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Sec. 604. Participation of members of the uniformed services in Thrift Savings 
Plan. 
Sec. 605. Enhancement of referral bonus to encourage service in the Army. 
Sec. 606. Guaranteed pay increase for members of the Armed Forces of one- 
half of one percentage point higher than Employment Cost 
Index. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for reserve 
forces. 
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for health care 
professionals. 
Sec. 613. Extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers. 
Sec. 614. Extension of authorities relating to payment of other bonuses and 
special pays. 
Sec. 615. Increase in incentive special pay and multiyear retention bonus for 
medical officers. 
Sec. 616. Increase in dental officer additional special pay. 
Sec. 617. Definition of sea duty for career sea pay to include multi-crew ships. 
Sec. 618. Reenlistment bonus for members of the Selected Reserve. 
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.
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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. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
Sec. 671. Expansion of education loan repayment program for members of the 
Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 672. Ensuring entry into United States after time abroad for permanent 
resident alien military spouses and children. 
Sec. 673. Overseas naturalization for military spouses and children. 
Sec. 674. Postal benefits program for members of the Armed Forces serving in 
Iraq or Afghanistan. 
Sec. 675. Leave for military families. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 701. Extension of prohibition on increases in certain health care costs for 
members of the uniformed services. 
Sec. 702. Temporary prohibition on increase in copayments under retail phar-
macy system of pharmacy benefits program. 
Sec. 703. Fair pricing under pharmacy benefits program. 
Sec. 704. Prohibition on conversion of military medical and dental positions to 
civilian medical and dental positions. 
Sec. 705. Establishment of Nurse Practitioner Program. 
Sec. 706. Services of mental health counselors. 
Sec. 707. Extension of pilot program for health care delivery. 
Sec. 708. Stipend for members of Reserve Components for health care for cer-
tain dependents. 
Sec. 709. Joint Pathology Center. 
Sec. 710. Report on training in preservation of remains under combat or com-
bat-related conditions. 
Sec. 711. Pre- and post-deployment assessments for the purpose of determining 
the cognitive functioning and brain health of deployed members 
of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 712. Guaranteed funding for Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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Sec. 713. Report and study on multiple vaccinations of members of the Armed 
Forces. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Definition of commercial services. 
Sec. 802. Acquisition workforce provisions. 
Sec. 803. Guidance on defense procurements made through contracts of other 
agencies. 
Sec. 804. Prohibition on procurement from beneficiaries of foreign subsidies. 
Sec. 805. Prohibition on procurement from companies in violation of the Iran 
and Syria Nonproliferation Act. 
Sec. 806. Lead systems integrators. 
Sec. 807. Procurement goal for Native Hawaiian-serving institutions and Alas-
ka Native-serving institutions. 
Sec. 808. Reinvestment in domestic sources of strategic materials. 
Sec. 809. Clarification of the protection of strategic materials critical to na-
tional security. 
Sec. 810. Debarment of contractors convicted of criminal violations of the Arms 
Export Control Act. 
Subtitle B—Amendments to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and 
Limitations 
Sec. 811. Change to the Truth in Negotiations Act exception for the acquisition 
of a commercial item. 
Sec. 812. Clarification of submission of cost or pricing data on noncommercial 
modifications of commercial items. 
Sec. 813. Plan for restricting Government-unique contract clauses on commer-
cial contracts. 
Sec. 814. Extension of authority for use of simplified acquisition procedures for 
certain commercial items. 
Sec. 815. Extension of authority to fill shortage category positions for certain 
federal acquisition positions. 
Sec. 816. Extension of authority to carry out certain prototype projects. 
Sec. 817. Clarification of limited acquisition authority for special operations 
command. 
Sec. 818. Exemption of special operations command from certain requirements 
for contracts relating to vessels, aircraft, and combat vehicles. 
Sec. 819. Provision of authority to maintain equipment to unified combatant 
command for joint warfighting. 
Sec. 820. Market research. 
Subtitle C—Accountability in Contracting 
Sec. 821. Limitation on length of noncompetitive contracts. 
Sec. 822. Maximizing fixed-price procurement contracts. 
Sec. 823. Public disclosure of justification and approval documents for non-
competitive contracts. 
Sec. 824. Disclosure of Government contractor audit findings. 
Sec. 825. Study of acquisition workforce. 
Sec. 826. Report to Congress. 
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Sec. 831. Memorandum of understanding on matters relating to contracting. 
Sec. 832. Comptroller General reviews and reports on contracting in Iraq and 
Afghanistan. 
Sec. 833. Definitions. 
Sec. 834. Competition for equipment supplied to Iraq and Afghanistan. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 841. Rapid Commercial Information Technology Identification Demonstra-
tion Project. 
Sec. 842. Report to Congress required on delays in major phases of acquisition 
process for major automated information system programs. 
Sec. 843. Requirement for licensing of certain military designations and 
likenesses of weapons systems to toy and hobby manufacturers. 
Sec. 844. Change in grounds for waiver of limitation on service contract to ac-
quire military flight simulator. 
Sec. 845. Evaluation of cost of compliance with requirement to buy certain arti-
cles from American sources. 
Sec. 846. Requirements relating to waivers of certain domestic source limita-
tions. 
Sec. 847. Multiple cost threshold breaches. 
Sec. 848. Phone cards. 
Sec. 849. Jurisdiction under Contract Disputes Act of 1978 over claims, dis-
putes, and appeals arising out of maritime contracts. 
Sec. 850. Clarification of jurisdiction of the United States district courts to 
hear bid protest disputes involving maritime contracts. 
TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Management 
Sec. 901. Additional requirements relating to limitation on major Department 
of Defense headquarters activities personnel. 
Sec. 902. Flexibility to adjust the number of deputy chiefs and assistant chiefs. 
Sec. 903. Change in eligibility requirements for appointment to Department of 
Defense leadership positions. 
Sec. 904. Revisions in functions and activities of special operations command. 
Sec. 905. Redesignation of the Department of the Navy as the Department of 
the Navy and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 906. Management system of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 907. Acquisition parity for Special Operations Command. 
Sec. 908. Department of Defense Board of Actuaries. 
Subtitle B—Space Activities 
Sec. 911. Space protection policy and strategy. 
Sec. 912. Biennial report on management of space cadre within the Depart-
ment of Defense. 
Subtitle C—Chemical Demilitarization Program 
Sec. 921. Chemical demilitarization citizens advisory commissions. 
Sec. 922. Sense of Congress on completion of destruction of United States 
chemical weapons stockpile. 
Subtitle D—Intelligence-Related Matters