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to determine the mental state of such member before deploy-
ment. Each other mental health screening of a member
under this section shall be designated to detect symptoms
or other evidence in such member of Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder (PTSD) or other mental health condition relating
to combat.
(c) TIME OF SCREENINGS.—A member shall receive a
mental health screening under this section at times as fol-
lows:
(1) Prior to deployment in a combat operation
or to a combat zone.
(2) Not later than 30 days after the date of the
member’s return from such deployment.
(3) Not later than 120 days after the date of the
member’s return from such deployment.
SEC. 575. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON NOTICE TO CONGRESS
OF RECOGNITION OF MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES FOR EXTRAORDINARY ACTS
OF BRAVERY, HEROISM, AND ACHIEVEMENT.
It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of De-
fense or the Secretary of the military department concerned
should, upon awarding a medal to a member of the Armed
Forces or otherwise commending or recognizing a member
of the Armed Forces for an act of extraordinary heroism,
bravery, achievement, or other distinction, notify the Com-
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mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, the Senators from the State in which such
member resides, and the Member of the House of Represent-
atives from the district in which such member resides of
such extraordinary award, commendation, or recognition.
SEC. 576. NATIONAL CALL TO SERVICE PROGRAM.
(a) LIMITATION
TO DOMESTIC NATIONAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS.—Subsection (c)(3)(D) of section 510 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘in the Peace
Corps, Americorps, or another national service program’’
and inserting ‘‘in Americorps or another domestic national
service program’’.
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION INCENTIVES BY
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Paragraph (2) of
subsection (h) of such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(2)(A) Educational assistance under paragraphs (3)
or (4) of subsection (e) shall be provided through the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs under an agreement to be en-
tered into by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs. The agreements shall include adminis-
trative procedures to ensure the prompt and timely transfer
of funds from the Secretary concerned to the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs for the making of payments under this sec-
tion.
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‘‘(B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
provisions of sections 503, 511, 3470, 3471, 3474, 3476,
3482(g), 3483, and 3485 of title 38 and the provisions of
subchapters I and II of chapter 36 of such title (with the
exception of sections 3686(a), 3687, and 3692) shall be ap-
plicable to the provision of educational assistance under
this chapter. The term ‘eligible veteran’ and the term ‘per-
son’, as used in those provisions, shall be deemed for the
purpose of the application of those provisions to this section
to refer to a person eligible for educational assistance under
paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (e).’’.
SEC. 577. DESIGNATION OF IKE SKELTON EARLY COMMIS-
SIONING PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIPS.
Section 2107a of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(j) Financial assistance provided under this section
to a cadet appointed at a military junior college is des-
ignated as, and shall be known as, an ‘Ike Skelton Early
Commissioning Program Scholarship’.’’.
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Subtitle G—Defense Dependents
Education Matters
SEC. 581. EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZED ENROLLMENT IN DE-
PARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE 
DEPENDENTS
SCHOOLS OVERSEAS.
The Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978 (20
U.S.C. 931 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section
1404 the following new section:
‘‘ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CHILDREN ON
TUITION-FREE BASIS
‘‘SEC. 1404A. (a) The Secretary of Defense may, under
regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary, authorize the
enrollment in schools of the defense dependents’ education
system on a tuition-free basis the children of full-time, lo-
cally-hired employees of the Department of Defense in an
overseas area if such employees are citizens or nationals of
the United States.
‘‘(b) The Secretary may utilize funds available for the
defense dependents’ education system, including funds for
construction, in order to provide for the education of chil-
dren enrolled in the defense dependents’ education system
under subsection (a).’’.
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SEC. 582. ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
WITH SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT INCREASES
OR DECREASES IN MILITARY DEPENDENT
STUDENTS DUE TO TROOP RELOCATIONS,
CREATION OF NEW UNITS, AND REALIGN-
MENTS UNDER BRAC.
(a) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—To assist commu-
nities in making adjustments resulting from the creation
of new units and other large-scale relocations of members
of the Armed Forces between military installations, the Sec-
retary of Defense may make payments to local educational
agencies described in subsection (b) that, during the period
between the end of the school year preceding the fiscal year
for which the payments are authorized and the beginning
of the school year immediately preceding that school year,
had an overall increase or decrease in the number of mili-
tary dependent students enrolled in schools of such local
educational agencies equal to or greater than 250 military
dependent students.
(b) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—A
local educational agency is eligible for assistance under this
section for a fiscal year only if the Secretary of Defense
determines that—
(1) the local educational agency is eligible for
educational agencies assistance for the same fiscal
year; and