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of the Chairman’s assessment, and after giving appro-
priate consideration to the Chairman’s recommendations, 
the Secretary of Defense shall identify— 
‘‘(1) the core mission areas of the armed forces; 
‘‘(2) the core competencies and capabilities that 
are associated with the performance or support of a 
core mission area identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1); 
‘‘(3) the elements of the Department of Defense 
(including any other office, agency, activity, or com-
mand described in section 111(b) of this title) that 
are responsible for providing the core competencies 
and capabilities required to effectively perform the 
core missions identified pursuant to paragraph (1); 
‘‘(4) any gaps in the ability of the elements (or 
other office, agency activity, or command) of the De-
partment of Defense to provide core competencies 
and capabilities required to effectively perform the 
core missions identified pursuant to paragraph (1); 
‘‘(5) any unnecessary duplication of core com-
petencies and capabilities between defense compo-
nents; and 
‘‘(6) a plan for addressing any gaps or unneces-
sary duplication identified pursuant to paragraph 
(4) or paragraph (5).
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‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report 
on the quadrennial roles and missions review to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives. The report shall be submitted in the 
year following the year in which the review is conducted, 
but not later than the date on which the President submits 
the budget for the next fiscal year to Congress under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Section 
118(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
(c) TIMING OF QUADRENNIAL ROLES AND MISSIONS 
REVIEW.— 
(1) FIRST REVIEW.—The first quadrennial roles 
and missions review under section 118b of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), 
shall be conducted during 2008. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
REVIEWS.—Subsequent re-
views shall be conducted every four years, beginning 
in 2011.
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SEC. 942. JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL AD-
DITIONAL DUTIES RELATING TO CORE MIS-
SION AREAS. 
(a) REVISIONS IN MISSION.—Subsection (b) of sec-
tion 181 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—In addition to other matters assigned 
to it by the President or Secretary of Defense, the Joint 
Requirements Oversight Council shall— 
‘‘(1) assist the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff— 
‘‘(A) in identifying, assessing, and approv-
ing joint military requirements (including exist-
ing systems and equipment) to meet the na-
tional military strategy; and 
‘‘(B) in identifying the core mission area 
associated with each such requirement; 
‘‘(2) assist the Chairman in establishing and 
assigning priority levels for joint military require-
ments; 
‘‘(3) assist the Chairman in reviewing the esti-
mated level of resources required in the fulfillment 
of each joint military requirement and in ensuring 
that such resource level is consistent with the level 
of priority assigned to such requirement; and
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‘‘(4) assist acquisition officials in identifying al-
ternatives to any acquisition program that meet 
joint military requirements for the purposes of sec-
tion 2366a(a)(4), section 2366b(b), and section 
2433(e)(2) of this title.’’. 
(b) ADVISORS.—Section 181 of such title is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) ADVISORS.—The Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller), and the Director of the 
Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation shall serve as 
advisors to the Council on matters within their authority 
and expertise.’’. 
(c) ORGANIZATION.—Section 181 of such title is fur-
ther amended by inserting after subsection (d) (as inserted 
by subsection (b)) the following new subsection (e): 
‘‘(e) ORGANIZATION.—The Joint Requirements Over-
sight Council shall conduct periodic reviews of joint mili-
tary requirements within a core mission area of the De-
partment of Defense. In any such review of a core mission
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area, the officer or official assigned to lead the review shall 
have a deputy from a different military department.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 181 of such title is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘joint military requirement’ 
means a capability necessary to fulfill a gap in a 
core mission area of the Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘core mission area’ means a core 
mission area of the Department of Defense identi-
fied under the most recent quadrennial roles and 
missions review pursuant to section 118b of this 
title.’’. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—Section 2433(e)(2) of such title 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, after consultation with the 
Joint Requirements Oversight Council regarding program 
requirements,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Defense’’ in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A). 
(f) DEADLINES.—Effective June 1, 2009, all joint 
military requirements documents of the Joint Require-
ments Oversight Council produced to carry out its mission 
under section 181(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
shall reference the core mission areas organized and de-
fined under section 118b of such title. Not later than Oc-
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tober 1, 2009, all such documents produced before June 
1, 2009, shall reference such structure. 
SEC. 943. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATION OF MAJOR 
SYSTEMS PRIOR TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOP-
MENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 2366a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2366b. Major defense acquisition programs: certifi-
cation required before Milestone A or 
Key Decision Point A approval 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.—A major defense acquisition 
program may not receive Milestone A approval, or Key 
Decision Point A approval in the case of a space program, 
until the Milestone Decision Authority certifies, after con-
sultation with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council 
on matters related to program requirements and military 
needs— 
‘‘(1) that the system fulfills an approved initial 
capabilities document; 
‘‘(2) that the system is being executed by an 
entity with a relevant core competency as identified 
by the Secretary of Defense under section 118b of 
this title;
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(b) REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISI-
TION DIRECTIVES.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall review Department of Defense Directive 5000.1 and 
associated guidance, and the manner in which such direc-
tive and guidance have been implemented, and take appro-
priate steps to ensure that the Department does not com-
mence a technology development program for a major 
weapon system without Milestone A approval (or Key De-
cision Point A approval in the case of a space program). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2366b of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall 
apply to major systems on and after March 1, 2008. 
SEC. 944. PRESENTATION OF FUTURE-YEARS MISSION 
BUDGET BY CORE MISSION AREA. 
(a) TIME OF SUBMISSION OF FUTURE-YEARS MIS-
SION BUDGET.—The second sentence of section 222(a) of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘That budget shall be submitted for any fiscal year 
with the future-years defense program submitted under 
section 221 of this title.’’. 
(b) ORGANIZATION
OF
FUTURE-YEARS
MISSION 
BUDGET.—The second sentence of section 222(b) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘on the basis’’ and all that 
follows through the end of the sentence and inserting the
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following: ‘‘on the basis of both major force programs and 
the core mission areas identified under the most recent 
quadrennial roles and missions review pursuant to section 
118b of this title.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to the future-years 
mission budget for fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 951. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONSIDERATION OF 
EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON DEPART-
MENT FACILITIES, CAPABILITIES, AND MIS-
SIONS. 
(a) CONSIDERATION
OF
CLIMATE
CHANGE
EF-
FECT.—Section 118 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) CONSIDERATION
OF
EFFECT
OF
CLIMATE 
CHANGE
ON DEPARTMENT FACILITIES, CAPABILITIES, 
AND MISSIONS.—(1) The first national security strategy 
and national defense strategy prepared after the date of 
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 shall include guidance for military 
planners—
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‘‘(A) to assess the risks of projected climate 
change to current and future missions of the armed 
forces; 
‘‘(B) to update defense plans based on these as-
sessments, including working with allies and part-
ners to incorporate climate mitigation strategies, ca-
pacity building, and relevant research and develop-
ment; and 
‘‘(C) to develop the capabilities needed to re-
duce future impacts. 
‘‘(2) The first quadrennial defense review prepared 
after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 shall also examine 
the capabilities of the armed forces to respond to the con-
sequences of climate change, in particular, preparedness 
for natural disasters from extreme weather events and 
other missions the armed forces may be asked to support 
inside the United States and overseas. 
‘‘(3) For planning purposes to comply with the re-
quirements of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense 
shall use— 
‘‘(A) the mid-range projections of the fourth as-
sessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change;
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‘‘(B) subsequent mid-range consensus climate 
projections if more recent information is available 
when the next national security strategy, national 
defense strategy, or quadrennial defense review, as 
the case may be, is conducted; and 
‘‘(C) findings of appropriate and available esti-
mations or studies of the anticipated strategic, so-
cial, political, and economic effects of global climate 
change and the implications of such effects on the 
national security of the United States. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘national security 
strategy’ means the annual national security strategy re-
port of the President under section 108 of the National 
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a).’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that subsection (g) of section 118 of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is imple-
mented in a manner that does not have a negative impact 
on the national security of the United States. 
SEC. 952. INTERAGENCY POLICY COORDINATION. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall develop and submit to Congress a plan to 
improve and reform the Department of Defense’s partici-
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pation in and contribution to the interagency coordination 
process on national security issues. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The elements of the plan shall in-
clude the following: 
(1) Assigning either the Under Secretary of De-
fense for Policy or another official to be the lead pol-
icy official for improving and reforming the inter-
agency coordination process on national security 
issues for the Department of Defense, with an expla-
nation of any decision to name an official other than 
the Under Secretary and the relative advantages and 
disadvantages of such decision. 
(2) Giving the official assigned under para-
graph (1) the following responsibilities: 
(A) To be the lead person at the Depart-
ment of Defense for the development of policy 
affecting the national security interagency proc-
ess. 
(B) To serve, or designate a person to 
serve, as the representative of the Department 
of Defense in Federal Government forums es-
tablished to address interagency policy, plan-
ning, or reforms. 
(C) To advocate, on behalf of the Sec-
retary, for greater interagency coordination and
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contributions in the execution of the National 
Security Strategy and particularly specific oper-
ational objectives undertaken pursuant to that 
strategy. 
(D) To make recommendations to the Sec-
retary of Defense on changes to existing De-
partment of Defense regulations or laws to im-
prove the interagency process. 
(E) To serve as the coordinator for all 
planning and training assistance that is— 
(i) designed to improve the inter-
agency process or the capabilities of other 
agencies to work with the Department of 
Defense; and 
(ii) provided by the Department of 
Defense at the request of other agencies. 
(F) To serve as the lead official in Depart-
ment of Defense for the development of 
deployable joint interagency task forces. 
(c) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In drafting the 
plan, the Secretary of Defense shall also consider the fol-
lowing factors: 
(1) How the official assigned under subsection 
(b)(1) shall provide input to the Secretary of De-
fense on an ongoing basis on how to incorporate the
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SEC. 
953. 
EXPANSION 
OF 
EMPLOYMENT 
CREDITABLE 
UNDER SERVICE AGREEMENTS UNDER NA-
TIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 802 of the 
David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 
(50 U.S.C. 1902), as most recently amended by section 
945 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2367), is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) for not less than one academic 
year in a position in the field of education 
in a discipline related to the study sup-
ported by the program if the recipient 
demonstrates to the Secretary of Defense 
that no position is available in the depart-
ments, agencies, and offices covered by 
clauses (i) and (ii); or’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end and inserting ‘‘or’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) for not less than one academic 
year in a position in the field of education 
in a discipline related to the study sup-
ported by the program if the recipient 
demonstrates to the Secretary of Defense 
that no position is available in the depart-
ments, agencies, and offices covered by 
clauses (i) and (ii); and’’. 
SEC. 954. BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES. 
(a) REORGANIZATION AND AMENDMENT OF BOARD 
OF REGENTS PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 104 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 2113 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2113a. Board of Regents 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To assist the Secretary of De-
fense in an advisory capacity, there is a Board of Regents 
of the University. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall consist of— 
‘‘(1) nine persons outstanding in the fields of 
health and health education who shall be appointed 
from civilian life by the Secretary of Defense;
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‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, 
who shall be an ex officio member; 
‘‘(3) the surgeons general of the uniformed 
services, who shall be ex officio members; and 
‘‘(4) the President of the University, who shall 
be a nonvoting ex officio member. 
‘‘(c) TERM OF OFFICE.—The term of office of each 
member of the Board (other than ex officio members) shall 
be six years except that— 
‘‘(1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy oc-
curring before the expiration of the term for which 
his predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for 
the remainder of such term; and 
‘‘(2) any member whose term of office has ex-
pired shall continue to serve until his successor is 
appointed. 
‘‘(d) CHAIRMAN.—One of the members of the Board 
(other than an ex officio member) shall be designated by 
the Secretary as Chairman. He shall be the presiding offi-
cer of the Board. 
‘‘(e) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Board (other 
than ex officio members) while attending conferences or 
meetings or while otherwise performing their duties as 
members shall be entitled to receive compensation at a 
rate to be fixed by the Secretary and shall also be entitled
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to receive an allowance for necessary travel expenses while 
so serving away from their place of residence. 
‘‘(f) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at least once 
a quarter.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2113a. Board of Regents.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 2113 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘To 
assist’’ and all that follows through the 
end of paragraph (4); 
(ii) by striking subsections (b), (c), 
and (e); 
(iii) by redesignating subsections (d), 
(f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) as subsections (b), 
(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and 
(iv) in subsection (b), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘who shall also serve as 
a nonvoting ex officio member of the 
Board’’. 
(B) Section 2114(h) of such title is amend-
ed 
by 
striking 
‘‘2113(h)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘2113(e)’’.
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(b) STATUTORY REDESIGNATION OF DEAN AS PRESI-
DENT.— 
(1) Subsection 2113 of such title is further 
amended by striking ‘‘Dean’’ each place it appears 
in subsections (b) and (c)(1), as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(3), and inserting ‘‘President’’. 
(2) Section 2114(e) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘Dean’’ each place it appears in paragraphs 
(3) and (5). 
SEC. 955. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
SCHOOL OF NURSING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later 
than February 1, 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to 
establish a School of Nursing within the Uniformed Serv-
ices University of the Health Sciences. The Secretary shall 
develop the plan in consultation with the Board of Regents 
of the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences and submit the plan to the Board of Regents for 
review and to solicit the Board’s recommendations. 
(b) PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION.—In consultation 
with the Secretaries of the military departments, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall include in the plan required by sub-
section (a) programs of instruction for the School of Nurs-
ing that would lead to the award of a bachelor of science
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in nursing and such other baccalaureate or graduate de-
grees in nursing as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
The plan shall also address the enrollment as students of 
enlisted members and officers of the Armed Forces and 
civilians for the purpose of commissioning them as mili-
tary nursing officers upon graduation. The graduates of 
such a program of instruction shall be fully eligible to meet 
credentialing and licensing requirements of the military 
departments and at least one State in their program of 
study. 
(c) CONSIDERATION
OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS.—In 
developing the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall consider the inclusion of the following types of pro-
grams: 
(1) A program to enroll students who already 
possess an associate degree in nursing so that they 
can earn a bachelor of science in nursing. 
(2) A program to enroll students who already 
possess other associate degrees so that they can earn 
a bachelor of science in nursing. 
(3) A program to enroll students who already 
possess an associate degree in nursing so that they 
can earn a master of science in nursing.
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(4) A program to enroll students who already 
possess a bachelor of science in nursing so that they 
can earn a master of science in nursing. 
(d) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—The plan required by 
subsection (a) shall also include the following: 
(1) The results of a study of the nursing short-
age in the Department of Defense and the reasons 
for such shortages. 
(2) Details of the curriculum and degree re-
quirements for each category of students at the 
School of Nursing, if established. 
(3) An analysis of the contributions to overall 
medical readiness that will be made by the School of 
Nursing. 
(4) Proposals for the development of the School 
of Nursing to be phased in over a period of time. 
(5) Faculty requirements based on degree re-
quirements and numbers of projected students, to 
include the source and number of faculty required. 
(6) Projected number of graduates per year for 
each of the first 15 years of operation. 
(7) Predicted accession sources, military career 
paths, and service commitments and retention rates 
of School of Nursing graduates, to include the reten-
tion of enlisted personnel accessed into the school.
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(8) Administrative and instructional facilities 
required, and the likely initial and final location of 
clinical training institutions. 
(9) Plan for accreditation by a nationally recog-
nized nursing school accrediting body. 
(10) Projected faculty, administration, instruc-
tion, and facilities costs for the School of Nursing 
beginning in fiscal year 2009 and continuing 
through fiscal year 2024, including the cost analysis 
of developing the School of Nursing and the cost of 
additional administrative support for the Uniformed 
Services University of the Health Sciences on ac-
count of the establishment of the school. 
(e) EFFECT
ON CURRENT PROGRAMS.—Notwith-
standing the development of the plan under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall ensure that graduate degree programs 
in nursing, including advanced practice nursing, continue. 
(f) EFFECT ON OTHER RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or 
terminating any current or future program related to the 
recruitment, accession, training, or retention of military 
nurses. 
(g) ESTABLISHMENT AUTHORITY.—
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 104 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2117. School of Nursing 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
of Defense may establish a School of Nursing within the 
University. The School of Nursing may include a program 
that awards a bachelor of science in nursing. 
‘‘(b) PHASED DEVELOPMENT.—The School of Nurs-
ing may be developed in phases as determined appropriate 
by the Secretary.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2117. School of Nursing.’’. 
SEC. 956. INCLUSION OF COMMANDERS OF WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE COMBATANT COMMANDS IN BOARD 
OF VISITORS OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE IN-
STITUTE FOR SECURITY COOPERATION. 
Subparagraph (F) of section 2166(e)(1) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(F) The commanders of the combatant com-
mands having geographic responsibility for the 
Western Hemisphere, or the designees of those offi-
cers.’’.
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SEC. 957. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF REOR-
GANIZATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER 
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than June 
1, 2008, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port containing an assessment of the most recent reorga-
nization of the office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Policy, including an assessment with respect to the 
matters set forth in subsection (b). 
(b) MATTERS TO BE ASSESSED.—The matters to be 
included in the assessment required by subsection (a) are 
as follows: 
(1) The manner in which the reorganization of 
the office furthers, or will further, its stated pur-
poses in the short-term and long-term, including the 
manner in which the reorganization enhances, or will 
enhance, the ability of the Department of Defense— 
(A) to address current security priorities, 
including on-going military operations in Iraq, 
Afghanistan, and elsewhere; 
(B) to manage geopolitical defense rela-
tionships; and 
(C) to anticipate future strategic shifts in 
those relationships.
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(2) The manner in which and the extent to 
which the reorganization adheres to generally accept-
ed principles of effective organization, such as estab-
lishing clear goals, identifying clear lines of author-
ity and accountability, and developing an effective 
human capital strategy. 
(3) The extent to which the Department has de-
veloped detailed implementation plans for the reor-
ganization, and the current status of the implemen-
tation of all aspects of the reorganization. 
(4) The extent to which the Department has 
worked to mitigate congressional concerns and ad-
dress other challenges that have arisen since the re-
organization was announced. 
(5) The manner in which the Department plans 
to evaluate progress in achieving the stated goals of 
the reorganization and what measurements, if any, 
the Department has established to assess the results 
of the reorganization. 
(6) The impact of the large increase in respon-
sibilities for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict and 
Interdependent Capabilities under the reorganization 
on the ability of the Assistant Secretary to carry out
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the principal duties of the Assistant Secretary under 
law. 
(7) The possible decrease in attention given to 
special operations issues resulting from the increase 
in responsibilities for the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Con-
flict and Interdependent Capabilities, including re-
sponsibility under the reorganization for each of the 
following: 
(A) Strategic capabilities. 
(B) Forces transformation. 
(C) Major budget programs. 
(8) The possible diffusion of attention from 
counternarcotics, counterproliferation, and global 
threat issues resulting from the merging of those re-
sponsibilities under a single Deputy Assistant Sec-
retary 
of 
Defense 
for 
Counternarcotics, 
Counterproliferation, and Global Threats. 
(9) The impact of the reorganization on coun-
ternarcotics program execution. 
(10) The unique placement under the reorga-
nization of both functional and regional issue re-
sponsibilities under the Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security 
Affairs.
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(11) The differentiation between the respon-
sibilities of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of De-
fense for Partnership Strategy and the Deputy As-
sistant Secretary of Defense for Coalition Affairs 
and the relationship between such officials. 
SEC. 958. REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 
until the date referred to in subsection (d), the Secretary 
of Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of each mili-
tary department, shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report on the foreign language proficiency 
of the personnel of the Department of Defense. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) the number of positions, identified by each 
foreign language and dialect, for each military de-
partment and Defense Agency concerned that— 
(A) require proficiency in that foreign lan-
guage or dialect for the year in which the sub-
mission of the report is required; 
(B) are anticipated to require proficiency 
in that foreign language or dialect for each of 
the five years following the date of the submis-
sion of the report; and
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(C) are authorized in the future-years de-
fense plan to be maintained for proficiency in a 
foreign language or dialect; 
(2) the number of personnel for each military 
department and Defense Agency, identified by each 
foreign language and dialect, that are serving in a 
position that requires proficiency in the foreign lan-
guage or dialect— 
(A) to perform the primary duty of the po-
sition; and 
(B) that meet the required level of pro-
ficiency of the Interagency Language Round-
table; 
(3) the number of personnel for each military 
department and Defense Agency, identified by each 
foreign language and dialect, that are recruited or 
hired as accessions to serve in a position that re-
quires proficiency in the foreign language or dialect; 
(4) the number of personnel for each military 
department and Defense Agency, identified by each 
foreign language and dialect, that served in a posi-
tion that requires proficiency in the foreign language 
or dialect and discontinued service during the pre-
ceding calendar year;
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(5) the number of positions that require pro-
ficiency in a foreign language or dialect that are ful-
filled by contractors; 
(6) the percentage of work requiring linguistic 
skills that is fulfilled by personnel of the intelligence 
community (as defined in section 3(4) of the Na-
tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4))); 
and 
(7) an assessment of the foreign language ca-
pacity and capabilities of each military department 
and Defense Agency and of the Department of De-
fense as a whole. 
(c) NON-MILITARY PERSONNEL.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b), a report 
submitted under subsection (a) shall cover only members 
of the Armed Forces on active duty and reserve duty as-
signed to the military departments concerned or to the De-
partment of Defense. 
(d) TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT.—The duty to 
submit a report under subsection (a) shall terminate on 
December 31, 2013. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fis-
cal year 2008. 
Sec. 1003. Authorization of additional emergency supplemental appropriations 
for fiscal year 2007.
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Sec. 1004. Modification of fiscal year 2007 general transfer authority. 
Sec. 1005. Financial management transformation initiative for the Defense 
Agencies. 
Sec. 1006. Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department 
of Defense. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1011. Limitation on leasing of vessels. 
Sec. 1012. Policy relating to major combatant vessels of the strike forces of the 
United States Navy. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1021. Extension of authority for joint task forces to provide support to law 
enforcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
Sec. 1022. Expansion of authority to provide additional support for counter- 
drug activities in certain foreign countries. 
Sec. 1023. Report on counternarcotics assistance for the Government of Haiti. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1031. Provision of Air Force support and services to foreign military and 
state aircraft. 
Sec. 1032. Department of Defense participation in Strategic Airlift Capability 
Partnership. 
Sec. 1033. Improved authority to provide rewards for assistance in combating 
terrorism. 
Sec. 1034. Support for non-Federal development and testing of material for 
chemical agent defense. 
Sec. 1035. Prohibition on sale of F–14 fighter aircraft and related parts. 
Subtitle E—Reports 
Sec. 1041. Extension and modification of report relating to hardened and deep-
ly buried targets. 
Sec. 1042. Report on joint modeling and simulation activities. 
Sec. 1043. Renewal of submittal of plans for prompt global strike capability. 
Sec. 1044. Report on workforce required to support the nuclear missions of the 
Navy and the Department of Energy. 
Sec. 1045. Comptroller General report on Defense Finance and Accounting 
Service response to Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice. 
Sec. 1046. Study on size and mix of airlift force. 
Sec. 1047. Report on feasibility of establishing a domestic military aviation na-
tional training center. 
Sec. 1048. Limited field user evaluations for combat helmet pad suspension 
systems. 
Sec. 1049. Study on national security interagency system. 
Sec. 1050. Report on solid rocket motor industrial base. 
Sec. 1051. Reports on establishment of a memorial for members of the Armed 
Forces who died in the air crash in Bakers Creek, Australia, 
and establishment of other memorials in Arlington National 
Cemetery. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters
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Sec. 1061. Reimbursement for National Guard support provided to Federal 
agencies. 
Sec. 1062. Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 
States. 
Sec. 1063. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1064. Repeal of certification requirement. 
Sec. 1065. Maintenance of capability for space-based nuclear detection. 
Sec. 1066. Sense of Congress regarding detainees at Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1067. A report on transferring individuals detained at Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1068. Repeal of provisions in section 1076 of Public Law 109–364 relating 
to use of Armed Forces in major public emergencies. 
Sec. 1069. Standards required for entry to military installations in United 
States. 
Sec. 1070. Revised nuclear posture review. 
Sec. 1071. Termination of Commission on the Implementation of the New Stra-
tegic Posture of the United States. 
Sec. 1072. Security clearances; limitations. 
Sec. 1073. Improvements in the process for the issuance of security clearances. 
Sec. 1074. Protection of certain individuals. 
Sec. 1075. Modification of authorities on Commission to Assess the Threat to 
the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack. 
Sec. 1076. Sense of Congress on Small Business Innovation Research Program. 
Sec. 1077. Revision of proficiency flying definition. 
Sec. 1078. Qualifications for public aircraft status of aircraft under contract 
with the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1079. Communications with the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 1080. Retention of reimbursement for provision of reciprocal fire protec-
tion services. 
Sec. 1081. Pilot program on commercial fee-for-service air refueling support for 
the Air Force. 
Sec. 1082. Advisory panel on Department of Defense capabilities for support of 
civil authorities after certain incidents. 
Sec. 1083. Terrorism exception to immunity. 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the 
Secretary of Defense that such action is necessary in 
the national interest, the Secretary may transfer 
amounts of authorizations made available to the De-
partment of Defense in this division for fiscal year
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2008 between any such authorizations for that fiscal 
year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of au-
thorizations so transferred shall be merged with and 
be available for the same purposes as the authoriza-
tion to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the total amount of authorizations that 
the Secretary may transfer under the authority of 
this section may not exceed $5,000,000,000. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
TRANSFERS
BETWEEN 
MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A trans-
fer of funds between military personnel authoriza-
tions under title IV shall not be counted toward the 
dollar limitation in paragraph (2). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by this 
section to transfer authorizations— 
(1) may only be used to provide authority for 
items that have a higher priority than the items 
from which authority is transferred; and 
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an 
item that has been denied authorization by Con-
gress. 
(c) EFFECT
ON
AUTHORIZATION
AMOUNTS.—A 
transfer made from one account to another under the au-
thority of this section shall be deemed to increase the
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4(7) of that resolution), approved by the Senate on 
April 30, 1998. 
SEC. 1003. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY 
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS-
CAL YEAR 2007. 
Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the De-
partment of Defense for fiscal year 2007 in the John War-
ner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (Public Law 109–364) are hereby adjusted, with re-
spect to any such authorized amount, by the amount by 
which appropriations pursuant to such authorization are 
increased by a supplemental appropriation or by a transfer 
of funds, or decreased by a rescission, or any thereof, pur-
suant to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, 
Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations 
Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28). 
SEC. 1004. MODIFICATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2007 GENERAL 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
Section 1001(a) of the John Warner National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109–364; 120 Stat. 2371) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TRANSFERS.— 
The following transfers of funds shall be not be 
counted toward the limitation in paragraph (2) on
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the amount that may be transferred under this sec-
tion: 
‘‘(A) The transfer of funds to the Iraq Se-
curity Forces Fund under reprogramming 
FY07–07–R PA. 
‘‘(B) The transfer of funds to the Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund 
under reprogramming FY07–11 PA. 
‘‘(C) The transfer of funds back from the 
accounts referred to in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) to restore the sources used in the 
reprogrammings referred to in such subpara-
graphs.’’. 
SEC. 1005. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMATION 
INITIATIVE FOR THE DEFENSE AGENCIES. 
(a) FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT
TRANSFORMATION 
INITIATIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Busi-
ness Transformation Agency of the Department of 
Defense shall carry out an initiative for financial 
management transformation in the Defense Agen-
cies. The initiative shall be known as the ‘‘Defense 
Agencies Initiative’’ (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Initiative’’).
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(2) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the 
Initiative, the Director of the Business Trans-
formation Agency may require the heads of the De-
fense Agencies to carry out actions that are within 
the purpose and scope of the Initiative. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of Initiative shall be 
as follows: 
(1) To eliminate or replace financial manage-
ment systems of the Defense Agencies that are du-
plicative, redundant, or fail to comply with the 
standards set forth in subsection (d). 
(2) To transform the budget, finance, and ac-
counting operations of the Defense Agencies to en-
able the Defense Agencies to achieve accurate and 
reliable financial information needed to support fi-
nancial accountability and effective and efficient 
management decisions. 
(c) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The Initiative shall in-
clude, to the maximum extent practicable— 
(1) the utilization of commercial, off-the-shelf 
technologies and web-based solutions; 
(2) a standardized technical environment and 
an open and accessible architecture; and
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(3) the implementation of common business 
processes, shared services, and common data struc-
tures. 
(d) STANDARDS.—In carrying out the Initiative, the 
Director of the Business Transformation Agency shall en-
sure that the Initiative is consistent with— 
(1) the requirements of the Business Enterprise 
Architecture and Transition Plan developed pursu-
ant to section 2222 of title 10, United States Code; 
(2) the Standard Financial Information Struc-
ture of the Department of Defense; 
(3) the Federal Financial Management Im-
provement Act of 1996 (and the amendments made 
by that Act); and 
(4) other applicable requirements of law and 
regulation. 
(e) SCOPE.—The Initiative shall be designed to pro-
vide, at a minimum, capabilities in the major process areas 
for both general fund and working capital fund operations 
of the Defense Agencies as follows: 
(1) Budget formulation. 
(2) Budget to report, including general ledger 
and trial balance. 
(3) Procure to pay, including commitments, ob-
ligations, and accounts payable.
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(4) Order to fulfill, including billing and ac-
counts receivable. 
(5) Cost accounting. 
(6) Acquire to retire (account management). 
(7) Time and attendance and employee entitle-
ment. 
(8) Grants financial management. 
(f) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsections (d) 
and (e), the Director of the Business Transformation 
Agency shall consult with the Comptroller of the Depart-
ment of Defense to ensure that any financial management 
systems developed for the Defense Agencies, and any 
changes to the budget, finance, and accounting operations 
of the Defense Agencies, are consistent with the financial 
standards and requirements of the Department of De-
fense. 
(g) PROGRAM CONTROL.—In carrying out the Initia-
tive, the Director of the Business Transformation Agency 
shall establish— 
(1) a board (to be known as the ‘‘Configuration 
Control Board’’) to manage scope and cost changes 
to the Initiative; and 
(2) a program management office (to be known 
as the ‘‘Program Management Office’’) to control 
and enforce assumptions made in the acquisition
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plan, the cost estimate, and the system integration 
contract for the Initiative, as directed by the Con-
figuration Control Board. 
(h) PLAN ON DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION 
OF INITIATIVE.—Not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Business 
Transformation Agency shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a plan for the development and imple-
mentation of the Initiative. The plan shall provide for the 
implementation of an initial capability under the Initiative 
as follows: 
(1) In at least one Defense Agency by not later 
than eight months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) In not less than five Defense Agencies by 
not later than 18 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 1006. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR TWO-YEAR 
BUDGET CYCLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE. 
Section 1405 of the Department of Defense Author-
ization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99–145; 99 Stat. 744; 31 
U.S.C. 1105 note) is repealed.
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the vessel is the most cost-effective means of 
obtaining such vessel; and 
‘‘(C) a plan for meeting the requirement 
provided by the proposed contract upon comple-
tion of the term of the lease contract; and 
‘‘(2) a period of 30 days of continuous session 
of Congress has expired following the date on which 
notice was received by such committees.’’. 
SEC. 1012. POLICY RELATING TO MAJOR COMBATANT VES-
SELS 
OF 
THE 
STRIKE 
FORCES 
OF 
THE 
UNITED STATES NAVY. 
(a) INTEGRATED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS.—It is 
the policy of the United States to construct the major 
combatant vessels of the strike forces of the United States 
Navy, including all new classes of such vessels, with inte-
grated nuclear power systems. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO REQUEST NUCLEAR VES-
SELS.—If a request is submitted to Congress in the budget 
for a fiscal year for construction of a new class of major 
combatant vessel for the strike forces of the United States, 
the request shall be for such a vessel with an integrated 
nuclear power system, unless the Secretary of Defense 
submits with the request a notification to Congress that 
the inclusion of an integrated nuclear power system in 
such vessel is not in the national interest.
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAJOR
COMBATANT
VESSELS
OF
THE 
STRIKE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.— 
The term ‘‘major combatant vessels of the strike 
forces of the United States Navy’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(A) Submarines. 
(B) Aircraft carriers. 
(C) Cruisers, battleships, or other large 
surface combatants whose primary mission in-
cludes protection of carrier strike groups, expe-
ditionary strike groups, and vessels comprising 
a sea base. 
(2) INTEGRATED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEM.— 
The term ‘‘integrated nuclear power system’’ means 
a ship engineering system that uses a naval nuclear 
reactor as its energy source and generates sufficient 
electric energy to provide power to the ship’s elec-
trical loads, including its combat systems and pro-
pulsion motors. 
(3) BUDGET.—The term ‘‘budget’’ means the 
budget that is submitted to Congress by the Presi-
dent under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code.
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Subtitle C—Counter-Drug 
Activities 
SEC. 1021. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT TASK 
FORCES TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LAW EN-
FORCEMENT 
AGENCIES 
CONDUCTING 
COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTIVITIES. 
Section 1022(b) of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 
U.S.C. 371 note) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘through 2008’’. 
SEC. 1022. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDI-
TIONAL SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG AC-
TIVITIES IN CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Subsection (b) of section 1033 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 
105–85; 111 Stat. 1881), as amended by section 1021(b) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2004 (Public Law 108–136, 117 Stat. 1593) and section 
1022(b) of the John Warner National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 
Stat. 2382), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(17) The Government of Mexico. 
‘‘(18) The Government of the Dominican Re-
public.’’.
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SEC. 1023. REPORT ON COUNTERNARCOTICS ASSISTANCE 
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF HAITI. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall submit to Congress a report on counternarcotics as-
sistance for the Government of Haiti. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re-
quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description and assessment of the coun-
ternarcotics assistance provided to the Government 
of Haiti by the Department of Defense, the Depart-
ment of State, the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, and the Department of Justice. 
(2) A description and assessment of any im-
pediments to increasing counternarcotics assistance 
to the Government of Haiti. 
(3) An assessment of the potential for the pro-
vision of counternarcotics assistance for the Govern-
ment of Haiti through the United Nations Stabiliza-
tion Mission in Haiti. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex.
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Subtitle D—Miscellaneous 
Authorities and Limitations 
SEC. 1031. PROVISION OF AIR FORCE SUPPORT AND SERV-
ICES TO FOREIGN MILITARY AND STATE AIR-
CRAFT. 
(a) PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND SERVICES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 9626 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9626. Aircraft supplies and services: foreign mili-
tary or other state aircraft 
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ON RE-
IMBURSABLE BASIS.—(1) The Secretary of the Air Force 
may, under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe and when in the best interests of the United States, 
provide any of the supplies or services described in para-
graph (2) to military and other state aircraft of a foreign 
country, on a reimbursable basis without an advance of 
funds, if similar supplies and services are furnished on a 
like basis to military aircraft and other state aircraft of 
the United States by the foreign country concerned. 
‘‘(2) The supplies and services described in this para-
graph are supplies and services as follows: 
‘‘(A) Routine airport services, including landing 
and takeoff assistance, servicing aircraft with fuel,
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use of runways, parking and servicing, and loading 
and unloading of baggage and cargo. 
‘‘(B) Miscellaneous supplies, including Air 
Force-owned fuel, provisions, spare parts, and gen-
eral stores, but not including ammunition. 
‘‘(b) PROVISION OF ROUTINE AIRPORT SERVICES ON 
NON-REIMBURSABLE BASIS.—(1) Routine airport serv-
ices may be provided under this section at no cost to a 
foreign country— 
‘‘(A) if such services are provided by Air Force 
personnel and equipment without direct cost to the 
Air Force; or 
‘‘(B) if such services are provided under an 
agreement with the foreign country that provides for 
the reciprocal furnishing by the foreign country of 
routine airport services, as defined in that agree-
ment, to military and other state aircraft of the 
United States without reimbursement. 
‘‘(2) If routine airport services are provided under 
this section by a working-capital fund activity of the Air 
Force under section 2208 of this title and such activity 
is not reimbursed directly for the costs incurred by the 
activity in providing such services by reason of paragraph 
(1)(B), the working-capital fund activity shall be reim-
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bursed for such costs out of funds currently available to 
the Air Force for operation and maintenance.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 939 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 
9626 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘9626. Aircraft supplies and services: foreign military or other state aircraft.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9629(3) of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘for aircraft of a foreign 
military or air attache´’’. 
SEC. 1032. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN 
STRATEGIC AIRLIFT CAPABILITY PARTNER-
SHIP. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO
PARTICIPATE
IN
PARTNER-
SHIP.— 
(1) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The 
Secretary of Defense may enter into a multilateral 
memorandum of understanding authorizing the Stra-
tegic Airlift Capability Partnership to conduct activi-
ties necessary to accomplish its purpose, including— 
(A) the acquisition, equipping, ownership, 
and operation of strategic airlift aircraft; and 
(B) the acquisition or transfer of airlift 
and airlift-related services and supplies among 
members of the Strategic Airlift Capability 
Partnership, or between the Partnership and
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non-member countries or international organi-
zations, on a reimbursable basis or by replace-
ment-in-kind or exchange of airlift or airlift-re-
lated services of an equal value. 
(2) PAYMENTS.—From funds available to the 
Department of Defense for such purpose, the Sec-
retary of Defense may pay the United States equi-
table share of the recurring and non-recurring costs 
of the activities and operations of the Strategic Air-
lift Capability Partnership, including costs associ-
ated with procurement of aircraft components and 
spare parts, maintenance, facilities, and training, 
and the costs of claims. 
(b) AUTHORITIES UNDER PARTNERSHIP.—In car-
rying out the memorandum of understanding entered into 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may do the 
following: 
(1) Waive reimbursement of the United States 
for the cost of the following functions performed by 
Department of Defense personnel with respect to the 
Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership: 
(A) Auditing. 
(B) Quality assurance. 
(C) Inspection. 
(D) Contract administration.
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(E) Acceptance testing. 
(F) Certification services. 
(G) Planning, programming, and manage-
ment services. 
(2) Waive the imposition of any surcharge for 
administrative services provided by the United 
States that would otherwise be chargeable against 
the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership. 
(3) Pay the salaries, travel, lodging, and sub-
sistence expenses of Department of Defense per-
sonnel assigned for duty to the Strategic Airlift Ca-
pability Partnership without seeking reimbursement 
or cost-sharing for such expenses. 
(c) CREDITING OF RECEIPTS.—Any amount received 
by the United States in carrying out the memorandum of 
understanding entered into under subsection (a) shall be 
credited, as elected by the Secretary of Defense, to the 
following: 
(1) The appropriation, fund, or account used in 
incurring the obligation for which such amount is re-
ceived. 
(2) An appropriation, fund, or account cur-
rently providing funds for the purposes for which 
such obligation was made. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AIRCRAFT.—
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(1) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of 
Defense may transfer one strategic airlift aircraft to 
the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership in ac-
cordance with the terms and conditions of the 
memorandum of understanding entered into under 
subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days before 
the date on which the Secretary transfers a strategic 
airlift aircraft under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the strategic airlift aircraft to be trans-
ferred, including the type of strategic airlift aircraft 
to be transferred and the tail registration or serial 
number of such aircraft. 
(e) STRATEGIC AIRLIFT CAPABILITY PARTNERSHIP 
DEFINED.—In this section the term ‘‘Strategic Airlift Ca-
pability Partnership’’ means the strategic airlift capability 
consortium established by the United States and other 
participating countries. 
SEC. 1033. IMPROVED AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE REWARDS 
FOR 
ASSISTANCE 
IN 
COMBATING 
TER-
RORISM. 
(a) INCREASED AMOUNTS.—Section 127b of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$200,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’; 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(c)(1)(B), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’; and 
(3) 
in 
subsection 
(d)(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’. 
(b) INVOLVEMENT OF ALLIED FORCES.—Such sec-
tion is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting after ‘‘United States Government 
personnel’’ the following: ‘‘, or government per-
sonnel of allied forces participating in a com-
bined operation with the armed forces,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after 
‘‘armed forces’’ the following: ‘‘, or of allied 
forces participating in a combined operation 
with the armed forces,’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting after 
‘‘armed forces’’ the following: ‘‘, or of allied 
forces participating in a combined operation 
with the armed forces’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following:
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‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), an 
official who has authority delegated under paragraph (1) 
or (2) may use that authority, acting through government 
personnel of allied forces, to offer and make rewards. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe policies 
and procedures for making rewards in the manner de-
scribed in subparagraph (A), which shall include guidance 
for the accountability of funds used for making rewards 
in that manner. The policies and procedures shall not take 
effect until 30 days after the date on which the Secretary 
submits the policies and procedures to the congressional 
defense committees. Rewards may not be made in the 
manner described in subparagraph (A) except under poli-
cies and procedures that have taken effect. 
‘‘(C) Rewards may not be made in the manner de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) after September 30, 2009. 
‘‘(D) Not later than April 1, 2008, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the implementation of this paragraph. 
The report shall identify each reward made in the manner 
described in subparagraph (A) and, for each such re-
ward— 
‘‘(i) identify the type, amount, and recipient of 
the reward;
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‘‘(ii) explain the reason for making the reward; 
and 
‘‘(iii) assess the success of the reward in ad-
vancing the effort to combat terrorism.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC INFOR-
MATION ON ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 127b of 
title 10, United States Code, is further amended in sub-
section (f)(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) Information on the implementation of 
paragraph (3) of subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 1034. SUPPORT FOR NON-FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT 
AND TESTING OF MATERIAL FOR CHEMICAL 
AGENT DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TOXIC CHEMICALS OR 
PRECURSORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the heads of other elements of the 
Federal Government, may make available, to a 
State, a unit of local government, or a private entity 
incorporated in the United States, small quantities 
of a toxic chemical or precursor for the development 
or testing, in the United States, of material that is 
designed to be used for protective purposes.
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(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Any use of the 
authority under paragraph (1) shall be subject to 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(b) PAYMENT
OF
COSTS
AND
DISPOSITION
OF 
FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure, 
through the advance payment required by paragraph 
(2) and through any other payments that may be re-
quired, that a recipient of toxic chemicals or precur-
sors under subsection (a) pays for all actual costs, 
including direct and indirect costs, associated with 
providing the toxic chemicals or precursors. 
(2) ADVANCE PAYMENT.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall require each recipient 
to make an advance payment in an amount that the 
Secretary determines will equal all such actual costs. 
(3) CREDITS.—A payment received under this 
subsection shall be credited to the account that was 
used to cover the costs for which the payment was 
provided. Amounts so credited shall be merged with 
amounts in that account, and shall be available for 
the same purposes, and subject to the same condi-
tions and limitations, as other amounts in that ac-
count.
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(c) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that toxic chemicals and precursors are 
made available under this section for uses and in quan-
tities that comply with the Convention on the Prohibition 
of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of 
Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, signed at 
Paris on January 13, 1993, and entered into force with 
respect to the United States on April 29, 1997. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) Not later than March 15, 2008, and each 
year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the use of the authority under sub-
section (a) during the previous calendar year. The 
report shall include a description of each use of the 
authority and specify what material was made avail-
able and to whom it was made available. 
(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘pre-
cursor’’, ‘‘protective purposes’’, and ‘‘toxic chemical’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in the convention referred 
to in subsection (c), in paragraph 2, paragraph 9(b), and 
paragraph 1, respectively, of article II of that convention.
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SEC. 1035. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF F–14 FIGHTER AIR-
CRAFT AND RELATED PARTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON SALE BY DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Department of Defense may not sell 
(whether directly or indirectly) any F–14 fighter air-
craft, any parts unique to the F–14 fighter aircraft, 
or any tooling or dies used in the manufacture of 
such aircraft or parts, whether such sales occur 
through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing 
Service or through another agency or element of the 
Department. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to the sale of F–14 fighter air-
craft or parts for F–14 fighter aircraft to a museum 
or similar organization located in the United States 
that is involved in the preservation of F–14 fighter 
aircraft for historical purposes. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON EXPORT LICENSE.—No license 
for the export of any F-14 fighter aircraft, any parts 
unique to the F–14 fighter aircraft, or any tooling or dies 
used in the manufacture of such aircraft or parts may be 
issued by the United States Government to a non-United 
States person or entity.
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Subtitle E—Reports 
SEC. 1041. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF REPORT RE-
LATING TO HARDENED AND DEEPLY BURIED 
TARGETS. 
Section 1032 of the Bob Stump National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 
314; 116 Stat. 2643; 10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL RE-
PORT ON WEAPONS’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT ON 
WEAPONS AND CAPABILITIES’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘April 1 of each year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘March 1, 2009, and every two years 
thereafter,’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Director of Central Intel-
ligence’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of National In-
telligence’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘the preceding fiscal year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the preceding two fiscal years 
and planned for the current fiscal year and the 
next fiscal year’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘to develop weapons’’ and 
inserting ‘‘to develop weapons and capabilities’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)—
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(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘The report for a fiscal year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘A report submitted’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘were 
undertaken during that fiscal year’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘were or will be undertaken during the 
four-fiscal-year period covered by the report’’; 
and 
(C) in paragraph (2) in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘were un-
dertaken during such fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘were or will be undertaken during the four-fis-
cal-year period covered by the report’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘April 1, 
2007’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2013’’. 
SEC. 1042. REPORT ON JOINT MODELING AND SIMULATION 
ACTIVITIES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 
31, 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report that describes 
current and planned joint modeling and simulation activi-
ties within the Department of Defense. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report under 
subsection (a) shall include the following:
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(1) An identification and description of how 
joint modeling and simulation activities support the 
development of capabilities to meet joint and service- 
unique military requirements and needs, in areas in-
cluding but not limited to joint training, experimen-
tation, systems acquisition, test and evaluation, as-
sessment, and planning. 
(2) A description of how joint modeling and 
simulation activities are supportive of Department- 
level strategies and goals. 
(3) For each appropriate element of the De-
partment of Defense and each appropriate combat-
ant command— 
(A) An identification of modeling and sim-
ulation capabilities; and 
(B) A description of plans and programs to 
continuously introduce new modeling and sim-
ulation technologies so as to enhance defense 
capabilities. 
(4) A description of incentives and plans to re-
duce or divest duplicative or outdated capabilities as 
necessary. 
(5) Plans or activities to allow non-defense 
users to access defense joint modeling and simula-
tion activities, as appropriate.