I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1815 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of 
the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2005 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself and Mr. SKELTON) (both by request) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2006, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into two divi-
sions as follows:
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Au-
thorizations. 
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—PROCUREMENT 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 101. Army. 
Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. 
Sec. 103. Air Force. 
Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. 
Subtitle B—Army Programs 
Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for UH–60/MH–60 helicopters. 
Sec. 112. Multiyear procurement authority for the Army Apache Modernized 
Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sen-
sor. 
Sec. 113. Multiyear procurement authority for Army Apache Block II Conver-
sion. 
Subtitle C—Navy Programs 
Sec. 121. Refueling and complex overhaul of the USS Carl Vinson. 
Sec. 122. Construction of the LHA replacement ship. 
Sec. 123. Use of funds from the National Defense Sealift Fund to exercise pur-
chase options on maritime prepositioning ships. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
Sec. 131. Civil Reserve Air Fleet Expansion. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE III—OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 301. Operation and maintenance funding. 
Sec. 302. Working capital funds. 
Sec. 303. Armed Forces Retirement Home. 
Sec. 304. Other Department of Defense programs.
Subtitle B—Environmental Provisions 
Sec. 311. Payment of certain private cleanup costs in connection with the de-
fense environmental restoration program. 
Sec. 312. The environmental quality annual report. 
Subtitle C—Workplace and Depot Issues 
Sec. 321. Retention of reimbursement for provision of reciprocal fire protection 
services. 
Sec. 322. Exceptions to prohibition on contracts for performance of firefighting 
or security-guard functions. 
Sec. 323. Fielding of ballistic missile defense capabilities. 
Sec. 324. Expansion of Fire protection services under reciprocal agreements. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 331. Termination of the National Security Education Trust Fund. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS 
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2006 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Elimination of frocking for officers above the grade of major general 
or rear admiral. 
Sec. 502. Authorized strength: general and flag officers on active duty. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Personnel Matters 
Sec. 511. Eliminate limitation on amount of ROTC scholarship financial assist-
ance. 
Sec. 512. Modifications to Reserve educational benefit for certain active service. 
Sec. 513. Revision of bonus for enlisted members to serve in the Ready Re-
serve. 
Sec. 514. Retention incentive for members of the Selected Reserve qualified in 
a critical military skill or unit. 
Sec. 515. Uniform authority for Reserve general officer age deferments. 
Sec. 516. Expanded use of Reserve component members to perform develop-
mental and operational testing and new equipment training. 
Subtitle C—Joint Officer Management and Professional Military Education 
Sec. 521. New mission statement and expanded eligibility for enlisted personnel 
at the naval postgraduate school. 
Subtitle D—Military Service Academies
Sec. 531. Pay Increase for permanent military professors at the United States 
Naval Academy with over 36 years of service. 
Sec. 532. Authority to retain permanent professors at the Naval Academy for 
more than thirty years. 
Subtitle E—Other Education and Training Matters 
Sec. 541. Increase ROTC scholarship limit. 
Sec. 542. Clarification of restriction on compensation for correspondence 
courses. 
Subtitle F—Military Justice Matters 
Sec. 551. Administrative sessions of courts-martial. 
Sec. 552. Unlimited period for prosecution of murder and rape; extended period 
for prosecution of child abuse cases in courts-martial. 
Sec. 553. Amending offense of rape under the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice; elimination of mistake of age defense in carnal knowledge 
of child cases. 
Sec. 554. Establishing the offense of stalking under the Uniform Code of Mili-
tary Justice. 
Sec. 555. Amending offense of sodomy under the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice. 
Subtitle G—Management and Administrative Matters 
Sec. 561. Clarification of authority of military legal assistance counsel to pro-
vide military legal assistance without regard to licensing re-
quirements. 
Subtitle H—Other Matters 
Sec. 571. Uniform Enlistment practices of the armed forces. 
Sec. 572. Increase in percentage limits on reduction of time in grade require-
ments for retention of grade upon voluntary retirement. 
Sec. 573. Consolidating frocking limits. 
Sec. 574. Receipt of statutory selection board correspondence. 
Sec. 575. Military personnel demonstration projects. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Permanent authority for the supplemental subsistence allowance for 
low-income members with dependents. 
Sec. 602. Repeal of basic allowance for housing differential. 
Sec. 603. Revisions to pay and allowances considered for saved pay upon ap-
pointment as an officer. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. Uniform payment of foreign language proficiency pay to Reserve com-
ponent members and members on active duty. 
Sec. 612. Increase maximum amount of selective reenlistment bonus. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pays for Reserve 
forces. 
Sec. 614. Flexible payment of assignment incentive pay.
Sec. 615. Repayment of unearned portions of bonuses, special pays, and edu-
cational benefits. 
Sec. 616. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for hardship duty pay. 
Subtitle C—Retired Pay 
Sec. 621. Prohibit court-ordered payments before retirement based on imputa-
tion of retired pay. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 631. Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials. 
Sec. 632. Monthly disbursement to the states of state income tax voluntarily 
withheld from retired or retained pay. 
Sec. 633. Leave accrual for members assigned to a deployable ship or mobile 
unit or other duty. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Enhanced Benefits for Reserves 
Sec. 701. Correction to eligibility for health care pending active duty following 
commissioning. 
Subtitle B—Other Benefits Improvements 
Sec. 711. Authority to relocate patient safety center; renaming MedTeams pro-
gram. 
Subtitle C—Planning, Programming, and Management 
Sec. 721. Modification of health care quality information and technology en-
hancement reporting requirement. 
Subtitle D—Medical Readiness Tracking and Health Surveillance 
Sec. 731. Revision of requirements for physical examinations and certificates of 
physical condition for members of the Selected Reserve. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POLICY, ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT, 
AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—Acquisition Policy and Management 
Sec. 801. Joint warfighting science and technology plan. 
Sec. 802. Making the statutory executive compensation cap prospective from 
the date of the legislation. 
Sec. 803. Clarification of rapid acquisition authority to respond to combat 
emergencies. 
Sec. 804. Clarification of Buy American requirements. 
Sec. 805. Increase limitation on advance billing of working capital fund cus-
tomers. 
Sec. 806. Procurement of supplies and services from exchange stores; raising 
dollar limitation. 
Sec. 807. Authorization to enter into acquisition and cross-servicing agreements 
with regional organizations of which the United States is not 
a member.