental health care serv-
ices to members of the Army National Guard or the 
Army Reserve, as applicable, following a sexual as-
sault; and 
(3) have identified whether the nature of service 
in the Army National Guard or the Army Reserve, as 
the case may be, poses challenges to the prevention of 
or response to sexual assault. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—If after submitting the re-
port required by subsection (a) the Comptroller General 
makes additional assessments as a result of the review de-
scribed in that subsection, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress such reports on such additional assess-
ments as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. 
SEC. 557. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SERVICE OF MILI-
TARY FAMILIES AND ON SENTENCING RE-
TIREMENT-ELIGIBLE 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Military families serve alongside their mem-
ber of the Armed Forces, enduring hardships, lending 
support, and contributing to the member’s career. 
These family members endure frequent moves, long pe-
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riods of separation, and other unique hardships asso-
ciated with military life. 
(2) Innocent family members are sometimes in-
advertently punished when the member they depend 
on forfeits retirement benefit eligibility due to a 
court-martial sentence. 
(3) When a retirement-eligible member forfeits 
retirement eligibility, that member’s innocent family 
members lose the security of benefits they had planned 
for and helped earn. 
(4) Military juries may choose to impose un-
justly light sentences on convicted members out of con-
cern for the innocent family members when a just 
sentence would require stripping the member of retire-
ment eligibility. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress— 
(1) that military juries should not face the dif-
ficult choice between imposing a fair sentence or pro-
tecting the benefits of a member of the Armed Forces 
for the sake of innocent family members; 
(2) that innocent military family members of re-
tirement-eligible members should not be made to forgo 
benefits they have sacrificed for and helped to earn; 
and
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(3) to welcome the opportunity to work with the 
Department of Defense to develop the necessary laws 
and regulations to improve the military justice sys-
tem and to protect the benefits that military families 
have helped earn. 
Subtitle 
F—Defense 
Dependents 
Education and Military Family 
Readiness 
SEC. 561. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2016 
by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance 
for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table 
in section 4301, $25,000,000 shall be available only for the 
purpose of providing assistance to local educational agen-
cies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the mean-
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ing given that term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
SEC. 562. IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DIS-
ABILITIES. 
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2016 pursuant to section 301 and available for oper-
ation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4301, $5,000,000 shall 
be available for payments under section 363 of the Floyd 
D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 
114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 
SEC. 563. AUTHORITY TO USE APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO 
SUPPORT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STU-
DENT MEAL PROGRAMS IN DOMESTIC DE-
PENDENT 
ELEMENTARY 
AND 
SECONDARY 
SCHOOLS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 2243 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the defense dependents’ 
education system’’ and inserting ‘‘overseas de-
fense dependents’ schools’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘students enrolled in that 
system’’ and inserting ‘‘students enrolled in such 
a school’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘Department of 
Defense dependents’ schools which are located outside 
the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘overseas defense de-
pendents’ schools’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) OVERSEAS DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ SCHOOL DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘overseas defense depend-
ents’ school’ means the following: 
‘‘(1) A school established as part of the defense 
dependents’ education system provided for under the 
Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978 (20 
U.S.C. 921 et seq.). 
‘‘(2) An elementary or secondary school estab-
lished pursuant to section 2164 of this title that is lo-
cated in a territory, commonwealth, or possession of 
the United States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) HEADING AMENDMENT.—The heading of such 
section is amended by inserting ‘‘defense’’ after 
‘‘overseas’’.
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(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 134 of 
such title is amended in the item relating to section 
2243 by inserting ‘‘defense’’ after ‘‘overseas’’. 
SEC. 564. BIENNIAL SURVEYS OF MILITARY DEPENDENTS 
ON MILITARY FAMILY READINESS MATTERS. 
(a) BIENNIAL SURVEYS REQUIRED.—The Director of 
the Office of Family Policy of the Department of Defense 
shall undertake every other year a survey of adult depend-
ents of members of the Armed Forces on the matters speci-
fied in subsection (b). Participation by dependents in the 
survey shall be voluntary. 
(b) MATTERS.—The matters specified in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) Mental health of dependents of members of 
the Armed Forces. 
(2) Incidence of suicide and suicidal ideation 
among dependents of members of the Armed Forces. 
(3) Incidence of divorce among dependents of 
members of the Armed Forces. 
(4) Incidence of spousal abuse, child abuse, sex-
ual assault, and harassment among dependents of 
members of the Armed Forces. 
(5) Financial health and financial literacy of 
military families.
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(6) Employment and education of dependents of 
members of the Armed Forces. 
(7) Adequacy and availability of child care for 
dependents of members of the Armed Forces. 
(8) Quality of programs for military families. 
(9) Such other matters relating to military fam-
ily readiness as the Director considers appropriate. 
Subtitle G—Miscellaneous 
Reporting Requirements 
SEC. 571. EXTENSION OF SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON THE 
INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 525(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 
1724) is amended by striking ‘‘calendar years 2013 and 
2014’’ and ‘‘each of calendar years 2013 through 2017’’. 
SEC. 572. REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT CAREER FIELD 
MANNING SHORTFALLS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for operation and maintenance for the Office of 
the Secretary of the Air Force, not more than 85 percent 
may be obligated or expended until a period of 15 days 
has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of
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the Air Force submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees the report described in subsection (b). 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on remotely piloted aircraft ca-
reer field manning levels and actions the Air Force 
will take to rectify personnel shortfalls. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) A description of current and projected 
manning requirements and inventory levels for 
remotely piloted aircraft systems. 
(B) A description of rated and non-rated of-
ficer and enlisted manning policies for author-
ization and inventory levels in effect for remotely 
piloted aircraft systems and units, to include 
whether remotely piloted aircraft duty is consid-
ered as a permanent Air Force Specialty Code or 
treated as an ancillary single assignment duty, 
and if both are used, the division of authoriza-
tions between permanently assigned personnel 
and those who will return to a different primary 
career field.
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(C) Comparisons to other Air Force manned 
combat aircraft systems and units with respect 
to personnel policies, manpower authorization 
levels, and projected personnel inventory. 
(D) Identification and assessment of miti-
gation actions to increase unit manning levels, 
including recruitment and retention bonuses, in-
centive pay, use of enlisted personnel, and in-
creased weighting to remotely piloted aircraft 
personnel on promotion boards, and to ensure 
the school house for remotely piloted aircraft per-
sonnel is sufficient to meet increased manning 
demands. 
(E) Analysis demonstrating the require-
ments determination for how remotely piloted 
aircraft pilot and sensor operators are selected, 
including whether individuals are prior rated or 
non-rated qualified, what prerequisite training 
or experience is necessary, and required and 
types of basic and advanced qualification train-
ing for each mission design series of remotely pi-
loted aircraft in the Air Force inventory. 
(F) Recommendations for changes to exist-
ing legislation required to implement mitigation 
actions.
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(G) An assessment of the authorization lev-
els of government civilian and contractor sup-
port required for sufficiency of remotely piloted 
aircraft career field manning. 
(H) A description and associated timeline 
of actions the Air Force will take to increase re-
motely piloted aircraft career field manpower 
authorizations and manning levels to at least the 
equal of the normative levels of manning and 
readiness of all other combat aircraft career 
fields. 
(I) A description of any other matters con-
cerning remotely piloted aircraft career field 
manning levels the Secretary of the Air Force de-
termines to be appropriate. 
(3) FORM.—The report required under para-
graph (1) may be submitted in classified form, but 
shall also contain an unclassified executive summary 
and may contain an unclassified annex. 
(4) NONDUPLICATION OF EFFORT.—If any infor-
mation required under paragraph (1) has been in-
cluded in another report or notification previously 
submitted to Congress by law, the Secretary of the Air 
Force may provide a list of such reports and notifica-
tions at the time of submitting the report required
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under this subsection in lieu of including such infor-
mation in the report. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
PART I—FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PREPARED-
NESS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
SEC. 581. IMPROVEMENT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY AND 
PREPAREDNESS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 992 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘CONSUMER EDUCATION’’ and inserting ‘‘FINAN-
CIAL LITERACY TRAINING’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘edu-
cation’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) and inserting ‘‘financial literacy training’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘as’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘as’’ before ‘‘a 
component’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘orientation’’; 
and
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(III) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (J); and 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) upon arrival at the first duty station; 
‘‘(C) upon arrival at each duty station following 
the first duty station in the case of each member in 
pay grade E–4 or below or in pay grade O–3 or 
below; 
‘‘(D) on the date of promotion, in the case of 
each member in pay grade E–5 or below or in pay 
grade O–4 or below; 
‘‘(E) when the member vests in the Thrift Sav-
ings Plan (TSP); 
‘‘(F) at each major life event during the mem-
ber’s service, such as— 
‘‘(i) marriage; 
‘‘(ii) divorce; 
‘‘(iii) birth of first child; or 
‘‘(iv) disabling sickness or condition; 
‘‘(G) during leadership training; 
‘‘(H) during pre-deployment training and dur-
ing post-deployment training;
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section (b) if necessary for the safety of human life, protec-
tion of property, or providing network services in support 
of a combat operation. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 30, 
2016, the Chief Information Officer shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a plan for the 
transition of the current performance of network serv-
ices from military personnel to other means. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following elements: 
(A) An assessment of the costs of using mili-
tary personnel versus other means to provide net-
work services for the military services. 
(B) 
An 
estimate 
of 
the 
savings 
of 
transitioning the current performance of network 
services from military personnel to other means. 
(C) An estimate of the number of military 
personnel that could be reallocated for military- 
unique missions. 
(f) VALIDATION OF COST AND SAVINGS ESTIMATES.— 
The report required under subsection (e) shall be validated 
by the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evalua-
tion.
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‘‘(II) receive Thrift Savings Plan 
(TSP) matching contributions pursu-
ant to section 8440e(e) of title 5 for pe-
riods of service between the completion 
of 2 years of service and the completion 
of 20 years of service in accordance 
with paragraph (3)(B) of such section; 
and 
‘‘(III) be eligible for lump sum 
payments under section 1415 of this 
title. 
‘‘(iii) ELECTION PERIOD.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in subclauses (II) and (III), a 
member of a uniformed service may 
make the election described in clause 
(i) during the period that begins on 
July 1, 2018, and ends on December 
31, 2018. 
‘‘(II) HARDSHIP
EXTENSION.— 
The Secretary concerned may extend 
the election period described in sub-
clause (I) for a member who experi-
ences a hardship as determined by the 
Secretary concerned.