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tion in order to determine whether or not such individual 
is a covered member for such year. 
‘‘(3) Not later than February 28 each year, the Di-
rector shall notify, in writing, each individual the Director 
determines to be a covered member for such year. 
‘‘(d) ELECTION NOT TO RECEIVE ALLOWANCE.—(1) 
A covered member otherwise entitled to receive the allow-
ance under subsection (a) for a year may elect, in writing, 
not to receive the allowance for such year. Any election 
under this subsection shall be effective only for the year 
for which made. Any election for a year under this sub-
section is irrevocable. 
‘‘(2) A covered member who does not submit informa-
tion described in subsection (d)(2) for a year as otherwise 
required by that subsection shall be deemed to have elect-
ed not to receive the allowance for such year. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘covered member’ means a reg-
ular member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or 
Air Force— 
‘‘(A) who has completed initial entry train-
ing; 
‘‘(B) whose gross household income during 
the most recent year did not exceed an amount 
equal to 130 percent of the Federal poverty
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guidelines of the Department of Health and 
Human Services for the location and number of 
persons in the household of the covered member 
for such year; and 
‘‘(C) who does not elect under subsection 
(d) not to receive the allowance for such year. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘gross household income’ of a 
covered member for a year for purposes of para-
graph (1)(B) does not include any basic allowance 
for housing received by the covered member (and 
any dependents of the covered member in the house-
hold of the covered member) during such year under 
section 403 of this title. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations for the administration of this section. 
Subject to subsection (e)(2), such regulations shall specify 
the income to be included in, and excluded from, the gross 
household income of individuals for purposes of this sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to section 402a the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘402b. Basic needs allowance for low-income regular members.’’.
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SEC. 603. TEMPORARY INCREASE OF RATES OF BASIC AL-
LOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOLLOWING DETER-
MINATION THAT LOCAL CIVILIAN HOUSING 
COSTS SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEED SUCH RATES. 
Section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(8)(A) The Secretary of Defense may prescribe a 
temporary increase in the current rates of basic allowance 
for housing for a military housing area or a portion there-
of (in this paragraph, ‘BAH rates’) if the Secretary deter-
mines that the actual costs of adequate housing for civil-
ians in that military housing area or portion thereof ex-
ceed the current BAH rates by more than 20 percent. 
‘‘(B) Any temporary increase in BAH rates under 
this paragraph shall remain in effect only until the effec-
tive date of the first adjustment of BAH rates for the af-
fected military housing area that occurs after the date of 
the increase under this paragraph. 
‘‘(C) This paragraph shall cease to be effective on 
September 30, 2022.’’.
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SEC. 604. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR A MEMBER 
WITHOUT DEPENDENTS WHEN RELOCATION 
WOULD FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGE THE 
MEMBER. 
Section 403(o) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘In’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2)(A) In the case of a member described in sub-
paragraph (B), the member may be treated for the pur-
poses of this section as if the unit to which the member 
is assigned did not undergo a change of home port or a 
change of permanent duty station if the Secretary con-
cerned determines that it would be inequitable to base the 
member’s entitlement to, and amount of, a basic allowance 
for housing on the new home port or permanent duty sta-
tion. 
‘‘(B) A member described in this subparagraph— 
‘‘(i) has no dependents; 
‘‘(ii) is assigned to a unit that undergoes a 
change of home port or a change of permanent duty 
station; and 
‘‘(iii) is in receipt of orders to return to the pre-
vious home port or duty station.’’.
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SEC. 605. PARTIAL DISLOCATION ALLOWANCE. 
(a) CURRENT AUTHORITY.—Section 477(f)(1) of title 
37, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘family’’. 
(b) FUTURE AUTHORITY.—Section 452(c) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3)(A) A partial dislocation allowance paid to 
a member ordered to occupy or vacate housing pro-
vided by the United States. 
‘‘(B) Beginning on January 1, 2022, the partial 
dislocation allowance under subparagraph (A) shall, 
subject to subparagraph (C), be equal in value to the 
allowance under section 477(f) of this title on De-
cember 31, 2021, as adjusted in regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary concerned under the au-
thority established by that section. 
‘‘(C) Effective on the same date in 2022 and 
any subsequent year that the monthly rates of basic 
pay for all members are increased under section 
1009 of this title or another provision of law, the 
Secretary of Defense shall adjust the rate of the 
partial dislocation allowance under this paragraph
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by the percentage equal to the average percentage 
increase in the rates of basic pay.’’. 
SEC. 606. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY. 
Effective on January 1, 2020, the rates of monthly 
basic pay for members of the uniformed services are in-
creased by 3.1 percent. 
SEC. 607. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF BASIC PAY. 
The adjustment in the rates of monthly basic pay re-
quired by subsection (a) of section 1009 of title 37, United 
States Code, to be made on January 1, 2020, shall take 
effect, notwithstanding any determination made by the 
President under subsection (e) of such section with respect 
to an alternative pay adjustment to be made on such date. 
SEC. 608. STUDY REGARDING RECOUPMENT OF SEPARA-
TION PAY, SPECIAL SEPARATION BENEFITS, 
AND VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE 
PAYMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND VETERANS WHO RECEIVE DIS-
ABILITY COMPENSATION UNDER LAWS AD-
MINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretaries of Defense and Vet-
erans Affairs shall conduct a joint study to determine, 
with regards to members of the Armed Forces and vet-
erans whose separation pay, special separation benefits,
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and voluntary separation incentive payments either Sec-
retary recoups because such members and veterans subse-
quently receive disability compensation under laws admin-
istered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs— 
(1) how many such members and veterans are 
affected by such recoupment; and 
(2) the aggregated amount of additional money 
such members and veterans would receive but for 
such recoupment. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than September 
30, 2020, the Secretaries shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate 
and House of Representatives a report regarding the re-
sults of the study under subsection (a). 
SEC. 609. ANNUAL REPORTS ON APPROVAL OF EMPLOY-
MENT OR COMPENSATION OF RETIRED GEN-
ERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS BY FOREIGN GOV-
ERNMENTS FOR EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE PUR-
POSES. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 908 of title 37, 
United States Code is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c):
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‘‘(c) ANNUAL REPORTS
ON APPROVALS
FOR RE-
TIRED GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS.—(1) Not later 
than January 31each year, the Secretaries of the military 
departments shall jointly submit to the appropriate com-
mittees and Members of Congress a report on each ap-
proval under subsection (b) for employment or compensa-
tion described in subsection (a) for a retired member of 
the armed forces in general or flag officer grade that was 
issued during the preceding year. The report shall be post-
ed on a publicly available Internet website of the Depart-
ment of Defense no later than 30 days after it has been 
submitted to Congress. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the appropriate committees 
and Members of Congress are— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(C) the Majority Leader and the Minority 
Leader of the Senate; and 
‘‘(D) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’.
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(b) SCOPE OF FIRST REPORT.—The first report sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (c) of section 908 of title 
37, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a) of 
this section), after the date of the enactment of this Act 
shall cover the five-year period ending with the year before 
the year in which such report is submitted. 
SEC. 610. CONTINUED ENTITLEMENTS WHILE A MEMBER 
OF THE ARMED FORCES PARTICIPATES IN A 
CAREER INTERMISSION PROGRAM. 
Section 710(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) the entitlement of the member and of the 
survivors of the member to all death benefits under 
the provisions of chapter 75 of this title; 
‘‘(4) the provision of all travel and transpor-
tation allowances for the survivors of deceased mem-
bers to attend burial ceremonies under section 481f 
of title 37; and
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‘‘(5) the eligibility of the member for general 
benefits as provided in part II of title 38.’’. 
SEC. 610A. REPORT REGARDING TRANSITION FROM OVER-
SEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE TO BASIC AL-
LOWANCE 
FOR 
HOUSING 
FOR 
SERVICEMEMBERS IN THE TERRITORIES. 
Not later than February 1, 2020, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees regarding the recommendation of the Sec-
retary whether members of the uniformed services located 
in the territories of the United States and who receive the 
overseas housing allowance should instead receive the 
basic allowance for housing to ensure the most appropriate 
housing compensation for such members and their fami-
lies. 
SEC. 610B. EXEMPTION FROM REPAYMENT OF VOLUNTARY 
SEPARATION PAY. 
Section 1175a(j) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(4)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and
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(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) This subsection shall not apply to a member 
who— 
‘‘(A) is involuntarily recalled to active duty or 
full-time National Guard duty; and 
‘‘(B) in the course of such duty, incurs a serv-
ice-connected disability rated as total under section 
1155 of title 38.’’. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special 
Incentive Pays 
SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN EXPIRING 
BONUS AND SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES. 
(a) 
AUTHORITIES
RELATING
TO
RESERVE 
FORCES.—Section 910(g) of title 37, United States Code, 
relating to income replacement payments for reserve com-
ponent members experiencing extended and frequent mo-
bilization for active duty service, is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2020’’. 
(b) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS.—The following sections of title 
10, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’:
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(1) Section 2130a(a)(1), relating to nurse offi-
cer candidate accession program. 
(2) Section 16302(d), relating to repayment of 
education loans for certain health professionals who 
serve in the Selected Reserve. 
(c) AUTHORITIES RELATING
TO NUCLEAR OFFI-
CERS.—Section 333(i) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(d) AUTHORITIES RELATING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLI-
DATED SPECIAL PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AU-
THORITIES.—The following sections of title 37, United 
States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2019’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’: 
(1) Section 331(h), relating to general bonus 
authority for enlisted members. 
(2) Section 332(g), relating to general bonus 
authority for officers. 
(3) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 
incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 
(4) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus 
and incentive pay authorities for officers in health 
professions.
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(5) Section 336(g), relating to contracting 
bonus for cadets and midshipmen enrolled in the 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(6) Section 351(h), relating to hazardous duty 
pay. 
(7) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay 
or special duty pay. 
(8) Section 353(i), relating to skill incentive 
pay or proficiency bonus. 
(9) Section 355(h), relating to retention incen-
tives for members qualified in critical military skills 
or assigned to high priority units. 
(e) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY INCREASE 
IN RATES OF BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING.—Section 
403(b)(7)(E) of title 37, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘December 31, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2020’’. 
Subtitle C—Family and Survivor 
Benefits 
SEC. 621. PAYMENT OF TRANSITIONAL COMPENSATION 
FOR CERTAIN DEPENDENTS. 
Section 1059(m) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘MEMBERS OR’’ after ‘‘DEPENDENTS OF’’;
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(2) by inserting ‘‘member or’’ before ‘‘former 
member’’ each place it appears; and 
(3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) For the purposes of this subsection, a member 
is considered separated from active duty upon the earliest 
of— 
‘‘(A) the date an administrative separation is 
initiated by a commander of the member; 
‘‘(B) the date the court-martial sentence is ad-
judged if the sentence, as adjudged, includes a dis-
missal, dishonorable discharge, bad conduct dis-
charge, or forfeiture of all pay and allowances; or 
‘‘(C) the date the member’s term of service ex-
pires.’’. 
SEC. 622. DEATH GRATUITY FOR ROTC GRADUATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1475(a)(4) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding ‘‘; or a grad-
uate of a reserve officers’ training corps who has yet to 
receive a first duty assignment; or’’ at the end. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment under sub-
section (a) applies to deaths that occur on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 623. CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPOUSES OF 
PROMOTED MEMBERS. 
Section 1784a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Assistance’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) A spouse who is eligible for a program under 
this section and begins a course of education or training 
for a degree, license, or credential described in subsection 
(a) may not become ineligible to complete such course of 
education or training solely because the member to whom 
the spouse is married is promoted to a higher grade.’’. 
SEC. 624. OCCUPATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR RELO-
CATED SPOUSES OF MEMBERS OF THE UNI-
FORMED SERVICES. 
(a) IMPROVEMENT
OF
OCCUPATIONAL
LICENSE 
PORTABILITY FOR MILITARY SPOUSES THROUGH INTER-
STATE COMPACTS.—Section 1784 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h) IMPROVEMENT
OF OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE 
PORTABILITY THROUGH INTERSTATE COMPACTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
may enter into a cooperative agreement with the
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Council of State Governments to assist with funding 
of the development of interstate compacts on li-
censed occupations in order to alleviate the burden 
associated with relicensing in such an occupation by 
spouse of a members of the armed forces in connec-
tion with a permanent change of duty station of 
members to another State. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The amount provided under 
paragraph (1) as assistance for the development of 
any particular interstate compact may not exceed 
$1,000,000. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than Feb-
ruary 28 each year, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives a report on inter-
state compacts described in paragraph (1) developed 
through assistance provided under that paragraph. 
Each report shall set forth the following: 
‘‘(A) Any interstate compact developed 
during the preceding calendar year, including 
the occupational licenses covered by such com-
pact and the States agreeing to enter into such 
compact. 
‘‘(B) Any interstate compact developed 
during a prior calendar year into which one or
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more additional States agreed to enter during 
the preceding calendar year. 
‘‘(4) EXPIRATION.—The authority to enter into 
a cooperative agreement under paragraph (1), and 
to provide assistance described in that paragraph 
pursuant to such cooperative agreement, shall expire 
on September 30, 2024.’’. 
(b) GUARANTEE OF RESIDENCY FOR REGISTRATION 
OF BUSINESSES
OF SPOUSES
OF MEMBERS
OF UNI-
FORMED SERVICES.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Title 
VI 
of 
the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4021 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 707. GUARANTEE OF RESIDENCY FOR BUSINESSES OF 
SPOUSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS. 
‘‘For the purposes of registering a business— 
‘‘(1) a person who is absent from a State be-
cause the person is accompanying the person’s 
spouse who is absent from that same State in com-
pliance with military or naval orders shall not, solely 
by reason of that absence— 
‘‘(A) be deemed to have lost a residence or 
domicile in that State, without regard to wheth-
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er or not the person intends to return to that 
State; 
‘‘(B) be deemed to have acquired a resi-
dence or domicile in any other State; or 
‘‘(C) be deemed to have become a resident 
in or a resident of any other State; and 
‘‘(2) the spouse of a servicemember may elect 
to use the same residence as the servicemember re-
gardless of the date on which the marriage of the 
spouse and the servicemember occurred.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 706 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 707. Guarantee 
of 
residency 
for 
businesses 
of 
spouses 
of 
servicemembers.’’. 
SEC. 625. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIAN PROVIDERS 
OF CHILD CARE SERVICES OR YOUTH PRO-
GRAM SERVICES WHO PROVIDE SUCH SERV-
ICES TO SURVIVORS OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES WHO DIE IN LINE OF DUTY. 
Section 1798(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, survivors of members of the 
armed forces who die in line of duty while on active duty,
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active duty for training, or inactive duty for training,’’ 
after ‘‘armed forces’’. 
SEC. 626. SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL ON MILITARY AIR-
CRAFT 
FOR 
CHILDREN 
AND 
SURVIVING 
SPOUSES OF MEMBERS WHO DIE OF HOSTILE 
ACTION OR TRAINING DUTY. 
Section 2641b(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (7); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (6): 
‘‘(6) 
Children 
(as 
described 
by 
section 
1072(2)(D) or section 1110b(b) of this title, as the 
case may be) and surviving spouses of members of 
the armed forces who die as a result of hostile action 
or training duty.’’. 
SEC. 627. CONSIDERATION OF SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY 
TO REDUCE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR RE-
TIRED PAY FOR NON-REGULAR SERVICE. 
Section 12731(f)(2)(B)(i) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘under a provision of law 
referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) or under section 
12301(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 12301(d) or
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12304b of this title, or under a provision of law referred 
to in section 101(a)(13)(B)’’. 
SEC. 628. MODIFICATION TO AUTHORITY TO REIMBURSE 
FOR STATE LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION 
COSTS OF A SPOUSE OF A MEMBER ARISING 
FROM RELOCATION. 
Section 476(p) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘armed 
forces’’ and inserting ‘‘uniformed services’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$500’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,000’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) an analysis of whether the maximum reim-
bursement amount under paragraph (2) is sufficient 
to cover the average costs of relicensing described in 
paragraph (1).’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’.
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SEC. 629. IMPROVEMENTS TO CHILD CARE FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FINAN-
CIAL ASSISTANCE TO CIVILIAN PROVIDERS OF CHILD 
CARE SERVICES OR YOUTH PROGRAM SERVICES WHO 
PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIE IN THE LINE OF 
DUTY.—Section 1798(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, survivors of members of the 
armed forces who die in the line of duty while on active 
military, naval, or air service (as that term is defined in 
section 101 of title 38),’’ after ‘‘armed forces’’. 
(b) EXPANSION OF DIRECT HIRING AUTHORITY FOR 
CHILD CARE SERVICE PROVIDERS.—Section 559 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 
(Public Law 115–91; 10 U.S.C. 1792 note) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘FOR 
DEPARTMENT
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
CEN-
TERS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(1), by striking for ‘‘De-
partment of Defense child development centers’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for the Department of Defense’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘in child de-
velopment centers’’. 
(c) ASSESSMENT OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
VIDED TO CIVILIAN CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.—
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(1) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall assess the maximum amount of financial as-
sistance provided to eligible civilian providers of 
child care services or youth program services that 
furnish such service for members of the armed 
forces and employees of the United States under sec-
tion 1798 of title 10, United States Code, as amend-
ed by subsection (a). Such assessment shall include 
the following: 
(A) The determination of the Secretary 
whether the maximum allowable financial as-
sistance should be standardized across the 
Armed Forces. 
(B) Whether the maximum allowable 
amount adequately accounts for high-cost duty 
stations. 
(2) REPORT.—No later than June 1, 2020, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives regarding the results 
of the assessment under paragraph (1) and any ac-
tions taken by the Secretary to remedy identified 
shortfalls in assistance described in that paragraph. 
(d) ASSESSMENT
OF CHILD CARE CAPACITY
ON 
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—
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(1) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall assess the capacity for child care at all military 
installations to ensure that members of the Armed 
Forces have meaningful access to child care during 
tours of duty. 
(2) REMEDIAL ACTION.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall take steps the Secretary determines nec-
essary to alleviate the waiting lists for child care de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 2020, the 
Secretary of Defense shall provide a report to the 
Committees on Armed Forces of the Senate and the 
House of Representative regarding— 
(A) the assessment under paragraph (1); 
(B) action taken under paragraph (2); and 
(C) any additional resources (including ad-
ditional funding for and child care facilities and 
workers) the Secretary determines necessary to 
increase access described in paragraph (1). 
(e) ASSESSMENT OF ACCESSIBILITY OF WEBSITES 
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELATED TO CHILD 
CARE AND SPOUSAL EMPLOYMENT.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall review the functions and accessibility of 
websites of the Department of Defense designed for
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members of the Armed Forces and the families of 
such members to access information and services of-
fered by the Department regarding child care, 
spousal employment, and other family matters. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2020, 
the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives regarding the re-
sults of the assessment under paragraph (1) and ac-
tions taken to enhance accessibility of the websites. 
(f) PORTABILITY OF BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS 
FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall ensure that the background investigation 
and training certification for a child care provider em-
ployed by the Department of Defense in a facility of the 
Department may be transferred to another facility of the 
Department, without regard to which Secretary of a mili-
tary department has jurisdiction over either such facility. 
SEC. 630. CASUALTY ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF DE-
CEASED ROTC GRADUATES. 
Section 633 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (10 U.S.C. 1475 note) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ROTC GRADUATES.—
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‘‘(1) TREATED AS MEMBERS.—For purposes of 
this section, a graduate of a reserve officers’ train-
ing corps who dies before receiving a first duty as-
signment shall be treated as a member of the Armed 
Forces who dies while on active duty. 
‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection ap-
plies to deaths on or after the date of the enactment 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2020.’’. 
SEC. 630A. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF REDUCTION OF 
SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN SURVIVOR ANNU-
ITIES BY AMOUNT OF DEPENDENCY AND IN-
DEMNITY COMPENSATION. 
(a) REPEAL.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 73 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(A) In section 1450, by striking subsection 
(c). 
(B) In section 1451(c)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 
and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respec-
tively. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such sub-
chapter is further amended as follows:
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(A) In section 1450— 
(i) by striking subsection (e); and 
(ii) by striking subsection (k). 
(B) In section 1451(g)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (C). 
(C) In section 1452— 
(i) in subsection (f)(2), by striking 
‘‘does not apply—’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘does not apply in the case 
of a deduction made through administra-
tive error.’’; and 
(ii) by striking subsection (g). 
(D) In section 1455(c), by striking ‘‘, 
1450(k)(2),’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON RETROACTIVE BENEFITS.—No 
benefits may be paid to any person for any period before 
the effective date provided under subsection (f) by reason 
of the amendments made by subsection (a). 
(c) PROHIBITION
ON RECOUPMENT
OF CERTAIN 
AMOUNTS PREVIOUSLY REFUNDED
TO SBP RECIPI-
ENTS.—A surviving spouse who is or has been in receipt 
of an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan under sub-
chapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, 
that is in effect before the effective date provided under 
subsection (f) and that is adjusted by reason of the
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amendments made by subsection (a) and who has received 
a refund of retired pay under section 1450(e) of title 10, 
United States Code, shall not be required to repay such 
refund to the United States. 
(d) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR OPTIONAL ANNUITY 
FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—Section 1448(d)(2) of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘DEPENDENT
CHILDREN.—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘In the case of a mem-
ber described in paragraph (1),’’ and inserting ‘‘DE-
PENDENT CHILDREN.—In the case of a member de-
scribed in paragraph (1),’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B). 
(e) RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PREVIOUSLY 
ELIGIBLE SPOUSES.—The Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall restore annuity eligibility to any 
eligible surviving spouse who, in consultation with the Sec-
retary, previously elected to transfer payment of such an-
nuity to a surviving child or children under the provisions 
of section 1448(d)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, 
as in effect on the day before the effective date provided 
under subsection (f). Such eligibility shall be restored 
whether or not payment to such child or children subse-
quently was terminated due to loss of dependent status 
or death. For the purposes of this subsection, an eligible
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spouse includes a spouse who was previously eligible for 
payment of such annuity and is not remarried, or remar-
ried after having attained age 55, or whose second or sub-
sequent marriage has been terminated by death, divorce 
or annulment. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect on the later 
of— 
(1) October 1, 2019; and 
(2) the first day of the first month that begins 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Defense Resale Matters 
SEC. 631. GAO REVIEW OF DEFENSE RESALE OPTIMIZATION 
STUDY. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a review of the business case analysis 
performed as part of the defense resale optimization study 
conducted by the Reform Management Group, titled 
‘‘Study to Determine the Feasibility of Consolidation of 
the Defense Resale Entities’’ and dated December 4, 
2018. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED; ELEMENTS.—Not later than 
April 1, 2020, the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives a report regarding the review
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performed under this section. The report shall include 
evaluations of the following: 
(1) The descriptions and justifications for the 
assumptions, analytical choices and data used by the 
Reform Management Group to calculate: 
(A) Pricing. 
(B) Sales assumptions. 
(C) Accuracy of methods employed to 
measure patron savings levels. 
(2) The timetable for consolidation of military 
exchanges and commissaries. 
(3) The recommendations for consolidation de-
veloped as part of the business case analysis, includ-
ing the overall cost of consolidation. 
(4) The budget and oversight implications of 
merging non-appropriated funds and appropriated 
funds to implement the recommended reforms. 
(5) The extent to which the Reform Manage-
ment Group coordinated with the Secretaries of the 
military departments and the chiefs of the Armed 
Forces in preparing the study. 
(6) The extent to which the Reform Manage-
ment Group addressed concerns of the Secretaries of 
the military departments and the chiefs of the 
Armed Forces in the study.
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(7) If the recommendations in the business case 
analysis were implemented— 
(A) the ability of military exchanges and 
commissaries to provide earnings to support on- 
base morale, welfare, and recreation programs; 
and 
(B) the financial viability of the military 
exchanges and commissaries. 
(c) DELAY ON CONSOLIDATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense may not take any action to consolidate military 
exchanges and commissaries until the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives notify the Secretary in writing of receipt and accept-
ance of the findings of the Comptroller General in the re-
port required under this section. 
SEC. 632. REPORT REGARDING MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY 
COMMISSARIES AND EXCHANGES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port regarding management practices of military com-
missaries and exchanges. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under this sec-
tion shall include a cost-benefit analysis with the goals 
of—
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(1) reducing the costs of operating military 
commissaries and exchanges by $2,000,000,000 dur-
ing fiscal years 2020 through 2024; and 
(2) not raising costs for patrons of military 
commissaries and exchanges. 
SEC. 633. REDUCTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF EARNINGS FROM 
WORK PERFORMED WHILE ENTITLED TO AN 
ANNUITY SUPPLEMENT. 
Section 8421a of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended in subsection (c)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘full-time as an air traffic con-
trol instructor’’ and inserting ‘‘as an air traffic con-
trol instructor, or supervisor thereof,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or supervisor’’ after ‘‘an in-
structor’’. 
SEC. 634. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MORALE, WELFARE, AND 
RECREATION PRIVILEGES TO FOREIGN SERV-
ICE OFFICERS ON MANDATORY HOME LEAVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1065 of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by section 621 of the John S. 
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2019 (Public Law 115–232), is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘veterans 
and caregivers for veterans’’ and inserting
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‘‘veterans, caregivers for veterans, and 
Foreign Service officers’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY OF FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS 
ON MANDATORY HOME LEAVE.—A Foreign Service offi-
cer on mandatory home leave may be permitted to use 
military lodging referred to in subsection (h).’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) The term ‘Foreign Service officer’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 103 of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903). 
‘‘(6) The term ‘mandatory home leave’ means 
leave under section 903 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4083).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2020, as if 
originally incorporated in section 621 of Public Law 115– 
232.
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TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 
Health Care Benefits 
SEC. 701. CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE PARITY UNDER THE 
TRICARE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1074d of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘FOR MEM-
BERS
AND FORMER MEMBERS’’ after ‘‘SERVICES 
AVAILABLE’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (d); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(b) CARE RELATED
TO PREVENTION
OF PREG-
NANCY.—Female covered beneficiaries shall be entitled to 
care related to the prevention of pregnancy described by 
subsection (d)(3). 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITION ON COST SHARING FOR CERTAIN 
SERVICES.—Notwithstanding section 1074g(a)(6), section 
1075, or section 1075a of this title, or any other provision 
of law, cost sharing may not be imposed or collected for 
care related to the prevention of pregnancy provided pur-
suant to subsection (a) or (b), including for any method
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of contraception provided, whether provided through a fa-
cility of the uniformed services, the TRICARE retail phar-
macy program, or the national mail-order pharmacy pro-
gram.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1077(a)(13) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘section 
1074d(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1074d(d)’’. 
(c) CARE RELATED
TO PREVENTION
OF PREG-
NANCY.—Subsection (d)(3) of such section 1074d, as re-
designated by subsection (a)(2) of this section, is further 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(including all methods of contraception approved 
by the Food and Drug Administration, contraceptive care 
(including with respect to insertion, removal, and follow 
up), sterilization procedures, and patient education and 
counseling in connection therewith)’’. 
SEC. 702. PREGNANCY PREVENTION ASSISTANCE AT MILI-
TARY MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITIES FOR 
SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1074o 
the following new section:
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‘‘§ 1074p. Provision of pregnancy prevention assist-
ance at military medical treatment facili-
ties 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION
AND ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall promptly furnish to sexual assault 
survivors at each military medical treatment facility the 
following: 
‘‘(1) Comprehensive, medically and factually ac-
curate, and unbiased written and oral information 
about all methods of emergency contraception ap-
proved by the Food and Drug Administration. 
‘‘(2) Notification of the right of the sexual as-
sault survivor to confidentiality with respect to the 
information and care and services furnished under 
this section. 
‘‘(3) Upon request by the sexual assault sur-
vivor, emergency contraception or, if applicable, a 
prescription for emergency contraception. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
information provided pursuant to subsection (a) is pro-
vided in language that— 
‘‘(1) is clear and concise; 
‘‘(2) is readily comprehensible; and 
‘‘(3) meets such conditions (including condi-
tions regarding the provision of information in lan-