(3) While away from active duty as a participant in 
the Career Intermission Pilot Program under this section, 
a member may not receive any special or incentive pay 
or bonus under chapter five of title 37, United States 
Code, to which the member would otherwise be entitled 
for such period. When the member returns to active duty 
after the period of participation in the Career Intermission 
Pilot Program, the member will be entitled to receive, in 
addition to basic pay, all of the special and incentive pays 
which the member was receiving before being released 
from active duty to participate in the Career Intermission 
Pilot Program and for which the member is qualified at 
the time of return to active duty. 
(f) COMPUTATION OF TOTAL YEARS OF SERVICE.— 
Section 14706(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) Service while participating in the Career 
Intermission Pilot Program.’’. 
(g) DURATION OF PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The au-
thority to conduct the Program authorized by this section 
shall commence on January 1, 2009 and expire on Decem-
ber 31, 2014. 
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TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Bonuses and Special 
and Incentive Pays 
SEC. 601. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAYS FOR RESERVE FORCES. 
(a) SPECIAL PAY FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN 
CRITICALLY
SHORT
WARTIME
SPECIALTIES.—Section 
302g(e) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
(b) SELECTED RESERVE REENLISTMENT BONUS.— 
Section 308b(g) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(c) SELECTED RESERVE AFFILIATION OR ENLIST-
MENT BONUS.—Section 308c(i) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2009’’. 
(d) SPECIAL PAY
FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS AS-
SIGNED TO CERTAIN HIGH PRIORITY UNITS.—Section 
308d(c) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(e) READY RESERVE NON-PRIOR SERVICE ENLIST-
MENT BONUS.—Section 308g(f)(2) of such title is amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2009’’. 
(f) READY RESERVE ENLISTMENT AND REENLIST-
MENT BONUS.—Section 308h(e) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2009’’. 
(g) PRIOR SERVICE REENLISTMENT BONUS.—Sec-
tion 308i(f) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(h) REPAYMENT OF EDUCATION LOANS FOR CER-
TAIN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO SERVE IN THE SE-
LECTED RESERVE.—Section 16302(d) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2009’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2010’’. 
SEC. 602. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR CERTAIN 
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) NURSE OFFICER CANDIDATE ACCESSION PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2130a(a)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(b) ACCESSION BONUS FOR REGISTERED NURSES.— 
Section 302d(a)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
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(c) INCENTIVE SPECIAL PAY
FOR NURSE ANES-
THETISTS.—Section 302e(a)(1) of such title is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2009’’. 
(d) ACCESSION BONUS FOR DENTAL OFFICERS.— 
Section 302h(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2009’’. 
(e) ACCESSION BONUS FOR PHARMACY OFFICERS.— 
Section 302j(a) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(f) ACCESSION BONUS FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS IN 
CRITICALLY
SHORT
WARTIME
SPECIALTIES.—Section 
302k(f) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(g) ACCESSION BONUS FOR DENTAL SPECIALIST OF-
FICERS IN CRITICALLY SHORT WARTIME SPECIALTIES.— 
Section 302l(g) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
SEC. 603. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND 
BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFI-
CERS. 
(a) SPECIAL PAY FOR NUCLEAR-QUALIFIED OFFI-
CERS EXTENDING PERIOD OF ACTIVE SERVICE.—Section 
312(f) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by 
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striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
(b) NUCLEAR CAREER ACCESSION BONUS.—Section 
312b(c) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
(c) 
NUCLEAR
CAREER
ANNUAL
INCENTIVE 
BONUS.—Section 312c(d) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2009’’. 
SEC. 604. DIRECT ACCESSION BONUS FOR PSYCHOLOGY OF-
FICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 302l 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 302m. Special pay: accession bonus for psychology 
officers 
‘‘(a) ACCESSION BONUS AUTHORIZED.—A person 
who is a fully licensed psychologist and who executes a 
written agreement described in subsection (d) to accept 
a commission as an officer of the Armed Forces and re-
main on active duty for a period of not less than four con-
secutive years may, upon the acceptance of the agreement 
by the Secretary concerned, be paid an accession bonus 
in the amount determined by the Secretary concerned. 
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‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF BONUS.—The amount of an acces-
sion bonus under subsection (a) may not exceed $70,000. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR BONUS.—A 
person may not be paid a bonus under subsection (a) if— 
‘‘(1) the person, in exchange for an agreement 
to accept an appointment as an officer, received fi-
nancial assistance from the Department of Defense 
to pursue a course of study in psychology; or 
‘‘(2) the Secretary concerned determines that 
the person is not qualified to become and remain 
certified as a psychologist. 
‘‘(d) AGREEMENT.—The agreement referred to in 
subsection (a) shall provide that, consistent with the needs 
of the armed force concerned, the person executing the 
agreement will be assigned to duty, for the period of obli-
gated service covered by the agreement, as an officer of 
the Medical Service Corps of the Army or the Navy or 
as an officer of the Air Force designated as a biomedical 
sciences officer. 
‘‘(e) REPAYMENT.—A person who, after executing an 
agreement under subsection (a), is not commissioned as 
an officer of the Armed Forces, does not become licensed 
as a psychologist, or does not complete the period of active 
duty in a specialty specified in the agreement shall be sub-
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ject to the repayment provisions of section 303a(e) of this 
title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 302l the following new 
item: 
‘‘302m. Special pay: accession bonus for psychology officers.’’. 
SEC. 605. EXTENDING MAXIMUM LENGTH OF NUCLEAR OF-
FICER INCENTIVE PAY AGREEMENTS FOR 
SERVICE. 
Section 312(a)(3) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘three, four, or five’’ and inserting 
‘‘not less than three’’. 
Subtitle B—Travel and 
Transportation Allowances 
SEC. 611. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES 
FOR CERTAIN FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE 
PERSON DESIGNATED TO DIRECT THE DIS-
POSITION OF THE DECEASED’S REMAINS TO 
ATTEND THE BURIAL CEREMONY OR MEMO-
RIAL SERVICE OF MEMBERS WHO DIE ON 
DUTY. 
(a) UNCONDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY OF MINOR SIB-
LINGS.—Section 411f(c)(1) of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
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‘‘(D) Any unmarried brother or sister of 
the deceased member who is under 21 years of 
age, or if age 21 or more a dependent child of 
the parent or parents of the deceased member, 
as determined under regulations prescribed 
under subsection (f).’’. 
(b) UNCONDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY OF PERSON DI-
RECTING DISPOSITION OF REMAINS.—Subsection (a) of 
such section is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The person who directs the disposition of 
the remains of the deceased member under section 
1482(c) of title 10, or, in the case of a deceased 
member whose remains are commingled and buried 
in a common grave in a national cemetery, the per-
son who would have been designated under such sec-
tion to direct the disposition of the remains if indi-
vidual identification had been made.’’; and 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c)(2) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘to—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘to up to two addi-
tional persons closely related to the deceased member who 
are selected by the person referred to under subsection 
(a)(3)’’. 
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Subtitle C—Retired Pay and 
Survivor Benefits 
SEC. 621. WAIVER OF RECOUPMENT OF OVERPAYMENTS OF 
RETIRED 
PAY 
TO 
SPOUSE 
OR 
FORMER 
SPOUSE AS A RESULT OF RETROACTIVE DIS-
ABILITY DETERMINATION. 
Section 2774 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g)(1) The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget or the Secretary concerned, as the case may 
be, shall waive any claim for overpayment against a spouse 
or former spouse of a member if— 
‘‘(A) the payment was disposable retired 
pay that, pursuant to section 1408 of this title, 
a court treated as property for the purpose of 
issuing a final decree of divorce, dissolution, an-
nulment, or legal separation, including a court 
ordered, ratified, or approved property settle-
ment incident to such decree; and 
‘‘(B) the claim for overpayment is attrib-
utable to a determination of entitlement to dis-
ability compensation under title 38. 
‘‘(2) In this section: 
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‘‘(A) The term ‘court’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 1408(a)(1) of this 
title. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘disposable retired pay’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 
1408(a)(4) of this title. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘final decree’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 1408(a)(3) of 
this title. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘member’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 1408(a)(5) of this 
title. 
‘‘(E) The term ‘spouse or former spouse’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 
1408(a)(6) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 622. SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN: EXTENSION OF PE-
RIOD FOR ELECTION DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN 
MADE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1450(f)(3)(C) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘one year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘five years’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to divorces, dissolu-
tions, annulments, or legal separations that become effec-
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tive after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 623. SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN: MULTIPLE BENE-
FICIARIES. 
(a) PERMIT SPOUSE AND FORMER SPOUSE COV-
ERAGE.—Section 1448(b)(2) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘prevents payment’’ and 
inserting ‘‘reduces the amount’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘including payment’’ and 
inserting ‘‘including the amount of an annuity’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘which 
former spouse is to be provided the annuity’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the base amount applicable in determining 
the amount of the annuity of each former spouse’’. 
(b) PERMIT SPOUSE AND FORMER SPOUSE ANNU-
ITIES.—Section 1450(a)(1) of such title is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(1) 
SURVIVING
SPOUSE
AND
FORMER 
SPOUSE(S).—The eligible surviving spouse and every 
eligible former spouse.’’. 
(c) PERMIT REDUCTIONS IN RETIRED PAY IN THE 
CASE OF MULTIPLE BENEFICIARIES.—Section 1452 of 
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such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(k) REDUCTIONS IN RETIRED PAY IN THE CASE OF 
MULTIPLE BENEFICIARIES.—When a participant in the 
Plan has elected to provide an annuity to a spouse and 
to one or more former spouses, reductions in retired pay 
required by subsection (a) shall be made for each annuity 
elected, in an amount based on the base amount applicable 
to each annuity. In the case of a reduction in retired pay 
to provide an annuity to a former spouse to whom pay-
ment of a portion of a member’s retired pay is being made 
pursuant to a court order under section 1408 of this title, 
such reduction in retired pay shall be deducted from the 
amounts paid to such member, to such former spouse, or 
both, as provided by court order or by agreement of the 
parties.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsections (a), (b), and (c) apply with respect to elections 
made on or after the date of enactment of this Act. Any 
election to provide an annuity to a spouse or former 
spouse who was prevented from being a beneficiary under 
the laws in effect before the date of enactment of this Act 
shall be made within 180 days following the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(e) COVERAGE FOR SURVIVORS OF RETIREMENT-EL-
IGIBLE MEMBERS WHO DIE ON ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) Sec-
tion 1448(d) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the sec-
retary—(A) may not pay an annuity under para-
graph (1) or (2); but (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (5) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(5) COMPUTATION.—(A) The amount of an 
annuity payable to a former spouse pursuant to 
paragraph (3) shall be computed on the basis of a 
base amount equal to the amount of retired pay 
that, under the authority of section 1408(c) of this 
title, is treated under a court order or spousal agree-
ment as the property of such former spouse. 
‘‘(B) The amount of an annuity payable under 
paragraph (1) or (2) shall be computed under sec-
tion 1451(c) of this title; however, the retired pay 
otherwise applicable with respect to such computa-
tion shall be reduced by an amount equal to the base 
amount that provides the basis for computing the 
amount of an annuity payable to a former spouse 
under paragraph (3) of this subsection.’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to survivors of re-
tirement-eligible members who die on active duty on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(f) COVERAGE FOR SURVIVORS OF PERSONS DYING 
WHEN ELIGIBLE TO ELECT RESERVE COMPONENT AN-
NUITY.—(1) Section 1448(f) of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Secretary—(A) may not 
pay an annuity under paragraph (1) or (2); but 
(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(4) COMPUTATION.—(A) The amount of an 
annuity payable to a former spouse pursuant to 
paragraph (3) shall be computed on the basis of a 
base amount equal to the amount of retired pay 
that, under the authority of section 1408(c) of this 
title, is treated under a court order or spousal agree-
ment as the property of such former spouse. 
‘‘(B) The amount of an annuity payable under 
paragraph (1) or (2) shall be computed under sec-
tion 1451(c) of this title; however, the retired pay 
otherwise applicable with respect to such computa-
tion shall be reduced by an amount equal to the base 
amount that provides the basis for computing the 
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amount of an annuity payable to a former spouse 
under paragraph (3) of this subsection.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to survivors of per-
sons eligible to elect Reserve component annuity retire-
ment-eligible members who die on or after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 624. SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN: FINANCIAL RESPONSI-
BILITY FOR SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN PAR-
TICIPATION. 
(a) SPOUSE AND FORMER SPOUSE ANNUITIES.—Sec-
tion 1452(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(6) of this subsection or’’ after ‘‘Except as provided 
in’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(6) COURT ORDER.—If a court order requires 
the former spouse to pay all or a part of the costs 
associated with providing an annuity to the former 
spouse, the participant’s retired pay shall not be re-
duced by the portion that the former spouse is re-
quired to pay. The portion of Plan costs that a 
former spouse is required to pay pursuant to a 
Court order under this paragraph must either be 
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paid by direct remittance or as a deduction from the 
former spouse’s share of the member’s retired pay 
that is received by direct payment pursuant to sec-
tion 1408 of this title.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to divorces, dissolu-
tions, annulments, or legal separations that become effec-
tive after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 625. SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN: PRESUMPTIVE PRO-
PORTIONATE SHARE. 
(a) PRESUMPTIVE BASE AMOUNT
FOR FORMER 
SPOUSE.—Section 1447(6) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) 
PRESUMPTIVE
PROPORTIONATE 
AMOUNT FOR FORMER SPOUSE.—In the case of 
an annuity provided under the Plan for a 
former spouse, unless otherwise agreed to by 
the member and former spouse or ordered by a 
court, such term means any amount of monthly 
retired pay, which is not less than $300, pay-
able to such former spouse as a result of a 
court treating disposable retired pay of a mem-
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ber as the property of the member and his 
spouse under the authority of section 1408(c).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to divorces, dissolu-
tions, annulments, and legal separations that become ef-
fective after the end of the 90-day period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 626. REVOCATION OF TEN-YEAR RULE FOR DIRECT 
PAYMENT OF RETIRED PAY. 
(a) REVOCATION
OF
TEN-YEAR
RULE.—Section 
1408(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(7) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the first day of the first 
month which begins more than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act and shall apply only to payments 
of retired pay for periods beginning on or after the effec-
tive date of this section in the case of any former spouse 
of a member or former member of the uniformed services. 
SEC. 627. ALLOWING MEMBER TO SUBMIT APPLICATION 
FOR DIRECT PAYMENT. 
(a) PERMIT APPLICATION FOR DIRECT PAYMENT BY 
MEMBER.—Section 1408(d) of title 10, United States 
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Code, is amended in the first sentence of paragraph (1) 
by inserting ‘‘by a member or former member or the 
spouse or former spouse of such member’’ after ‘‘the Sec-
retary concerned’’. 
(b) CONDITIONS
FOR DIRECT PAYMENT.—Section 
1408(d) of such title is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) A former spouse who accepts payment 
shall be deemed— 
‘‘(A) to have consented and agreed to the 
recovery of any future overpayments, including 
recovery by involuntary collection from the 
former spouse or his or her estate; and 
‘‘(B) to have agreed to give prompt notice 
in writing to the Secretary if— 
‘‘(i) the operative court order upon 
which payment is based is vacated, modi-
fied, or set aside; 
‘‘(ii) the former spouse remarries, if 
all or a part of the payment is for alimony; 
or 
‘‘(iii) the former spouse is ineligible 
for child support payments due to the 
death, emancipation, adoption, or attain-
ment of majority of a child whose support 
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is provided through direct payment to a 
former spouse from retired pay.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to applications for direct payment 
of retired pay submitted to the Secretary concerned after 
the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 628. DISREGARD PERIODS OF CONFINEMENT FOR DE-
PENDENT VICTIMS OF ABUSE. 
(a) DISREGARD PERIODS OF CONFINEMENT FOR DE-
PENDENT VICTIMS OF ABUSE.—Paragraph (2)(A) of sec-
tion 1408(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘(including any periods of confinement served 
prior to convening authority action on the record of trial 
related to the misconduct that resulted in the termination 
of eligibility to receive retired pay)’’ after ‘‘on the basis 
of years of service’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall be effective as of October 23, 1992, 
as if included in section 1408(h) of title 10, United States 
Code, as enacted by section 653(a)(2) of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 
102–484). 
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SEC. 629. CLARIFYING AMENDMENT REGARDING JURISDIC-
TION FOR PURPOSES OF ALLOCATION OF RE-
TIRED PAY UNDER THE UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES FORMER SPOUSE PROTECTION ACT. 
Section 1408(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 630. DIVISION OF RETIRED PAY TO BE BASED ON MEM-
BER’S LENGTH OF SERVICE AND PAY GRADE 
AT TIME OF DIVORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1408(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) In the case of a member as to whom a de-
cree of divorce, dissolution, annulment, or legal sepa-
ration becomes final before the date on which the 
member begins to receive retired pay, the total 
monthly retired pay to which a member is entitled, 
for purposes of determining ‘disposable retired pay’, 
as defined in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), that 
a court may treat in the manner described in para-
graph (1), shall be limited to retired pay computed 
based on the pay grade, and the length of service of 
the member while married, that are creditable to-
ward entitlement to basic pay and to retired pay as 
of the date a marital property interest in retired pay 
terminates. Amounts so calculated shall be increased 
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by the cumulative percentage of increases in basic 
pay and retired pay between the date a marital 
property interest in retired pay terminates and the 
effective date of the member’s retirement. Upon re-
quest and pursuant to regulations, the Secretary 
concerned shall calculate disposable retired pay de-
scribed in this paragraph.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to divorces, dissolu-
tions, annulments, and legal separations that become ef-
fective after the end of the 90-day period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 631. INCREASES FOR DIVISIONS OF RETIRED PAY EX-
PRESSED AS A DOLLAR AMOUNT. 
(a) MONETARY
AMOUNT
ADJUSTMENT.—Section 
1408(a)(2)(C) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘expressed in dollars’’ and inserting ‘‘ex-
pressed as a specific dollar amount, with such amount, 
if so ordered, being adjusted in the same manner and at 
the same time as retired pay is adjusted to reflect changes 
in the Consumer Price Index under section 1401a of this 
title,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to court orders that 
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become effective after the end of the 90-day period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 632. ALLOW MEMBER TO WAIVE NOTICE AND PROVIDE 
COURT ORDER UPON REQUEST. 
(a) ALLOW MEMBER TO WAIVE NOTICE AND PRO-
VIDE COURT ORDER UPON REQUEST.—Section 1408(g) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘A person’’ and inserting ‘‘Un-
less notice is waived by the member, a person’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘(together with a copy of such 
order)’’ and inserting ‘‘and, upon request, a copy of 
such order’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to court orders received by the Sec-
retary concerned after the end of the 90-day period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
SEC. 641. FAMILY PET SHIPMENT DURING EVACUATION OF 
NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL. 
Section 406(b)(1) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(H) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
in connection with an evacuation from a perma-
nent station located in a foreign area, a mem-
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ber is entitled to transportation of no more 
than two family household pets (to include ship-
ment and the payment of quarantine costs, if 
any). Alternatively, the member may be paid re-
imbursement or a monetary allowance under 
subparagraph (F) if other commercial transpor-
tation means have been used. Exotic pets, en-
dangered species, horses or livestock, or large 
pets weighing in excess of 150 pounds are not 
authorized.’’. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE Program 
Improvements 
SEC. 701. REVISING TRICARE PROGRAM COST SHARING 
AMOUNTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 1086(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) through 
(4), the Secretary of Defense shall promulgate regu-
lations to revise the requirements for payments by 
beneficiaries under this subsection in order to reflect 
increases in health care costs. Such requirements, 
which may include a revised deductible amount, an 
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enrollment fee, and future indexing, need not be uni-
form for all such beneficiaries. Any such enrollment 
fee may be a condition of eligibility for health care 
benefits under chapter 55 of this title.’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall promulgate the regulations required by section 
1086(b)(5) of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), after first considering the recommenda-
tions of the Task Force on the Future of Military Health 
Care regarding the beneficiary and Government cost shar-
ing structure required to sustain military health benefits 
over the long term, as required by subsection (c)(3)(H) 
of section 711 of the John Warner National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364; 120 Stat. 2083). The regulations shall become effec-
tive not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. The Secretary shall submit the regulations, 
and a report describing the rationale for the changes pro-
mulgated, to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives at least 30 days be-
fore such regulations become effective. 
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SEC. 702. CHANGES IN PAYMENT OPTIONS FOR TRICARE 
PRIME. 
(a) MONTHLY DEDUCTIONS.—Section 1097a(c) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) ENROLLMENT FEE PAYMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall establish procedures for the collection of 
enrollment fees charged for an enrollment in TRICARE 
Prime to a member or former member of the uniformed 
services eligible for medical care under section 1074(b) of 
this title from the member’s retired pay, retainer pay, or 
equivalent pay, as the case may be. To the maximum ex-
tent practicable, the enrollment fee payable by a member 
entitled to such pay shall be deducted and withheld from 
the retired pay of the member (if pay is available to the 
member).’’. 
(b) CHARGES FOR HEALTH CARE.—Section 1097(e) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘shall permit such 
covered beneficiaries to pay, on a quarterly basis,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘may permit such covered beneficiaries whose re-
tired pay, retainer pay, or equivalent pay, as the case may 
be, is insufficient for them to pay enrollment fees by de-
duction from such pay as specified in section 1097a of 
this title to pay, in full at the beginning of the enrollment 
period or on a quarterly basis, by check, money order, 
credit card, or electronic funds transfer’’. 
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SEC. 703. OBSTETRICAL TRAVEL FOR COMMAND-SPON-
SORED DEPENDENTS OF UNIFORMED MEM-
BERS ASSIGNED TO VERY REMOTE AREAS 
OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. 
Section 1040 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, and sub-
ject to subsection (e)’’ after ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) With respect to the provision of obstetrical care, 
appropriate medical attention includes the availability or 
provision of obstetrical anesthesia equal to the services 
available in a Military Treatment Facility located in the 
United States. If these services are not available in remote 
areas outside the continental United States and air trans-
portation would be needed to travel to the nearest appro-
priate medical facility in which adequate medical care is 
available, then the Secretary may authorize the beneficiary 
to choose to receive transportation to the continental 
United States and be treated at a Military Treatment Fa-
cility, that can provide appropriate obstetrical services, 
nearest to the closest port of entry into the continental 
United States. All other benefits of subsection (a) shall 
apply, provided that the United States shall incur no 
greater cost than would be incurred in connection with 
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transportation (including per diem) to the nearest appro-
priate medical facility in which adequate medical care is 
available outside the continental United States.’’. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 711. MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATIONS OF MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES BY MASTERS-LEVEL 
CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKERS WITH AN INDE-
PENDENT LICENSE. 
Section 546(g)(3) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 
Stat. 2419), is amended by striking ‘‘doctorate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘license’’. 
TITLE VIII—ACQUISITION POL-
ICY, ACQUISITION MANAGE-
MENT, AND RELATED MAT-
TERS 
Subtitle A—Provisions Relating to 
Major Defense Acquisition Pro-
grams 
SEC. 811. UNMANNED SYSTEMS. 
Section 941 of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364; 120 Stat. 2083) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(a) The Department of Defense shall develop a pol-
icy, to be applicable throughout the Department of De-
fense on research, development, test and evaluation, and 
procurement, of unmanned systems in a manner that is 
fiscally responsible and enhances war fighter capability.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) An identification of Joint Capability Areas 
in which unmanned systems can potentially provide 
the means to address potential capability gaps.’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) Deliberate consideration of unmanned sys-
tems as potential candidates for acquisition when a 
materiel solution has been deemed appropriate for 
satisfying a capability requirement.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘, includ-
ing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘systems’’; 
and 
(3) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) ROADMAP.—The Department of Defense shall 
develop and implement a roadmap that includes— 
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‘‘(1) goals for the development of unmanned 
system technologies to address capabilities identified 
pursuant to subsection (b)(1); and 
‘‘(2) the establishment of programs to address 
technical, operational, and production challenges, 
and gaps in capabilities, with respect to unmanned 
systems.’’. 
SEC. 812. ADDITION OF DESIGNATED MAJOR SUBPRO-
GRAMS TO MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION 
PROGRAMS. 
Title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 2430— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 
following new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) The Secretary of Defense may further designate 
a major subprogram of a major defense acquisition pro-
gram whenever such further designation is deemed appro-
priate for the purposes of acquisition reporting.’’; 
(2) in section 2432— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘or designated 
major subprogram of a major defense 
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acquisition program’’ after ‘‘with re-
spect to a major defense acquisition 
program’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘or designated 
major subprogram’’ after ‘‘the acqui-
sition program’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
designated 
major 
subprogram’’ 
after 
‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ each 
place it appears; 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or 
designated major subprogram’’ after ‘‘major de-
fense acquisition program’’ each places it ap-
pears; and 
(C) in subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘or des-
ignated major subprogram’’ after ‘‘major de-
fense acquisition program’’; 
(3) in section 2433— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘in-
cluded in the baseline description of the 
program’’ and inserting ‘‘included in the 
baseline description of the program or de-
signed major subprogram’’; 
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(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (5), by striking 
‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram’’; 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘program 
acquisition unit cost for the program or the 
procurement unit cost for the program’’ and in-
serting ‘‘program acquisition unit cost for the 
program or designated major subprogram or 
the procurement unit cost for the program or 
designated subprogram,’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘with 
respect to a program’’ and inserting ‘‘with 
respect to a major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram,’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘with respect to a program’’ and inserting 
‘‘with respect to a major defense acquisi-
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tion program or designated major subpro-
gram,’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘with respect to such program’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘with respect to such major defense 
acquisition program or designated major 
subprogram’’; 
(D) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram’’; 
and 
(E) in subsection (g)(1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (F), by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘for each program and designated major 
subprogram’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (K), by inserting 
before the period at the end the following: 
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‘‘for each program and designated major 
subprogram’’; and 
(4) in section 2435— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
‘‘major defense acquisition program under the 
jurisdiction of such Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘major defense acquisition program or des-
ignated major subprogram of a major defense 
acquisition program under the jurisdiction of 
such Secretary, heretofore referred to as the 
program’’; 
(B) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘A base-
line’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1), 
(2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (C), respectively; and 
(iii) in paragraph (1), as redesignated 
by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘major defense 
acquisition program’’ and inserting ‘‘major 
defense acquisition program or major des-
ignated subprogram’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or major subprogram of a major de-
fense acquisition program’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram’’; 
and 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘major defense acquisition program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘major defense acquisition pro-
gram or designated major subprogram’’; 
and 
(D) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘program manager for 
a program’’ and inserting ‘‘or program 
manager for a program or designated 
major subprogram’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘any other factor of 
the program’’ and inserting ‘‘any other 
factor of the program or designed major 
subprogram’’. 
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Subtitle B—Amendments to Gen-
eral 
Contracting 
Authorities, 
Procedures, and Limitations 
SEC. 821. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FI-
NANCIAL AND OTHER INCENTIVES RELATED 
TO ENERGY SAVINGS AND SIMILAR NEW AU-
THORITY RELATED TO ENERGY SYSTEMS. 
(a) ENERGY SAVINGS.—Section 2913(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, State or 
local government’’ after ‘‘gas or electric utility’’. 
(b) ENERGY SYSTEMS.—Section 2915 of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) ACCEPTANCE OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVE, FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE, OR SERVICES.—The Secretary of De-
fense may authorize any military installation to accept any 
financial incentive, financial assistance, or services gen-
erally available from a State or local government, gas or 
electric utility, to use or construct an energy system using 
solar energy or other renewable form of energy if the use 
or construction of the system is consistent with the energy 
performance goals and energy performance plan for the 
Department of Defense developed under section 2911 of 
this title.’’. 
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Subtitle C—Other Matters 
SEC. 831. APPLICABILITY OF THE RESTRICTION ON SPE-
CIALTY METALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2533b(k) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(k) NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION.—Subsection 
(a) does not apply to procurements for which the Sec-
retary of Defense or the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned determines in writing that an exception 
is in the national security interest of the United States.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘(j)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(k)’’. 
SEC. 832. REPEAL OF THE MILITARY SYSTEM BREAKOUT 
LIST. 
Section 813 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 
1543) is repealed. 
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TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE ORGANIZATION AND 
MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense 
Management 
SEC. 901. PERMANENT AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS TO 
BENEFIT MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES 
INJURED OR KILLED IN LINE OF DUTY AND 
THEIR DEPENDENTS. 
Section 2601(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 902. MODIFICATION OF PROCEDURES TO PRESERVE 
THE SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPABILITIES OF 
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONSISTENT 
WITH MILITARY REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 1085 of the Ronald W. Reagan National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 
108–375; 118 Stat. 2065) is amended— 
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘capabilities at any mili-
tary installation’’ and inserting ‘‘units at any 
military installation’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘equivalent’’ and inserting 
‘‘adequate’’; and 
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(C) By striking ‘‘by—’’ and inserting ‘‘by 
one or a combination of—’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, through active-duty, 
Reserve component, or National Guard assets,’’ 
after ‘‘directly’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) State and local government agencies in the 
relevant area.’’. 
SEC. 903. REPEAL OF PERSONNEL LIMITATIONS ON OFFICE 
OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, DEFENSE 
AGENCIES, DOD FIELD ACTIVITIES, AND MILI-
TARY DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS. 
(a) REPEAL.—(1) Sections 143 and 194 of title 10, 
United States Code, are repealed. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 4 of such title is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 143. 
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(3) The table of sections at the beginning of 
subchapter I of chapter 8 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 194. 
(b) REMOVAL OF PERSONNEL LIMITATIONS FROM 
MILITARY DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES.— 
Sections 3014, 5014, and 8014 of such title are amended 
by striking subsection (f). 
(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section is in-
tended to diminish the authorities of the Secretary of De-
fense and the Director of National Intelligence as set out 
in section 102A of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
U.S.C. 403–1) with respect to— 
(1) the development, determination, and man-
agement of the annual budgets of the Joint Military 
Intelligence Program and the National Intelligence 
Program; and 
(2) the role of the Director of National Intel-
ligence in the transfer and reprogramming of funds 
or personnel. 
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Subtitle B—Chemical 
Demilitarization Program 
SEC. 911. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CITIZENS’ ADVI-
SORY COMMISSION IN COLORADO AND KEN-
TUCKY. 
Section 172 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 
2341) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(i) COLORADO AND KENTUCKY CHEMICAL DEMILI-
TARIZATION CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSIONS.—Not-
withstanding subsections (b), (f), and (g), and consistent 
with the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105–261; 112 
Stat. 1920) and the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2003 (Public Law 107–248; 116 Stat. 1519), 
responsibilities for the Chemical Demilitarization Citizens 
Advisory Commissions in Colorado and Kentucky will be 
transferred from the Secretary of the Army to the Pro-
gram Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Alter-
natives. The Program Manager for Assembled Chemical 
Weapons Alternatives will ensure the ability to receive cit-
izen and State concerns regarding the ongoing chemical 
destruction program in these States. A representative 
from the Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of De-
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fense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Pro-
grams will meet with these commissions not less often 
than twice a year. Funds appropriated for the Assembled 
Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program will be used for 
travel and associated travel cost for these Citizens’ Advi-
sory Commissioners, when such travel is conducted at the 
invitation of the Department of Defense Special Assistant 
for Chemical and Biological Defense and Chemical Demili-
tarization Programs.’’. 
SEC. 912. MODIFY THE TERMINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS UNDER THE CHEMICAL STOCKPILE 
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 1412(c)(5) of the De-
partment of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 
99–145; 99 Stat. 748; 50 U.S.C. 1521), as amended, is 
further amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) Assistance may be provided under 
this paragraph until all activities associated 
with the close-out of grants and cooperative 
agreements provided pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) between the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency and State and local governments 
are complete, but such assistance may not be 
provided after 6 months from the date agent 
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destruction operations have been completed in 
such jurisdiction.’’. 
SEC. 913. QUALIFICATIONS CHANGE FOR THE DIRECTOR 
OF THE U.S. ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS 
AGENCY. 
Section 1412(e)(3) of the Department of Defense Au-
thorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99–145; 50 U.S.C. 
1521(e)(3)), as amended by section 153(c) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 (Public 
Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 216), is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘and shall prescribe qualifica-
tions’’ before the period at the end of the first sen-
tence; and 
(2) by striking the second sentence. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. INCREASE LIMITATION ON ADVANCE BILLING OF 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND CUSTOMERS. 
Section 2208(l)(3) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘$1,000,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,000,000,000’’. 
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SEC. 1002. CREDITING OF ADMIRALTY CLAIM RECEIPTS 
FOR DAMAGE TO DOD WORKING CAPITAL 
FUND ACCOUNT PROPERTY. 
Section 7623(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking the last sentence and inserting the 
following new sentence: ‘‘Amounts received under this sec-
tion shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts, except that amounts received for damage or loss 
to property operated and maintained with funds from a 
Department of Defense working capital fund account shall 
be credited to that account.’’. 
SEC. 1003. REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, MARGINAL 
EXPENSE TRANSFER ACCOUNT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 131 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2228 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2228a. Refined petroleum products, marginal ex-
pense transfer account 
‘‘(a) ACCOUNT.—There is established in the Treasury 
the ‘Refined Petroleum Products, Marginal Expense 
Transfer Account’ (‘Transfer Account’). During any fiscal 
year, amounts in the Transfer Account shall be available 
without further appropriation to pay the marginal costs 
needed to purchase up to the quantity of refined petroleum 
products specified in the fiscal year budget request for use 
by Department of Defense entities for such year. 
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‘‘(b) CALCULATION OF MARGINAL COSTS.—Marginal 
costs shall be calculated as the difference between the ac-
tual market prices paid by the Department of Defense for 
the refined petroleum products in a fiscal year and the 
prices specified for the purchase of such products in the 
President’s budget for that year. 
‘‘(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—(1) During the course 
of any fiscal year, amounts sufficient to pay the marginal 
costs under subsection (a) shall be transferred from the 
Transfer Account to the Defense-Wide Working Capital 
Fund. 
‘‘(2) To the extent that the price specified for the 
purchase of refined petroleum products in the President’s 
budget submission for a fiscal year exceed the actual mar-
ket prices paid by the Department for such products pur-
chased in that year, the difference in price shall be trans-
ferred from the Defense-Wide Working Capital Fund to 
the Transfer Fund and such amounts shall be cancelled. 
‘‘(3) The transfer of such additional amount needed, 
amounts not needed through August, and an estimate for 
September should be transferred before the end of the fis-
cal year, with a final accounting and transfer within 60 
days after the end of the fiscal year. 
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‘‘(4) The transfer authority provided by this section 
is in addition to any other transfer authority available to 
the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is appropriated to the Transfer Account such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2228 the following new 
item: 
‘‘2228a. Refined petroleum products, marginal expense transfer account.’’. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to 
Vessels and Shipyards 
SEC. 1011. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF THE MINIMUM AIR-
CRAFT CARRIER REQUIREMENT. 
Section 5062(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the first sentence the following 
new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence or 
any other provision of law, the naval combat forces of the 
Navy may include less than 11 operational aircraft car-
riers for the period of time between the decommissioning 
of the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) and the commis-
sioning of the CVN 78.’’. 
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SEC. 1012. CLARIFICATION OF STATUS OF GOVERNMENT 
RIGHTS IN THE DESIGNS OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE VESSELS, BOATS, CRAFT, AND 
COMPONENTS THEREOF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 633 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 7317. Status of Government rights in the designs of 
vessels, boats, craft, and components 
thereof 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Govern-
ment rights in the design of a vessel, boat, or craft, and 
its components, including the hull, decks, superstructure, 
and all shipboard equipment and systems, shall be deter-
mined solely by operation of section 2320 of this title or 
by the instrument under which the design was developed 
for the Government.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘7317. Status of Government rights in the designs of vessels, boats, craft, and 
components thereof.’’. 
SEC. 1013. RIDING GANG MEMBER REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1018 of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2381) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may not award, renew, extend, or exercise an option 
to extend any charter of a vessel documented under 
chapter 121 of title 46, United States Code, for the 
Department of Defense, or any contract for the car-
riage of cargo by a vessel documented under that 
chapter for the Department of Defense, unless the 
charter or contract, respectively, includes provisions 
that allow riding gang members to perform work on 
the vessel during the effective period of the charter 
or contract only under terms, conditions, restric-
tions, and requirements as provided in section 8106 
of title 46, United States Code.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 
and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (2); and 
(2) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph 
(1) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Pursuant to regulations 
issued by the Secretary of Defense, an individual— 
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‘‘(A) who is aboard a vessel, which is 
under charter or contract for the carriage of 
cargo for the Department of Defense, for pur-
poses other than engaging in the operation or 
maintenance of the vessel; and 
‘‘(B) who— 
‘‘(i) accompanies, supervises, guards, 
or maintains unit equipment aboard a 
ship, commonly referred to as supercargo 
personnel; 
‘‘(ii) is one of the force protection per-
sonnel of the vessel; 
‘‘(iii) is a specialized repair techni-
cian; or 
‘‘(iv) is otherwise required by the Sec-
retary of Defense to be aboard the vessel, 
shall not be deemed a riding gang member for 
the purposes of title 46, United States Code.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 1018(a)(2), 
as redesignated in subsection (a), is amended by striking 
‘‘8106’’ and inserting ‘‘2101’’. 
SEC. 1014. NAVY VESSEL MESS OPERATION: REIMBURSE-
MENT OF EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The charge made pursuant to sec-
tion 1011 of title 37, United States Code, for meals sold 
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by messes for United States Naval and Naval Auxiliary 
vessels may be paid for out of amounts appropriated for 
operation and maintenance when meals are provided to— 
(1) members of nongovernmental organizations 
and officers or employees of host and foreign nations 
when participating in or providing support to United 
States civil-military operations; or 
(2) foreign national patients treated during 
United States conduct of civil-military operations 
and their escorts. 
(b) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
pay for meals under subsection (a) shall expire on Sep-
tember 30, 2010. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug 
Activities 
SEC. 1021. USE OF FUNDS FOR COUNTER-DRUG AND 
COUNTER-TERRORISM. 
Section 1022(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 
Stat. 1594), as amended by section 1021 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public 
Law 110–181; 122 Stat. ll), is amended by striking 
‘‘through 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2009’’. 
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Subtitle D—Matters Related to 
Homeland Security 
SEC. 1031. RESERVE SUPPORT FOR RESPONSES TO CER-
TAIN EMERGENCIES. 
Section 12304(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) in the case of the Army Reserve, Navy Re-
serve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and 
the Coast Guard Reserve, a major disaster or emer-
gency as those terms are defined in section 5122 of 
title 42.’’. 
SEC. 1032. RESERVE SUPPORT TO MAJOR PUBLIC EMER-
GENCIES. 
Section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘and order to active duty units or 
members of the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force 
Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Re-
serve,’’ after ‘‘Federal service,’’. 
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SEC. 1033. RESERVE SUPPORT TO ENFORCEMENT OF FED-
ERAL AUTHORITY. 
Section 332 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘order to active duty units or mem-
bers of the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Re-
serve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve,’’ 
after ‘‘militia of any State,’’. 
SEC. 1034. RESERVE SUPPORT TO FEDERAL AID FOR STATE 
GOVERNMENTS. 
Section 331 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘order to active duty units or mem-
bers of the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Re-
serve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve,’’ 
after ‘‘requested by that State,’’. 
SEC. 1035. PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT BY STATE AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 381 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘law enforcement’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, homeland security, 
counter-terrorism, 
and 
emergency 
re-
sponse’’ after ‘‘counter-drug’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by inserting ‘‘, homeland security, counter- 
terrorism, and emergency response’’ after 
‘‘counter-drug’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘law en-
forcement’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘law 
enforcement’’ each place it appears; and 
(D) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘law 
enforcement’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘law enforcement’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, homeland security, 
counter-terrorism, and emergency response’’ 
after ‘‘counter-drug’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or 
emergency response’’ after ‘‘law enforcement’’ 
both places it appears; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘law enforcement’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, homeland security, 
counter-terrorism, 
and 
emergency 
re-
sponse’’ after ‘‘counter-drug’’; and 
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(iii) by inserting ‘‘and, in the case of 
homeland security, may not include any 
equipment that is not found on the Au-
thorized Equipment List as published by 
the Department of Homeland Security’’ 
after ‘‘purposes’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of 
such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 381. Procurement by State and local governments 
of equipment suitable for counter-drug, 
homeland 
security, 
counter-terrorism, 
and 
emergency 
response 
activities 
through the Department of Defense’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
18 of such title is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 381 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘381. Procurement by State and local governments of equipment suitable for 
counter-drug, homeland security, counter-terrorism, and emer-
gency response activities through the Department of Defense.’’. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
Authorities and Limitations 
SEC. 1041. MINIMUM ANNUAL PURCHASE AMOUNTS FOR 
AIRLIFT FROM CARRIERS PARTICIPATING IN 
THE CIVIL RESERVE AIR FLEET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 931 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘§ 9515. Airlift services: minimum annual purchase 
amount for carriers participating in Civil 
Reserve Air Fleet 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
award to air carriers or air carrier contractor team ar-
rangements (carriers) participating in the Civil Reserve 
Air Fleet on a fiscal year basis a one-year contract for 
airlift services with a minimum purchase amount deter-
mined in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM PURCHASE AMOUNT.—(1) The aggre-
gate amount of the minimum purchase amount for all con-
tracts awarded under subsection (a) for a fiscal year shall 
be based on forecast needs, but may not exceed the 
amount equal to 80 percent of the annual average expendi-
ture of the Department of Defense for commercial airlift 
during the five-fiscal year period ending in the fiscal year 
before the fiscal year for which such contracts are award-
ed. 
‘‘(2) In calculating the annual average expenditure 
of the Department of Defense for airlift for purposes of 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall omit from 
the calculation any fiscal year exhibiting unusually high 
demand for commercial airlift if the Secretary determines 
that the omission of such fiscal year from the calculation 
will result in a more accurate forecast of anticipated com-
mercial airlift for purposes of that paragraph. 
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‘‘(3) The aggregate amount of the minimum purchase 
amount for all contracts awarded under subsection (a) for 
a fiscal year, as determined under paragraph (1), shall 
be allocated among all carriers awarded contracts under 
that subsection for such fiscal year in proportion to the 
commitments of such carriers to the Civil Reserve Air 
Fleet for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENT TO MINIMUM PURCHASE AMOUNT 
FOR PERIODS OF UNAVAILABILITY OF AIRLIFT.—In de-
termining the minimum purchase amount payable under 
a contract under subsection (a) for airlift provided by a 
carrier during the fiscal year covered by such contract, 
the Secretary of Defense may adjust the amount allocated 
to the carrier under subsection (b)(3) to take into account 
periods during such fiscal year when services of the carrier 
are unavailable for usage by the Department of Defense, 
including during periods of refused business or suspended 
operations or when the carrier is placed in nonuse status 
pursuant to section 2640 of this title for safety issues. 
‘‘(d) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS.—If any amount 
available under this section for the minimum purchase of 
airlift from a carrier for a fiscal year under a contract 
under subsection (a) is not utilized to purchase airlift from 
the carrier in such fiscal year, such amount shall be pro-
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vided to the carrier before the first day of the following 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) COMMITMENT OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
each military department shall transfer to the transpor-
tation working capital fund a percentage of the total 
amount anticipated to be required in such fiscal year for 
payment of minimum purchase amounts under all con-
tracts awarded under subsection (a) for such fiscal year 
equivalent to the percentage of the anticipated use of air-
lift by such military department during such fiscal year 
from all carriers under contracts awarded under sub-
section (a) for such fiscal year. All such amounts will be 
transferred by the last day of the fiscal year to meet the 
requirements of (d) above unless minimum purchase 
amounts have already been met by the Department. 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF AIRLIFT.—(1) From the total 
amount of airlift available for a fiscal year under all con-
tracts awarded under subsection (a) for such fiscal year, 
a military department shall be entitled to obtain a percent-
age of such airlift equivalent to the percentage of the con-
tribution of the military department to the transportation 
working capital fund for such fiscal year under subsection 
(e). 
‘‘(2) A military department may transfer any entitle-
ment to airlift under paragraph (1) to any other military 
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department or to any other agency, element, or component 
of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(g) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for the 
higher minimal business guarantees authorized by this 
section, carriers must— 
‘‘(1) have an average on-time pickup rate, 
based on factors within the air carrier’s control, of 
at least 90 percent if under contract with the De-
partment in the prior year; 
‘‘(2) offer some amount of commitment to the 
Civil Reserve Air Fleet in excess of the minimum re-
quired for participation; and 
‘‘(3) not have refused a DOD request to act as 
a host for other CRAF carriers at intermediate stag-
ing bases during the prior year. 
‘‘(h) SUNSET.—The authorities in this section shall 
expire on December 31, 2015.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘9515. Airlift services: minimum annual purchase amount for carriers partici-
pating in Civil Reserve Air Fleet.’’. 
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Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 1051. PRESENTATION OF BURIAL FLAG TO SPOUSES. 
Section 1482(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(12) Presentation of a flag of equal size to the 
flag presented under paragraph (10) to the surviving 
spouse (including a remarried surviving spouse) of 
the deceased member if the person to be presented 
a flag under paragraph (10) is other than the 
spouse.’’. 
SEC. 1052. AMENDMENT TO ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF IN-
FORMATION 
REGARDING 
INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL ASSETS. 
Section 351(a)(2) of the Bob Stump National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
107–314; 116 Stat. 2516), is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) Information technology capital assets that 
have an estimated total cost for the fiscal year for 
which the budget is submitted in excess of 
$30,000,000 and been determined by the Depart-
ment of Defense Chief Information Officer and the 
Office of Management and Budget to be significant 
investments and are required to submit a Capital 
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Asset Plan (Exhibit 300) to OMB in accordance 
with OMB Circular A–11, Section 300.’’. 
TITLE XI—CIVILIAN PERSONNEL 
MATTERS 
SEC. 1101. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF DE-
FENSE INTELLIGENCE SENIOR EXECUTIVE 
SERVICE EMPLOYEES. 
Section 1606(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘594’’ and inserting ‘‘694’’. 
SEC. 1102. TECHNICAL CHANGE TO THE DEFINITION OF A 
PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING POSITION. 
Section 1599d(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘GS–510, GS–511, and GS–505’’ 
and inserting ‘‘0505, 0510, 0511, or equivalent’’. 
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TITLE XII—MATTERS RELATING 
TO BUILDING PARTNER CA-
PABILITIES TO COMBAT TER-
RORISM AND ENHANCE STA-
BILITY 
Subtitle A—Enhancing Partners’ 
Capacity for Effective Operations 
SEC. 1201. ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO PAY INCREMENTAL 
EXPENSES FOR PARTICIPATION OF DEVEL-
OPING COUNTRIES IN COMBINED EXERCISES. 
Section 2010 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) Funds available under this section for any fiscal 
year are available for use for programs that begin in such 
fiscal year but end in the next fiscal year.’’. 
Subtitle 
B—Setting 
Conditions 
Through Support for Local Pop-
ulations 
SEC. 1211. AMENDMENTS OF AUTHORITY FOR HUMANI-
TARIAN ASSISTANCE. 
Section 2561(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘and, with the concurrence of the 
relevant Chief of Mission, for stabilization purposes’’ after 
‘‘other humanitarian purposes’’. 
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DIVISION 
B—MILITARY 
CON-
STRUCTION 
AUTHORIZA-
TIONS 
SEC. 2001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009’’. 
TITLE XXI—ARMY 
SEC. 2101. AUTHORIZED ARMY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2104(a)(1), the Secretary of the Army 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installations or locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Army: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alabama ..................
Anniston Army Depot ..................................
45,000,000 
Alaska .....................
Fort Richardson ...........................................
15,000,000 
Fort Wainwright ..........................................
110,400,000 
Arizona ...................
Fort Huachuca ............................................
11,200,000 
Yuma Proving Ground .................................
3,800,000 
California ................
Fort Irwin ....................................................
39,600,000 
Presidio, Monterey .......................................
15,000,000 
Sierra Army Depot ......................................
12,400,000 
Colorado ..................
Fort Carson .................................................
534,000,000 
Georgia ...................
Fort Benning ...............................................
267,800,000 
Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Air Field .........
432,300,000 
Hawaii ....................
Schofield Barracks .......................................
279,000,000 
Wahiawa ......................................................
40,000,000 
Kansas ....................
Fort Riley ....................................................
155,000,000 
Kentucky .................
Fort Campbell ..............................................
108,113,000 
Louisiana ................
Fort Polk .....................................................
29,000,000 
Missouri ..................
Fort Leonard Wood .....................................
20,850,000 
New York ................
Fort Drum ...................................................
90,000,000 
United States Military Academy, West 
Point.
67,000,000 
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Army: Inside the United States—Continued 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
North Carolina .......
Fort Bragg ...................................................
36,900,000 
Oklahoma ................
Fort Sill .......................................................
63,000,000 
Pennsylvania ...........
Carlisle Barracks .........................................
13,400,000 
Tobyhanna Army Depot ..............................
15,000,000 
South Carolina ........
Fort Jackson ................................................
30,000,000 
Texas ......................
Corpus Christi Storage Complex .................
39,000,000 
Fort Bliss .....................................................
1,031,800,000 
Fort Hood ....................................................
32,000,000 
Fort Sam Houston .......................................
96,000,000 
Red River Army Depot ................................
6,900,000 
Virginia ...................
Fort Belvoir .................................................
7,200,000 
Fort Eustis ..................................................
14,400,000 
Fort Lee .......................................................
100,600,000 
Fort Myer ....................................................
14,000,000 
Washington .............
Fort Lewis ...................................................
158,000,000 
Total ............................................................
3,933,663,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2104(a)(2), the Secretary of the Army 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Army: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Afghanistan ..............
Bagram Air Base .....................................
67,000,000 
Germany ...................
Katterbach ................................................
19,000,000 
Wiesbaden Air Base .................................
119,000,000 
Japan ........................
Camp Zama ..............................................
2,350,000 
Sagamihara ..............................................
17,500,000 
Korea ........................
Camp Humphreys ....................................
20,000,000 
Total .........................................................
244,850,000 
SEC. 2102. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2104(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the 
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Army may construct or acquire family housing units (in-
cluding land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the 
installations or locations, in the number of units, and in 
the amounts set forth in the following table: 
Army: Family Housing 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Purpose 
Amount 
Germany .................
Wiesbaden Air Base ....................
326 Units 
133,000,000 
Korea ......................
Camp Humphreys .......................
216 Units 
125,000,000 
Total ...........................................
..................
258,000,000 
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2104(a)(5)(A), the Secretary of the Army may 
carry out architectural and engineering services and con-
struction design activities with respect to the construction 
or improvement of family housing units in an amount not 
to exceed $579,000. 
SEC. 2103. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 
Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 2104(a)(5)(A), 
the Secretary of the Army may improve existing military 
family housing units in an amount not to exceed 
$420,001,000. 
SEC. 2104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, ARMY. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2008, for mili-
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tary construction, land acquisition, and military family 
housing functions of the Department of the Army in the 
total amount of $6,010,610,000 as follows: 
(1) For military construction projects inside the 
United States authorized by section 2101(a), 
$3,933,663,000. 
(2) For military construction projects outside 
the United States authorized by section 2101(b), 
$244,850,000. 
(3) For unspecified minor military construction 
projects authorized by section 2805 of title 10, 
United States Code, $23,000,000. 
(4) For architectural and engineering services 
and construction design under section 2807 of title 
10, United States Code, $200,807,000. 
(5) For military family housing functions: 
(A) For construction and acquisition, plan-
ning and design, and improvement of military 
family housing and facilities, $678,580,000. 
(B) For support of military family housing 
(including the functions described in section 
2833 of title 10, United States Code), 
$716,110,000. 
(6) For the construction of increment 3 of a 
barracks complex at Fort Lewis, Washington, au-
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thorized by section 2101(a) of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (divi-
sion B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2445), 
$102,000,000. 
(7) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
SOUTHCOM Headquarters at Miami Doral, Flor-
ida, authorized by section 2101(a) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(division B of Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. xxxx), 
$81,600,000. 
(8) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
BDE Complex—Barracks/Community at Vicenza, 
Italy, authorized by section 2101(b) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(division B of Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. xxxx), 
$15,000,000. 
(9) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
BDE Complex—Operations Support Facility, at 
Vicenza, Italy, authorized by section 2101(b) of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008 (division B of Public Law 110–181; 122 
Stat. xxxx), $15,000,000. 
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TITLE XXII—NAVY 
SEC. 2201. AUTHORIZED NAVY CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2204(1), the Secretary of the Navy may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Navy: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Arizona .................
Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma .....................
19,490,000 
California ..............
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton ..............
799,870,000 
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow ............
7,830,000 
Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar ................
48,770,000 
Naval Air Facility, El Centro ..........................
8,900,000 
Naval Facility, San Clemente Island ...............
34,020,000 
Naval Air Station, North Island ......................
53,262,000 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego .........
51,220,000 
Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms ...........
145,550,000 
Connecticut ...........
Naval Submarine Base, Groton .......................
46,060,000 
District of Colum-
bia.
Naval Support Activity, Washington ...............
24,220,000 
Florida ..................
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville ........................
12, 890,000 
Naval Station, Mayport ....................................
14,900,000 
Naval Support Activity, Tampa .......................
29,000,000 
Georgia .................
Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany ..............
15,320,000 
Hawaii ..................
Marine Corps Base, Hawaii .............................
28,200,000 
Pacific Missile Range, Barking Sands .............
28,900,000 
Naval Station, Pearl Harbor ............................
80,290,000 
Illinois ...................
Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes .......
62,940,000 
Maryland ..............
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head ..
13,930,000 
Mississippi ............
Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport 
6,900,000 
New Jersey ...........
Naval Air Warfare Center, Lakehurst .............
15,440,000 
North Carolina .....
Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point .........
77,420,000 
Marine Corps Air Station, New River .............
86,280,000 
Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune .................
353,090,000 
Pennsylvania .........
Naval Support Activity, Philadelphia ...............
22,020,000 
Rhode Island ........
Naval Station, Newport ....................................
29,900,000 
South Carolina .....
Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort ................
5,940,000 
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island .....
64,750,000 
Virginia .................
Marine Corps Base, Quantico ..........................
144,310,000 
Naval Station, Norfolk .....................................
53,330,000 
Total .................................................................
2,384,942,000 
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(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2204(a)(2), the Secretary of the Navy may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installation or location outside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Navy: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Cuba ..........................
Naval Air Station, Guantanamo Bay ........
20,600,000 
Diego Garcia .............
Diego Garcia ..............................................
35,060,000 
Djibouti .....................
Camp Lemonier .........................................
31,410,000 
Guam ........................
Naval Activities, Guam ..............................
88,430,000 
Total ..........................................................
175,500,000 
(c) UNSPECIFIED WORLDWIDE.—Using the amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2204(a)(3), the Secretary of the Navy may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for unspecified installations or locations in the 
amounts set forth in the following table: 
Navy: Unspecified Worldwide 
Location 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Worldwide Unspecified ..
Unspecified Worldwide ..........................
94,020,000 
Total ......................................................
94,020,000 
SEC. 2202. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2204(a)(6)(A), the Secretary of the 
Navy may construct or acquire family housing units (in-
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cluding land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the 
installations or locations, in the number of units, and in 
the amount set forth in the following table: 
Navy: Family Housing 
Location 
Installation or Location 
Purpose 
Amount 
Guantanamo Bay ....
Naval Air Station, Guantanamo 
Bay.
146 Units 
62,598,000 
Total ...........................................
..................
62,598,000 
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2204(a)(6)(A), the Secretary of the Navy may 
carry out architectural and engineering services and con-
struction design activities with respect to the construction 
or improvement of family housing units in an amount not 
to exceed $2,169,000. 
SEC. 2203. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 
Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in section 2204(a)(6)(A), 
the Secretary of the Navy may improve existing military 
family housing units in an amount not to exceed 
$318,011,000. 
SEC. 2204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NAVY. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2008, for mili-
tary construction, land acquisition, and military family 
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housing functions of the Department of the Navy in the 
total amount of $3,855,239,000, as follows: 
(1) For military construction projects inside the 
United States authorized by section 2201(a), 
$2,384,942,000. 
(2) For military construction projects outside 
the United States authorized by section 2201(b), 
$175,500,000. 
(3) For military construction projects at un-
specified worldwide locations authorized by section 
2201(c), $94,020,000. 
(4) For unspecified minor military construction 
projects authorized by section 2805 of title 10, 
United States Code, $13,670,000. 
(5) For architectural and engineering services 
and construction design under section 2807 of title 
10, United States Code, $239,128,000. 
(6) For military family housing functions: 
(A) For construction and acquisition, plan-
ning and design, and improvement of military 
family housing and facilities, $382,778,000. 
(B) For support of military family housing 
(including functions described in section 2833 
of title 10, United States Code), $376,062,000. 
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(7) For the construction of increment 2 of kilo 
wharf extension at Naval Forces Marianas Islands, 
Guam, authorized by section 2201(b) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
(division B of Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. xxxx), 
$50,912,000. 
(8) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
sub drive-in magnetic silencing facility at Naval Sub-
marine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, authorized in 
section 2201(a) of the Military Construction Author-
ization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (division B of Pub-
lic Law 110–181; 122 Stat. xxxx), $41,088,000. 
(9) For the construction of increment 3 of the 
National Maritime Intelligence Center, Suitland, 
Maryland, authorized by section 2201(a) of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2448), $12,439,000. 
(10) For the construction of increment 2 of 
hangar 5 recapitalizations Naval Air Station, 
Whidbey Island, Washington, authorized by section 
2201(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act of Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 
109–364; 120 Stat. 2448), $34,000,000. 
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(11) For the construction of increment 5 of the 
limited area production and storage complex at 
Naval Submarine Base, Kitsap, Bangor, Wash-
ington, authorized by section 2201(a) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2005 
(division B of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 
2106), $50,700,000. 
SEC. 2205. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2005 PROJECT INSIDE 
THE UNITED STATES. 
The table in section 2201(a) of the Military Construc-
tion Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (division B 
of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2105), as amended by 
section 2206 of the Military Construction Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (division B of Public Law 109– 
163; 119 Stat. 3493) and section 2206 of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (di-
vision B of Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. xxxx), is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in the item relating to Strategic Weapons 
Facility Pacific, Bangor, Washington, by striking 
‘‘$295,000,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$311,670,000’’; and 
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(2) by striking the amount identified as the 
total 
in 
the 
amount 
column 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$1,084,497,000’’. 
SEC. 2206. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2007 PROJECTS IN-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS.—(1) The table in section 
2201(a) of the Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364, 
120 Stat. 2083) is amended in the item relating to NMIC/ 
Naval Support Activity, Suitland, Maryland, by striking 
‘‘$67,939,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$76,288,000’’. 
(2) Section 2205(a)(17) of the military con-
struction authorization act for fiscal year 2008 (divi-
sion b of public law 110–181; 122 stat. xxxx), is 
amended— 
(A) in the item relating to Naval Air Sta-
tion, Whidbey Island, Washington, by striking 
‘‘$57,653,000’’ in the amount column and in-
serting ‘‘$60,500,000’’; and 
(B) by striking the amount identified as 
the total in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$772,761,000’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2204(b) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2452), is amended— 
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$56,159,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$64,508,000’’; and 
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$31,153,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$34,000,000’’. 
TITLE XXIII—AIR FORCE 
SEC. 2301. AUTHORIZED AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION AND 
LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2304(1), the Secretary of the Air Force 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installations or locations inside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Air Force: Inside the United States 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Alabama ......................
Maxwell Air Force Base ..........................
15,556,000 
Alaska ..........................
Elmendorf Air Force Base ......................
138,300,000 
California .....................
Edwards Air Force Base .........................
3,100,000 
Colorado ......................
United States Air Force Academy ..........
18,000,000 
Delaware .....................
Dover Air Force Base .............................
19,000,000 
Florida .........................
Eglin Air Force Base ..............................
19,000,000 
MacDill Air Force Base ..........................
21,000,000 
Georgia ........................
Robins Air Force Base ............................
24,100,000 
Maryland .....................
Andrews Air Force Base .........................
77,648,000 
Mississippi ...................
Columbus Air Force Base .......................
8,100,000 
Nevada ........................
Creech Air Force Base ............................
48,500,000 
Nellis Air Force Base ..............................
53,300,000 
New Mexico .................
Holloman Air Force Base .......................
25,450,000 
Oklahoma ....................
Tinker Air Force Base ............................
48,600,000 
South Carolina ............
Charleston Air Force Base ......................
4,500,000 
Texas ...........................
Fort Hood ...............................................
10,800,000 
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Air Force: Inside the United States—Continued 
State 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Lackland Air Force Base ........................
75,515,000 
Utah ............................
Hill Air Force Base .................................
36,000,000 
Washington .................
McChord Air Force Base ........................
5,500,000 
Wyoming .....................
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base ........
8,600,000 
Total ........................................................
660,569,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2304(2), the Secretary of the Air Force 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for the installations or locations outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Air Force: Outside the United States 
Country 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Afghanistan ...............
Bagram Airfield .........................................
57,200,000 
Guam ........................
Andersen Air Force Base ..........................
5,200,000 
Kyrgyzstan ................
Manas Air Base .........................................
6,000,000 
Qatar .........................
Qatar .........................................................
59,638,000 
United Kingdom .......
Royal Air Force Lakenheath .....................
7,400,000 
Total ..........................................................
135,438,000 
(c) UNSPECIFIED WORLDWIDE.—Using the amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2304(3), the Secretary of the Air Force 
may acquire real property and carry out military construc-
tion projects for unspecified installations or locations in 
the amounts set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Unspecified Worldwide 
Location 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Worldwide Classified ...
Classified Location ....................................
891,000 
Worldwide Unspecified 
Unspecified Worldwide Locations ..............
52,500,000 
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Air Force: Unspecified Worldwide—Continued 
Location 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Total ..........................................................
53,391,000 
SEC. 2302. FAMILY HOUSING. 
(a) 
CONSTRUCTION
AND
ACQUISITION.—Using 
amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap-
propriations in section 2304(6)(A), the Secretary of the 
Air Force may construct or acquire family housing units 
(including land acquisition and supporting facilities) at the 
installations, in the number of units, and in the amounts 
set forth in the following table: 
Air Force: Family Housing 
State 
Installation or Location 
Purpose 
Amount 
United Kingdom .....
Royal Air Force Lakenheath ......
182 Units 
71,828,000 
Total ...........................................
..................
71,828,000 
(b) PLANNING AND DESIGN.—Using amounts appro-
priated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in 
section 2304(6)(A), the Secretary of the Air Force may 
carry out architectural and engineering services and con-
struction design activities with respect to the construction 
or improvement of family housing units in an amount not 
to exceed $7,708,000. 
SEC. 2303. IMPROVEMENTS TO MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING 
UNITS. 
Subject to section 2825 of title 10, United States 
Code, and using amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
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authorization of appropriations in section 2304(6)(A), the 
Secretary of the Air Force may improve existing military 
family housing units in an amount not to exceed 
$316,343,000. 
SEC. 2304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, AIR 
FORCE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2008, for mili-
tary construction, land acquisition, and military family 
housing functions of the Department of the Air Force in 
the total amount of $1,930,236,000, as follows: 
(1) For military construction projects inside the 
United States authorized by section 2301(a), 
$660,569,000. 
(2) For military construction projects outside 
the United States authorized by section 2301(b), 
$135,438,000. 
(3) For the military construction projects at 
unspecified worldwide locations authorized by section 
2301(c), $53,391,000. 
(4) For unspecified minor military construction 
projects authorized by section 2805 of title 10, 
United States Code, $15,000,000. 
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(5) For architectural and engineering services 
and construction design under section 2807 of title 
10, United States Code, $70,494,000. 
(6) For military family housing functions: 
(A) For construction and acquisition, plan-
ning and design, and improvement of military 
family housing and facilities, $395,879,000. 
(B) For support of military family housing 
(including functions described in section 2833 
of title 10, United States Code), $599,465,000. 
TITLE XXIV—DEFENSE 
AGENCIES 
SEC. 2401. AUTHORIZED DEFENSE AGENCIES CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2404(1), the Secretary of Defense may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations inside the United 
States, and in the amounts, set forth in the following 
table: 
Defense Agencies: Inside the United States 
Agency 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Defense Education 
Activity.
Fort Campbell, Kentucky ..........................
21,400,000 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina ......................
78,471,000 
Defense Intelligence 
Agency.
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois ....................
13,977,000 
Defense Logistics 
Agency.
Defense Distribution Depot, Tracy, Cali-
fornia.
50,300,000 
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Defense Agencies: Inside the United States—Continued 
Agency 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Defense Fuel Supply Center, Dover Air 
Force Base, Delaware.
3,373,000 
Defense Fuel Support Point, Jacksonville, 
Florida.
34,000,000 
Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia ...............
3,500,000 
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii ................................
27,700,000 
Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico ......
14,400,000 
Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma ..............
2,850,000 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ........................
1,200,000 
Hill Air Force Base, Utah .........................
20,400,000 
Craney Island, Virginia .............................
39,900,000 
National Security 
Agency.
Fort Meade, Maryland ..............................
31,000,000 
Special Operations 
Command.
Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, Cali-
fornia.
9,800,000 
Eglin Air Force Base, Florida ..................
40,000,000 
Hurlburt Field, Florida .............................
8,900,000 
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida ..............
10,500,000 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky ..........................
15,000,000 
Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico .......
18,100,000 
Fort Bragg, North Carolina ......................
38,250,000 
Fort Story, Virginia ..................................
11,600,000 
Fort Lewis, Washington ............................
38,000,000 
TRICARE Manage-
ment Activity.
Fort Richardson, Alaska ...........................
6,300,000 
Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado ............
3,000,000 
Fort Benning, Georgia ..............................
3,900,000 
Fort Riley, Kansas ....................................
52,000,000 
Fort Campbell, Kentucky ..........................
24,000,000 
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ........
430,000,000 
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri ...................
22,000,000 
Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma ............
65,000,000 
Fort Sam Houston, Texas .........................
13,000,000 
Washington Head-
quarters Services.
Pentagon Reservation, Virginia .................
38,940,000 
Total ..........................................................
1,190,761,000 
(b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.—Using amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2404(2), the Secretary of Defense may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for the installations or locations outside the 
United States, and in the amounts, set forth in the fol-
lowing table: 
Defense Agencies: Outside the United States 
Agency 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Defense Logistics Agency ....................
Germersheim, Germany ......
48,000,000 
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Defense Agencies: Outside the United States—Continued 
Agency 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Souda Bay, Greece .............
27,761,000 
Special Operations Command ..............
Al Udeid, Qatar ..................
9,200,000 
TRICARE Management Activity .........
Naval Activities, Guam .......
30,000,000 
Total ...................................
114,961,000 
(c) UNSPECIFIED WORLDWIDE.—Using the amounts 
appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropria-
tions in section 2404(3), the Secretary of Defense may 
acquire real property and carry out military construction 
projects for unspecified installations or locations in the 
amount set forth in the following table: 
Defense Agencies: Unspecified Worldwide 
Location 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Worldwide Unspecified ..
Unspecified Locations ...........................
862,980,000 
Total ......................................................
862,980,000 
SEC. 2402. ENERGY CONSERVATION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2404(7), the Secretary 
of Defense may carry out energy conservation projects 
under chapter 173 of title 10, United States Code, in the 
amount of $80,000,000. 
SEC. 2403. AUTHORIZED BASE CLOSURE AND REALIGN-
MENT ACTIVITIES FUNDED THROUGH DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE AC-
COUNT 2005. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2404(9), the Secretary 
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of Defense may carry out base closure and realignment 
activities, including real property acquisition and military 
construction projects, as authorized by the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title 
XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and 
funded through the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account 2005 established by section 2906A of such Act, 
in the amount of $7,138,021,000. 
SEC. 2404. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, DE-
FENSE AGENCIES. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2008, for mili-
tary construction, land acquisition, and military family 
housing functions of the Department of Defense (other 
than the military departments) in the total amount of 
$11,297,342,000, as follows: 
(1) For military construction projects inside the 
United States authorized by section 2401(a), 
$784,511,000. 
(2) For military construction projects outside 
the United States authorized by section 2401(b), 
$114,961,000. 
(3) For the military construction projects at 
unspecified worldwide locations authorized by section 
2401(c), $266,660,000. 
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(4) For unspecified minor military construction 
projects under section 2805 of title 10, United 
States Code, $31,853,000. 
(5) For contingency construction projects of the 
Secretary of Defense under section 2804 of title 10, 
United States Code, $10,000,000. 
(6) For architectural and engineering services 
and construction design under section 2807 of title 
10, United States Code, $155,793,000. 
(7) For energy conservation projects authorized 
by section 2402 of this Act, $80,000,000. 
(8) For base closure and realignment activities 
as authorized by the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of 
Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and 
funded through the Department of Defense Base 
Closure Account 1990 established by section 2906 of 
such Act, $393,377,000. 
(9) For base closure and realignment activities 
authorized by section 2403 of this Act and funded 
through the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account 2005 established by section 2906A of the 
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 
(part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 
U.S.C. 2687 note), $9,065,386,000. 
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(10) For support of military family housing (in-
cluding functions described in section 2833 of title 
10, United States Code), $54,581,000. 
(11) For the construction of increment 4 of the 
National Security Agency/Central Security Service 
replacement at Augusta, Georgia, authorized by sec-
tion 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Act of Fiscal Year 2006 (division B of Public 
Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3497), as amended by sec-
tion 7016 of the Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priation Act for Defense, Global War on Terrorism 
and Hurricane Relief (Public Law 109–234; 120 
Stat. 485), $100,220,000. 
(12) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious 
Diseases Stage 1 at Fort Detrick, Maryland, author-
ized by section 2401(a) of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2007 (division B of 
Public 
Law 
109–364; 
120 
Stat. 
2457), 
$209,000,000. 
(13) For the construction of increment 2 of the 
SOF Operational Facility at Dam Neck, Virginia, 
authorized by section 2401(a) of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2008 (di-
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vision B of Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. xxxx), 
$150,000,000. 
TITLE 
XXV—NORTH 
ATLANTIC 
TREATY ORGANIZATION SE-
CURITY 
INVESTMENT 
PRO-
GRAM 
SEC. 2501. AUTHORIZED NATO CONSTRUCTION AND LAND 
ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
The Secretary of Defense may make contributions for 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Invest-
ment Program as provided in section 2806 of title 10, 
United States Code, in an amount not to exceed the sum 
of the amount authorized to be appropriated for this pur-
pose in section 2502 and the amount collected from the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a result of con-
struction previously financed by the United States. 
SEC. 2502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, NATO. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2008, for con-
tributions by the Secretary of Defense under section 2806 
of title 10, United States Code, for the share of the United 
States of the cost of projects for the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization Security Investment Program authorized by 
section 2501, in the amount of $240,867,000. 
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TITLE XXVI—CHEMICAL 
DEMILITARIZATION PROGRAM 
SEC. 2601. AUTHORIZED CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION 
PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION AND LAND ACQUI-
SITION PROJECTS. 
Using amounts appropriated pursuant to the author-
ization of appropriations in section 2602(1), the Secretary 
of Defense may acquire real property and carry out mili-
tary construction projects for the installations or locations 
inside the United States, and in the amounts, set forth 
in the following table: 
Chemical Demilitarization Program: Inside the United States 
Agency 
Installation or Location 
Amount 
Army ..............................
Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky ......
12,000,000 
Total ......................................................
12,000,000 
SEC. 2602. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS, CHEM-
ICAL 
DEMILITARIZATION 
CONSTRUCTION, 
DEFENSE-WIDE. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2008, for mili-
tary construction and land acquisition for Chemical De-
militarization in the total amount of $134,278,000, as fol-
lows: 
(1) For military construction projects inside the 
United States authorized by section 2601(a), 
$12,000,000. 
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(2) For the construction of phase 10 of a muni-
tions demilitarization facility at Pueblo Chemical Ac-
tivity, Colorado, authorized by section 2401(a) of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1997 (division B of Public Law 104–201; 110 
Stat. 2775), as amended by section 2406 of the Mili-
tary Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000 (division B of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 
839), and section 2407 of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (division B 
of 
Public 
Law 
107–314; 
116 
Stat. 
2698), 
$65,060,000. 
(3) For the construction of phase 9 of a muni-
tions demilitarization facility at Blue Grass Army 
Depot, Kentucky, authorized by section 2401(a) of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–65; 
113 Stat. 835), as amended by section 2405 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2002 (division B of Public Law 107–107; 115 
Stat. 1298), and section 2405 of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 
(division B of Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 
2698), $57,218,000. 
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SEC. 2603. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 1997 PROJECT. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS.—The table in section 2401(a) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1997 (division B of Public Law 104–201; 110 Stat. 
2775), as amended by section 2406 of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (division 
B of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 839) and section 2407 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2003 (division B of Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 
2699), is amended— 
(1) under the agency heading relating to Chem-
ical Demilitarization Program, in the item relating 
to Pueblo Army Depot, Colorado, by striking 
‘‘$261,000,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$484,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking the amount identified as the 
total 
in 
the 
amount 
column 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$830,454,000’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2406(b)(2) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1997 (110 Stat. 2779), as so amended, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘$261,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$484,000,000’’. 
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SEC. 2604. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2000 PROJECT. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS.—The table in section 2401(a) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 
835), as amended by section 2405 of the Military Con-
struction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (division 
B of Public Law 107–107; 115 Stat. 1298) and section 
2405 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2003 (division B of Public Law 107–314; 116 
Stat. 2698), is amended— 
(1) under the agency heading relating to Chem-
ical Demilitarization, in the item relating to Blue 
Grass 
Army 
Depot, 
Kentucky, 
by 
striking 
‘‘$290,325,000’’ in the amount column and inserting 
‘‘$492,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking the amount identified as the 
total 
in 
the 
amount 
column 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$949,920,000’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2405(b)(3) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2000 (113 Stat. 839), as so amended, is further 
amended by striking ‘‘$267,525,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$469,200,000’’. 
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SEC. 2605. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CARRY OUT 
CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2007 PROJECT. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—The table in section 2401 of the 
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (division B of Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2457), 
is amended under the agency heading relating to the 
TRICARE Management Activity, in the item relating to 
Fort Detrick, Maryland, by striking ‘‘$550,000,000’’ in 
the amount column and inserting ‘‘$683,000,000’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2405(b)(3) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act of Fiscal 
Year 2007 (120 Stat. 2461) is amended by striking 
‘‘$521,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$654,000,000’’. 
TITLE XXVII—GUARD AND 
RESERVE FORCES FACILITIES 
SEC. 2701. AUTHORIZED GUARD AND RESERVE CONSTRUC-
TION AND LAND ACQUISITION PROJECTS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for 
fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2008, for the 
costs of acquisition, architectural and engineering services, 
and construction of facilities for the Reserve components, 
and for contributions therefore, under chapter 1803 of 
title 10, United States Code (including the cost of acquisi-
tion of land for those facilities), in the following amounts: 
(1) For the Department of the Army— 
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(A) for the Army National Guard of the 
United States, $539,296,000; and 
(B) for the Army Reserve, $281,687,000. 
(2) For the Department of the Navy, for the 
Navy 
Reserve 
and 
Marine 
Corps 
Reserve, 
$57,045,000. 
(3) For the Department of the Air Force— 
(A) for the Air National Guard of the 
United States, $34,374,000; and 
(B) 
for 
the 
Air 
Force 
Reserve, 
$19,265,000. 
TITLE XXVIII—EXPIRATION AND 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZA-
TIONS 
SEC. 
2801. 
EXPIRATION 
OF 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
AND 
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE SPECIFIED BY 
LAW. 
(a) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS AFTER THREE 
YEARS.—Except as provided in subsection (b), all author-
izations contained in titles XXI through XXVII for mili-
tary construction projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, and contributions to the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program 
(and authorizations of appropriations therefore) shall ex-
pire on the later of— 
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(1) October 1, 2011; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for military construction for fiscal year 
2012. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
authorizations for military construction projects, land ac-
quisition, family housing projects and facilities, and con-
tributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Se-
curity Investment Program (and authorizations of appro-
priations therefore), for which appropriated funds have 
been obligated before the later of— 
(1) October 1, 2011; or 
(2) the date of the enactment of an Act author-
izing funds for fiscal year 2012 for military con-
struction projects, land acquisition, family housing 
projects and facilities, or contributions to the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment 
Program. 
SEC. 2802. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2006 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2701 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2006 (division B of Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 
3501), authorizations set forth in the tables in subsection 
(b), as provided in sections 2101, 2302, and 2601 of that 
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Act, shall remain in effect until October 1, 2009, or the 
date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds for mili-
tary construction for fiscal year 2010, whichever is later. 
(b) TABLES.—The tables referred to in subsection (a) 
are as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2006 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Hawaii ........................
Pohakuloa .................
Tactical Vehicle 
Wash Facility.
9,207,000 
Battle Area Complex 
33,660,000 
Virginia ......................
Fort Belvoir ..............
Defense Access Road 
18,000,000 
Air Force: Extension of 2006 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Alaska ........................
Eielson Air Force 
Base.
Replace Family 
Housing (92 units).
37,650,000 
Purchase Build/Lease 
Housing (300 
units).
18,144,000 
California ...................
Edwards Air Force 
Base.
Replace Family 
Housing (226 
units).
59,699,000 
Florida ........................
MacDill Air Force 
Base.
Replace Family 
Housing (109 
units).
40,982,000 
Missouri ......................
Whiteman Air Force 
Base.
Replace Family 
Housing (111 
units).
26,917,000 
North Carolina ...........
Seymour Johnson Air 
Force Base.
Replace Family 
Housing (255 
units).
48,868,000 
North Dakota .............
Grand Forks Air 
Force Base.
Replace Family 
Housing (150 
units).
43,353,000 
Army National Guard: Extension of 2006 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
California ...................
Camp Roberts ...........
Urban Assault 
Course.
1,485,000 
Idaho ..........................
Gowen Field .............
Railhead, Phase 1 ....
8,331,000 
Mississippi ..................
Biloxi ........................
Readiness Center ......
16,987,000 
Camp Shelby ............
Modified Record Fire 
Range.
2,970,000 
Montana .....................
Townsend .................
Automated Qualifica-
tion Training 
Range.
2,532,000 
Pennsylvania ..............
Philadelphia ..............
Stryker Brigade 
Combat Team 
Readiness Center.
11,806,000 
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Army National Guard: Extension of 2006 Project 
Authorizations—Continued 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Organizational Main-
tenance Shop #7.
6,144,930 
Defense Agencies: Extension of 2006 Project Authorizations 
Agency 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Defense Logistics 
Agency.
Defense Distribution 
Depot Susque-
hanna, New Cum-
berland, Pennsyl-
vania.
Replace Physical Fit-
ness Facility.
6,500,000 
SEC. 2803. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATIONS OF CERTAIN 
FISCAL YEAR 2005 PROJECTS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding section 2701 of 
the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2005 (division B of Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 
2116), authorizations set forth in the tables in subsection 
(b), as provided in sections 2101, 2301, 2302, and 2601 
of that Act, shall remain in effect until October 1, 2009, 
or the date of the enactment of an Act authorizing funds 
for military construction for fiscal year 2010, whichever 
is later. 
(b) TABLES.—The tables referred to in subsection (a) 
are as follows: 
Army: Extension of 2005 Project Authorizations 
State 
Installation or 
Location 
Project 
Amount 
Hawaii ........................
Schofield Barracks ...
Combined Arms Col-
lective Training 
Facility.
32,542,000 
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