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local educational agencies for that fiscal 
year under this subsection. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than June 30, 2006, 
and June 30 of each fiscal year thereafter for which funds 
are made available to carry out this section, the Secretary 
of Defense shall notify each local educational agency that 
is eligible for assistance under this section for that fiscal 
year of—
(1) the eligibility of the local educational agency 
for the assistance, including whether the agency is 
eligible for assistance under either subsection (a) or 
(b) or both subsections; and 
(2) the amount of the assistance for which the 
local educational agency is eligible. 
(d) DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall disburse assistance made available under 
this section for a fiscal year not later than 30 days after 
the date on which notification to the eligible local edu-
cational agencies is provided pursuant to subsection (c) 
for that fiscal year. 
(e) FINDING
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 
301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide 
activities—
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(1) $50,000,000 shall be available only for the 
purpose of providing assistance to local educational 
agencies under subsection (a); and 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be available only for the 
purpose of providing assistance to local educational 
agencies under subsection (b). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘base closure process’’ means the 
2005 base closure and realignment process author-
ized by Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–
510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) or any base closure and 
realignment process conducted after the date of the 
enactment of this Act under section 2687 of title 10, 
United States Code, or any other similar law en-
acted after that date. 
(2) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 8013(9) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
(3) The term ‘‘military dependent students’’ re-
fers to—
(A) elementary and secondary school stu-
dents who are dependents of members of the 
Armed Forces; and
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(B) elementary and secondary school stu-
dents who are dependents of civilian employees 
of the Department of Defense. 
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 
States and the District of Columbia. 
(g) REPEAL OF FORMER AUTHORITY.—Section 386 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1993 (Public Law 102–484; 20 U.S.C. 7703 note) is re-
pealed. The repeal of such section shall not affect the dis-
tribution of assistance to local educational agencies under 
section 559 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–
375; 118 Stat. 1917) for fiscal year 2005. 
SEC. 563. CONTINUATION OF IMPACT AID ASSISTANCE ON 
BEHALF OF DEPENDENTS OF CERTAIN MEM-
BERS DESPITE CHANGE IN STATUS OF MEM-
BER. 
(a) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of computing the 
amount of a payment for an eligible local educational 
agency under subsection (a) of section 8003 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7703) 
for school year 2005–2006, the Secretary of Education 
shall continue to count as a child enrolled in a school of 
such agency under such subsection any child who—
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(1) would be counted under paragraph (1)(B) 
of such subsection to determine the number of chil-
dren who were in average daily attendance in the 
school; but 
(2) due to the deployment of both parents or 
legal guardians of the child, the deployment of a 
parent or legal guardian having sole custody of the 
child, or the death of a military parent or legal 
guardian while on active duty (so long as the child 
resides on Federal property (as defined in section 
8013(5) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7713(5))), is not eli-
gible to be so counted. 
(b) TERMINATION.—The special rule provided under 
subsection (a) applies only so long as the children covered 
by such subsection remain in average daily attendance at 
a school in the same local educational agency they at-
tended before their change in eligibility status. 
Subtitle H—Decorations and 
Awards 
SEC. 565. COLD WAR VICTORY MEDAL. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 57 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: