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‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph 
(A) 
shall not apply to a member of the armed forces 
who has renounced the member’s previous affili-
ation or association with a group associated 
with hate-related violence, as determined by the 
commanding officer of the member. 
‘‘(6) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Not later 
than April 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the 
Secretary concerned shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Service of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives a report— 
‘‘(A) on the presence in the armed forces 
of members who are associated or affiliated 
with a group associated with hate-related vio-
lence and describing the actions of the Sec-
retary to discharge such members; and 
‘‘(B) describing the actions of the Sec-
retary to prevent persons who are associated or 
affiliated with a hate group from enlisting.’’. 
SEC. 525. SECURE ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE 
OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE 
DUTY (DD FORM 214). 
Section 596 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 10 U.S.C. 
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1168 note), as amended by section 523, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) SECURE METHOD
OF ELECTRONIC DELIV-
ERY.— 
‘‘(1) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop and im-
plement a secure electronic method of forwarding 
the DD Form 214 to the appropriate office specified 
in subsection (a)(2). The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall ensure that the method permits such of-
fices to access the forms electronically using current 
computer operating systems. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY TO CEASE DELIVERY.—In de-
veloping the secure electronic method of forwarding 
DD Forms 214, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall ensure that the information provided is not dis-
closed or used for unauthorized purposes and may 
cease forwarding the forms electronically to an office 
specified in subsection (a)(2) if demonstrated prob-
lems arise.’’. 
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Subtitle D—Education and 
Training 
SEC. 531. APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS ENROLLED IN AD-
VANCED COURSE OF THE ARMY RESERVE OF-
FICERS’ TRAINING CORPS AT MILITARY JUN-
IOR COLLEGES AS CADETS IN ARMY RESERVE 
OR ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
Section 2107a(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘17 cadets’’ and inserting ‘‘22 
cadets’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘17 members’’ and inserting 
‘‘22 members’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘17 such members’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘22 such members’’. 
SEC. 532. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF PRIVATE SECTOR CI-
VILIANS AUTHORIZED FOR ADMISSION TO 
NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY. 
Section 2167(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘10 full-time student positions’’ and 
inserting ‘‘20 full-time student positions’’. 
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SEC. 533. APPOINTMENTS TO MILITARY SERVICE ACAD-
EMIES FROM NOMINATIONS MADE BY DELE-
GATE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE 
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS. 
(a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 
4342(a)(10) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘One cadet’’ and inserting ‘‘Two cadets’’. 
(b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 
6954(a)(10) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘One’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Two’’. 
(c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 
9342(a)(10) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘One 
cadet’’ and inserting ‘‘Two cadets’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to appointments to 
the United States Military Academy, the United States 
Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Acad-
emy beginning with the first class of candidates nominated 
for appointment to these military service academies after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 534. PILOT PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH AND EVALUATE 
LANGUAGE TRAINING CENTERS FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall carry out a pilot program to establish at 
least three Language Training Centers at accredited uni-
versities, senior military colleges, or other similar institu-
tions of higher education to create the foundational critical 
and strategic language and regional area expertise, as de-
fined by the Secretary of Defense, for members of the 
Armed Forces, including reserve component members and 
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps candidates, and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense. 
(b) DURATION.— 
(1) 
TERMINATION
DATE.—The 
Language 
Training Centers under the pilot program shall be 
established not later than October 1, 2010, and the 
authority to support the Language Training Centers 
under the pilot program shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2015. 
(2) EFFECT ON PARTICIPANTS.—Students par-
ticipating in the pilot program before the termi-
nation date specified in paragraph (1) may be al-
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lowed to complete their studies under the program 
after that date. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—At a min-
imum, the Language Training Centers shall— 
(1) develop a program to graduate members of 
the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the De-
partment who are skilled in critical and strategic 
languages from beginning through advanced skill 
levels; 
(2) develop language proficiency training pro-
grams in designated critical and strategic languages 
tailored to meet operational readiness requirements; 
(3) develop alternative training delivery systems 
and modalities to meet language and regional area 
requirements, prior to deployment, during deploy-
ment, and post-deployment; 
(4) develop critical and strategic language pro-
grams that can be incorporated into Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps units to develop language skills 
among future military officers; 
(5) develop training and education programs 
that would expand the pool of qualified instructors 
and educators for the Armed Forces; and 
(6) develop a program to encourage native and 
heritage speakers of critical and strategic languages 
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for recruitment into the Department of Defense or 
support the Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps. 
(d) PROGRAM EXPANSION.—The Language Training 
Centers may partner with elementary and secondary edu-
cational institutions to help develop critical and strategic 
language skills in students who may pursue a military ca-
reer. 
(e) PROGRAM COORDINATION.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall ensure that the Language Training Centers 
build upon and take advantage of the experience and lead-
ership of the National Security Education Program and 
the Defense Language Institute. 
(f) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
evaluate each Language Training Center in order to as-
sess the cost and the effectiveness of the pilot program, 
including the following: 
(1) The success of the Language Training Cen-
ter in providing critical and strategic language capa-
bilities to members and Department of Defense em-
ployees. 
(2) The ability of the Language Training Cen-
ter to create foundational critical and strategic lan-
guage and regional area expertise in support of the 
Defense Language Transformation Roadmap; 
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(g) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2015, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot 
program. The report shall include the following: 
(1) A description of each Language Training 
Center. 
(2) An assessment of the effectiveness and the 
cost of the pilot program taken to create the 
foundational critical and strategic language and re-
gional area expertise in support of the Defense Lan-
guage Transformation Roadmap. 
(3) The success of each Language Training 
Center to provide critical and strategic language ca-
pabilities to members and Department of Defense 
employees. 
(4) Recommendations as to whether the pilot 
programs should be continued, and any modifica-
tions that may be necessary to continue the pro-
gram. 
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SEC. 535. USE OF ARMED FORCES HEALTH PROFESSIONS 
SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM 
TO 
INCREASE 
NUMBER 
OF 
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WITH SKILLS TO 
ASSIST 
IN 
PROVIDING 
MENTAL 
HEALTH 
CARE. 
(a) ADDITIONAL ELEMENT WITHIN SCHOLARSHIP 
PROGRAM.—Section 2121(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘in the various health profes-
sions’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) in the various health pro-
fessions or (B) as a health professional with specific 
skills to assist in providing mental health care to 
members of the armed forces’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Under the program of a military department, 
the Secretary of that military department shall allocate 
a portion of the total number of scholarships to members 
of the program described in paragraph (1)(B) for the pur-
pose of assisting such members to pursue a degree at the 
masters and doctoral level in any of the following dis-
ciplines: 
‘‘(A) Social work. 
‘‘(B) Clinical psychology. 
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‘‘(C) Psychiatry. 
‘‘(D) Other disciplines that contribute to mental 
health care programs in that military department.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE 
PROGRAM.—Section 2124 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The number’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE 
PROGRAM.—The number’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘6,000’’ and inserting ‘‘6,300’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.—Of the 
number of persons designated as members of the program 
at any time, 300 may be members of the program de-
scribed in section 2121(a)(1)(B) of this title.’’. 
(c) FUNDING SOURCE.—Of the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for mili-
tary personnel accounts for fiscal year 2010, not more 
than $20,000,000 shall be available to cover the additional 
costs incurred to implement the amendments made by this 
section. 
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SEC. 536. ESTABLISHMENT OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER’S 
TRAINING CORPS UNITS FOR STUDENTS IN 
GRADES ABOVE SIXTH GRADE. 
Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g)(1) In addition to units of the Junior Reserve Of-
ficers’ Training Corps established at public and private 
secondary educational institutions under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of each military department may carry out 
a pilot program to establish and support units at public 
and private educational institutions that are not secondary 
educational institutions to permit the enrollment of stu-
dents in the Corps who, notwithstanding the limitation in 
subsection (b)(1), are in a grade above the sixth grade. 
‘‘(2) A unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps established and supported under the pilot program 
must meet the requirements of this section, except— 
‘‘(A) as provided in paragraph (1) with respect 
to the grades in which students are enrolled; and 
‘‘(B) that the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may authorize a course of military 
instruction of not less than two academic years’ du-
ration, notwithstanding subsection (b)(3). 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the military department con-
cerned shall conduct a review of the pilot program. The 
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review shall include an evaluation of what impacts, if any, 
the pilot program may have on the operation of the Junior 
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in secondary educational 
institutions.’’. 
SEC. 537. AIR FORCE ACADEMY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 903 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 9359 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 9359a. Air Force Academy Athletic Association: au-
thorization, purpose, and governance 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force may establish a nonprofit corporation, 
to be known as the ‘Air Force Academy Athletic Associa-
tion’, to support the athletic program of the Air Force 
Academy. 
‘‘(b) ORGANIZATION
AND DUTIES.—(1) The Air 
Force Academy Athletic Association (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Association’) shall be organized and oper-
ated as a nonprofit corporation under section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and under the pow-
ers and authorities set forth in this section and the provi-
sions of the laws of the State of incorporation. The Asso-
ciation shall operate on a nonpartisan basis exclusively for 
charitable, educational, and civic purposes consistent with 
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the authorities referred to in this subsection to support 
the athletic program of the Academy. 
‘‘(2) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the 
Air Force, the Association may— 
‘‘(A) operate and manage athletic and revenue 
generating facilities on Academy property; 
‘‘(B) use Government facilities, utilities, and 
services on the Academy, without charge, in support 
of its mission; 
‘‘(C) sell products to the general public on or 
off Government property; 
‘‘(D) charge market-based fees for admission to 
Association events and other athletic or athletic-re-
lated events at the Academy and for use of Academy 
athletic facilities and property; and 
‘‘(E) engage in other activities, consistent with 
the Academy athletic mission as determined by the 
Board of Directors. 
‘‘(c) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—(1) The Association 
shall be governed by a Board of Directors made up of at 
least nine members. The members, other than the member 
referred to in paragraph (2), shall serve without com-
pensation, except for reasonable travel and other related 
expenses for attendance at required meetings. 
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‘‘(2) The Director of Athletics at the Academy shall 
be a standing member of the Board as part of the Direc-
tor’s duties as the Director of Athletics. 
‘‘(3) Subject to the prior approval of all nominees for 
appointment by the Secretary of the Air Force, the Super-
intendent shall appoint the remaining members of the 
Board. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of the Air Force shall select one 
of the members of the Board appointed under paragraph 
(3) to serve as chairperson of the Board. 
‘‘(d) BYLAWS.—Not later than July 1, 2010, the As-
sociation shall propose its by-laws. The Association shall 
submit the by-laws, and all future changes to the by-laws, 
to the Secretary of the Air Force for review and approval. 
The by-laws shall be made available to Congress for re-
view. 
‘‘(e) TRANSITION FROM NONAPPROPRIATED FUND 
OPERATION.—(1) Until September 30, 2011, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force may provide for parallel operations 
of the Association and the Air Force nonappropriated fund 
instrumentality whose functions include providing support 
for the athletic program of the Academy. Not later than 
that date, the Secretary shall dissolve the nonappropriated 
fund instrumentality and transfer its assets and liabilities 
to the Association. 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary may transfer title and ownership 
to all the assets and liabilities of the nonappropriated fund 
instrumentality referred to in paragraph (1), including 
bank accounts and financial reserves in its accounts, 
equipment, supplies, and other personal property without 
cost or obligation to the Association. 
‘‘(f) CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES.—(1) The Super-
intendent may procure, at fair and reasonable prices, such 
athletic goods, services, human resources, and other sup-
port from the Association as the Superintendent considers 
appropriate to support the athletic program of the Acad-
emy. The Association shall be exempt from the require-
ments of section 2533a of this title and the Buy American 
Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.). 
‘‘(2) The Superintendent may accept from the Asso-
ciation funds, goods, and services for use by cadets and 
Academy personnel during participation in, or in support 
of, Academy or Association contests, events, and pro-
grams. 
‘‘(g) USE OF AIR FORCE PERSONNEL.—Air Force 
personnel may participate in— 
‘‘(1) the management, operation, and oversight 
of the Association; 
‘‘(2) events and athletic contests sponsored by 
the Association; and 
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‘‘(3) management and sport committees for the 
National Collegiate Athletic Association and other 
athletic conferences and associations. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING AUTHORITY.—The authorization of 
appropriations for the operation and maintenance of the 
Academy includes Association operations in support of the 
Academy athletic program, as approved by the Secretary 
of the Air Force.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 9359 the following new 
item: 
‘‘9359a. Air Force Academy Athletic Association: authorization, purpose, and 
governance.’’. 
Subtitle E—Defense Dependents’ 
Education 
SEC. 551. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2010 
pursuant to section 301(5) for operation and maintenance 
for Defense-wide activities, $50,000,000 shall be available 
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only for the purpose of providing assistance to local edu-
cational agencies under subsection (a) of section 572 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3271; 20 U.S.C. 
7703b). 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT 
CHANGES DUE TO BASE CLOSURES, FORCE STRUCTURE 
CHANGES, OR FORCE RELOCATIONS.—Of the amount au-
thorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2010 pursuant 
to section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for De-
fense-wide activities, $15,000,000 shall be available only 
for the purpose of providing assistance to local educational 
agencies under subsection (b) of such section 572. 
(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 8013(9) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7713(9)). 
SEC. 552. DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF WEIGHTED STU-
DENT 
UNITS 
FOR 
LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES FOR RECEIPT OF BASIC SUPPORT 
PAYMENTS UNDER IMPACT AID. 
Section 8003(a)(2)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
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7703(a)(2)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘6,500’’ and in-
serting ‘‘5,000’’. 
SEC. 553. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR ENROLLMENT IN 
DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION SYSTEM 
OF DEPENDENTS OF FOREIGN MILITARY 
MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO SUPREME HEAD-
QUARTERS ALLIED POWERS, EUROPE. 
(a) PERMANENT ENROLLMENT AUTHORITY.—Sub-
section (a)(2) of section 1404A of the Defense Depend-
ents’ Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 923a) is amended 
by striking ‘‘, and only through the 2010-2011 school 
year’’. 
(b) COMBATANT COMMANDER ADVICE AND ASSIST-
ANCE.—Subsection (c)(1) of such section is amended by 
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall prescribe such methodology with the advice 
and assistance of the commander of the geographic com-
batant command with jurisdiction over Mons, Belgium.’’. 
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Subtitle F—Missing or Deceased 
Persons 
SEC. 561. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCOUNTING 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EM-
PLOYEES LISTED AS MISSING IN CONFLICTS 
OCCURRING BEFORE ENACTMENT OF NEW 
SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTING FOR MISSING 
PERSONS. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
Section 1509 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1509. Program to resolve preenactment missing 
person cases 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED; COVERED CONFLICTS.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall implement a comprehen-
sive, coordinated, integrated, and fully resourced program 
to account for persons described in subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of section 1513(1) of this title who are unaccounted 
for from the following conflicts: 
‘‘(1) World War II during the period beginning 
on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 
1946, including members of the Armed Forces who 
were lost during flight operations in the Pacific the-
ater of operations covered by section 576 of the Na-
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tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2000 (Public Law 106–65; 113 Stat. 624; 10 U.S.C. 
1501 note). 
‘‘(2) The Cold War during the period beginning 
on September 2, 1945, and ending on August 21, 
1991. 
‘‘(3) The Korean War during the period begin-
ning on June 27, 1950, and ending on January 31, 
1955. 
‘‘(4) The Indochina War era during the period 
beginning on July 8, 1959, and ending on May 15, 
1975. 
‘‘(5) The Persian Gulf War during the period 
beginning on August 2, 1990, and ending on Feb-
ruary 28, 1991. 
‘‘(6) Such other conflicts in which members of 
the armed forces served as the Secretary of Defense 
may designate. 
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall implement the program within the 
Department of Defense POW/MIA accounting community. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘POW/ 
MIA accounting community’ means— 
‘‘(A) The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Per-
sonnel Office (DPMO). 
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‘‘(B) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Com-
mand (JPAC). 
‘‘(C) The Armed Forces DNA Identification 
Laboratory (AFDIL). 
‘‘(D) The Life Sciences Equipment Laboratory 
of the Air Force (LSEL). 
‘‘(E) The casualty and mortuary affairs offices 
of the military departments. 
‘‘(F) Any other element of the Department of 
Defense the mission of which (as designated by the 
Secretary of Defense) involves the accounting for 
and recovery of members of the armed forces who 
are missing in action or prisoners of war or who are 
unaccounted for, such as the Stony Beach Program. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT AS MISSING PERSONS.—Each un-
accounted for person covered by subsection (a) shall be 
considered to be a missing person for purposes of the ap-
plicability of other provisions of this chapter to the person. 
‘‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF PERSONNEL FILES.—(1) 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a personnel 
file is established and maintained for each person covered 
by subsection (a) if the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) possesses any information relevant to the 
status of the person; or 
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‘‘(B) receives any new information regarding 
the missing person as provided in subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each 
file established under this subsection contains all relevant 
information pertaining to a person covered by subsection 
(a) and is readily accessible to all elements of the depart-
ment, the combatant commands, and the armed forces in-
volved in the effort to account for the person. 
‘‘(3) Each file established under this subsection shall 
be handled in accordance with, and subject to the provi-
sions of, section 1506 of this title in the same manner 
as applies to the file of a missing person otherwise subject 
to such section. 
‘‘(e) REVIEW OF STATUS REQUIREMENTS.—(1) If 
new information (as described in paragraph (3)) is found 
or received that may be related to one or more unac-
counted for persons covered by subsection (a), whether or 
not such information specifically relates (or may specifi-
cally relate) to any particular such unaccounted for per-
son, that information shall be provided to the Secretary 
of Defense. 
‘‘(2) Upon receipt of new information under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the information is treated under para-
graph (2) of subsection (c) of section 1505 of this 
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title, relating to addition of the information to the 
personnel file of a person and notification require-
ments, in the same manner as information received 
under paragraph (1) under such subsection; and 
‘‘(B) the information is treated under para-
graph (3) of subsection (c) and subsection (d) of 
such section, relating to a board review under such 
section, in the same manner as information received 
under paragraph (1) of such subsection (c). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, new information 
is information that is credible and that— 
‘‘(A) is found or received after November 18, 
1997, by a United States intelligence agency, by a 
Department of Defense agency, or by a person speci-
fied in section 1504(g) of this title; or 
‘‘(B) is identified after November 18, 1997, in 
records of the United States as information that 
could be relevant to the case of one or more unac-
counted for persons covered by subsection (a). 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS.—(1) In estab-
lishing and carrying out the program, the Secretary of De-
fense shall coordinate with the Secretaries of the military 
departments, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
and the combatant commanders. 
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‘‘(2) In carrying out the program, the Secretary of 
Defense shall establish close coordination with the Depart-
ment of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the 
National Security Council to enhance the ability of the De-
partment of Defense POW/MIA accounting community to 
account for persons covered by subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 76 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 1509 and inserting 
the following new section: 
‘‘1509. Program to resolve preenactment missing person cases.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1513(1) of 
such title is amended in the matter after subparagraph 
(B) by striking ‘‘section 1509(b) of this title who is re-
quired by section 1509(a)(1) of this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a) of section 1509 of this title who is required 
by subsection (b) of such section’’. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) PRIORITY.—A priority of the program re-
quired by section 1509 of title 10, United States 
Code, as amended by subsection (a), to resolve miss-
ing person cases arising before the enactment of 
chapter 76 of such title by section 569 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
1996 (Public Law 104–106; 110 Stat. 336) shall be 
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the return of missing persons to United States con-
trol alive. 
(2) ACCOUNTING FOR GOAL.—In implementing 
the program, the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the officials specified in subsection (f)(1) 
of section 1509 of title 10, United States Code, shall 
take such measures as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate to increase significantly the capability and 
capacity of the Department of Defense, the Armed 
Forces, and combatant commanders to account for 
missing persons, as defined by section 1513(3)(B) of 
such title. Such measures shall include fully funding, 
manning, and resourcing the Department of De-
fense-wide effort to ensure that, at a minimum— 
(A) 200 missing persons are accounted for 
under the program annually beginning with fis-
cal year 2015; and 
(B) 350 missing persons are accounted for 
under the program annually beginning with fis-
cal year 2020. 
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SEC. 562. CLARIFICATION OF GUIDELINES REGARDING RE-
TURN OF REMAINS AND MEDIA ACCESS AT 
CEREMONIES FOR THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER 
OF REMAINS AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE. 
(a) PROMPT RETURN.—The remains of a deceased 
member of the Armed Forces shall be recovered from the 
theater of combat operations and returned to the United 
States via the Dover Port Mortuary without delay unless 
very specific extenuating circumstances presented by the 
person designated pursuant to section 1482(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, to direct disposition of the remains 
of the decedent (in this section referred to as the ‘‘primary 
next of kin’’) dictate otherwise and can reasonably be ac-
commodated by the Department. 
(b) MEDIA ACCESS.— 
(1) DECISION OF PRIMARY NEXT OF KIN.—The 
primary next of kin of a deceased member of the 
Armed Forces shall make the family decision regard-
ing media access at ceremonies for the dignified 
transfer of the remains of the decedent at Dover Air 
Force Base. The option to allow media access shall 
be briefed to the primary next of kin at the time of 
initial notification or as soon as practicable there-
after. Media access to dignified transfers shall only 
be permitted with the approval of the primary next 
of kin. Media contact, filming or recording of family 
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members shall be permitted only if specifically re-
quested by the primary next of kin. 
(2) RELATION TO CURRENT DOD CASUALTY IN-
FORMATION POLICY.—Media access approved by the 
primary next of kin shall waive the Department of 
Defense policy on 24-hour delay in release of cas-
ualty information to the media and general public 
for that specific case. 
(3) MEMBER PREFERENCE.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop a long-term plan to obtain the 
preference of members of the Armed Forces regard-
ing media access at ceremonies for the dignified 
transfer of the remains of the member if they ever 
become a casualty. 
(c) TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCE.— 
The Secretary of a military department shall provide the 
primary next of kin and two additional family members 
of a deceased member of the Armed Forces with travel 
to, and from, Dover Air Force Base via Invitational Travel 
Authorizations to attend the dignified transfer ceremony. 
The Secretary may include additional family members on 
a case-by-case basis. At the discretion of the Secretary, 
and at the request of the primary next of kin, the service 
casualty assistance officer or family liaison officer may es-
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cort and accompany the primary next of kin to the dig-
nified transfer ceremony. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 563. REPORT ON EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY OF A 
MEMBER TO DESIGNATE PERSONS TO DI-
RECT DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS OF A 
DECEASED MEMBER. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report evaluating the potential effects of ex-
panding the list of persons under section 1482(c) of title 
10, United States Code, who may be designated by a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces as the person authorized to direct 
disposition of the remains of the member if the member 
is deceased. 
SEC. 564. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE RECOV-
ERY OF THE REMAINS OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES WHO WERE KILLED DURING 
WORLD WAR II IN THE BATTLE OF TARAWA 
ATOLL. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) On November 20, 1943, units of the United 
States Marine Corps, supported by units of the 
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United States Army and warships and aircraft of 
the United States Navy, conducted an amphibious 
landing on the Island of Betio, Tarawa Atoll, in the 
Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 
(2) The United States military forces faced an 
entrenched force of 5,000 Japanese soldiers. 
(3) The Tarawa landing was the first American 
amphibious assault on a fortified beachhead in 
World War II. 
(4) Just 76 hours later, the American flag was 
raised at Tarawa. 
(5) More than 1,100 Marines and other mem-
bers of the Armed Forces were killed during the bat-
tle. 
(6) Most of the Marines, soldiers, and sailors 
who were killed during the battle were buried in 
hastily dug graves and cemeteries on Tarawa. 
(7) Between 1943 and 1946, the remains of 
some of the Marines and other members of the 
Armed Forces were disinterred and reinterred in 
temporary graves by the Navy. 
(8) After World War II, the remains of some of 
these Marines and other members of the Armed 
Forces were recovered and returned to the United 
States for burial. 
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(9) Due to mistakes in reinterment, poor 
records, as well as other causes, the remains of 564 
Marines and other members of the Armed Forces 
killed in the battle of Tarawa are in unmarked, un-
known graves. 
(10) Since 1980, the Department of Defense 
has recovered remains from some unmarked graves 
that have been found through construction or other 
activity on Tarawa. 
(11) The remains of members of the Armed 
Forces on Tarawa continue to be threatened by con-
struction or other land disturbing activity. 
(12) Recent research has shed new light on the 
locations of unmarked and lost graves of members of 
the Armed Forces on Tarawa. 
(13) It is the responsibility of the Federal Gov-
ernment to return to the United States for proper 
burial and respect all members of the Armed Forces 
killed at Tarawa who lie in unmarked and lost 
graves. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In light of these findings, 
Congress— 
(1) reaffirms its support for the recovery and 
return to the United States of the remains of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces killed in battle, and for 
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the efforts by the Joint POW-MIA Accounting Com-
mand to recover the remains of members of the 
Armed Forces from all wars; 
(2) recognizes the courage and sacrifice of the 
members of the Armed Forces who fought on 
Tarawa; 
(3) acknowledges the dedicated research and ef-
forts by persons to identify, locate, and advocate for 
the recovery of remains from Tarawa; and 
(4) encourages the Department of Defense to 
review this research and, as appropriate, pursue new 
efforts to conduct field studies, new research, and 
undertake all feasible efforts to recover, identify, and 
return remains of members of the Armed Forces 
from Tarawa. 
Subtitle G—Decorations and 
Awards 
SEC. 571. AWARD OF VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL TO VET-
ERANS WHO PARTICIPATED IN MAYAGUEZ 
RESCUE OPERATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned shall, upon the application of an indi-
vidual who is an eligible veteran, award that individual the 
Vietnam Service Medal, notwithstanding any otherwise ap-
plicable requirements for the award of that medal. Any 
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such award shall be made in lieu of any Armed Forces 
Expeditionary Medal awarded the individual for the indi-
vidual’s participation in the Mayaguez rescue operation. 
(b) ELIGIBLE VETERAN.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘eligible veteran’’ means a member or 
former member of the Armed Forces who was awarded 
the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for participation 
in military operations known as the Mayaguez rescue oper-
ation of May 12–15, 1975. 
SEC. 572. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF 
MEDAL 
OF 
HONOR 
TO 
ANTHONY 
T. 
KOHO’OHANOHANO FOR ACTS OF VALOR 
DURING THE KOREAN WAR. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim-
itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
Armed Forces, the President is authorized and requested 
to award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of such 
title to former Private First Class Anthony T. 
Koho’ohanohano for the acts of valor during the Korean 
War described in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of then Pri-
vate First Class Anthony T. Koho’ohanohano of Company 
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H of the 17th Infantry Regiment of the 7th Infantry Divi-
sion on September 1, 1951, during the Korean War for 
which he was originally awarded the distinguished-service 
cross. 
SEC. 573. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF 
DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE CROSS TO JACK T. 
STEWART FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE 
VIETNAM WAR. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim-
itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
Armed Forces, the Secretary of the Army is authorized 
and requested to award the distinguished-service cross 
under section 3742 of such title to former Captain Jack 
T. Stewart of the United States Army for the acts of valor 
during the Vietnam War described in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of Captain 
Jack T. Stewart as commander of a two-platoon Special 
Forces Mike Force element in combat with two battalions 
of the North Vietnamese Army on March 24, 1967, during 
the Vietnam War. 
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SEC. 574. AUTHORIZATION AND REQUEST FOR AWARD OF 
DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE CROSS TO WILLIAM 
T. MILES, JR., FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING 
THE KOREAN WAR. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding the time lim-
itations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the 
Armed Forces, the Secretary of the Army is authorized 
and requested to award the distinguished-service cross 
under section 3742 of such title to former to former Ser-
geant First William T. Miles, Jr., of the United States 
Army for the acts of valor during the Korean War de-
scribed in subsection (b). 
(b) ACTS OF VALOR DESCRIBED.—The acts of valor 
referred to in subsection (a) are the actions of Sergeant 
First Class William T. Miles, Jr,. as a member of United 
States Special Forces from June 18, 1951, to July 6, 
1951, during the Korean War, when he fought a delaying 
action against enemy forces in order to allow other mem-
bers of his squad to escape an ambush. 
SEC. 575. RETROACTIVE AWARD OF ARMY COMBAT ACTION 
BADGE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD.—The Secretary of the 
Army may award the Army Combat Action Badge (estab-
lished by order of the Secretary of the Army through 
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Headquarters, Department of the Army Letter 600–05– 
1, dated June 3, 2005) to a person who, while a member 
of the Army, participated in combat during which the per-
son personally engaged, or was personally engaged by, the 
enemy at any time during the period beginning on Decem-
ber 7, 1941, and ending on September 18, 2001 (the date 
of the otherwise applicable limitation on retroactivity for 
the award of such decoration), if the Secretary determines 
that the person has not been previously recognized in an 
appropriate manner for such participation. 
(b) PROCUREMENT OF BADGE.—The Secretary of 
the Army may make arrangements with suppliers of the 
Army Combat Action Badge so that eligible recipients of 
the Army Combat Action Badge pursuant to subsection 
(a) may procure the badge directly from suppliers, thereby 
eliminating or at least substantially reducing administra-
tive costs for the Army to carry out this section. 
SEC. 576. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBAT MEDEVAC BADGE. 
(a) ARMY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 357 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3757. Combat Medevac Badge 
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
issue a badge of appropriate design, to be known as the 
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Combat Medevac Badge, to each person who while a mem-
ber of the Army served in combat on or after June 25, 
1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter medical 
evacuation ambulance and who meets the requirements for 
the award of that badge. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of the Army shall prescribe requirements for eligibility for 
the Combat Medevac Badge.’’. 
(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: 
‘‘3757. Combat Medevac Badge’’. 
(b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 567 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 6259. Combat Medevac Badge 
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
issue a badge of appropriate design, to be known as the 
Combat Medevac Badge, to each person who while a mem-
ber of the Navy or Marine Corps served in combat on or 
after June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a heli-
copter medical evacuation ambulance and who meets the 
requirements for the award of that badge. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of the Navy shall prescribe requirements for eligibility for 
the Combat Medevac Badge.’’. 
(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: 
‘‘6259. Combat Medevac Badge’’. 
(c) AIR FORCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 857 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 8757. Combat Medevac Badge 
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE.—The Secretary of the Air Force 
shall issue a badge of appropriate design, to be known as 
the Combat Medevac Badge, to each person who while a 
member of the Air Force served in combat on or after 
June 25, 1950, as a pilot or crew member of a helicopter 
medical evacuation ambulance and who meets the require-
ments for the award of that badge. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of the Air Force shall prescribe requirements for eligibility 
for the Combat Medevac Badge.’’. 
(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: 
‘‘8757. Combat Medevac Badge’’. 
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(d) AWARD FOR SERVICE BEFORE DATE OF ENACT-
MENT.—In the case of persons who, while a member of 
the Armed Forces, served in combat as a pilot or crew 
member of a helicopter medical evacuation ambulance dur-
ing the period beginning on June 25, 1950, and ending 
on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned shall issue the Combat 
Medevac Badge— 
(1) to each such person who is known to the 
Secretary before the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
(2) to each such person with respect to whom 
an application for the issuance of the badge is made 
to the Secretary after such date in such manner, 
and within such time period, as the Secretary may 
require. 
Subtitle H—Military Families 
SEC. 581. PILOT PROGRAM TO SECURE INTERNSHIPS FOR 
MILITARY SPOUSES WITH FEDERAL AGEN-
CIES. 
(a) COST-REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENTS
WITH 
FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The Secretary of Defense may 
enter into an agreement with the head of an executive de-
partment or agency that has an established internship pro-
gram to reimburse the department or agency for author-
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ized costs associated with the first year of employment of 
an eligible military spouse who is selected to participate 
in the internship program of the department or agency. 
(b) ELIGIBLE MILITARY SPOUSES.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), any person who is married to a member 
of the Armed Forces on active duty is eligible for se-
lection to participate in an internship program under 
a reimbursement agreement entered into under sub-
section (a). 
(2) EXCLUSIONS.—Reimbursement may not be 
provided with respect to the following persons: 
(A) A person who is legally separated from 
a member of the Armed Forces under court 
order or statute of any State, the District of 
Columbia, or possession of the United States 
when the person begins the internship. 
(B) A person who is also a member of the 
Armed Forces on active duty. 
(C) A person who is a retired member of 
the Armed Forces. 
(c) FUNDING SOURCE.—Amounts authorized to be 
appropriated for operation and maintenance, for Defense- 
wide activities, shall be available to carry out this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘authorized costs’’ includes the 
costs of the salary, benefits and allowances, and 
training for an eligible military spouse during the 
first year of the participation of the military spouse 
in an internship program pursuant to an agreement 
under subsection (a). 
(2) The term ‘‘internship’’ means a profes-
sional, analytical, or administrative position in the 
Federal Government that operates under a develop-
mental program leading to career advancement. 
(e) TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.—No 
agreement may be entered into under subsection (a) after 
September 30, 2011. Authorized costs incurred after that 
date may be reimbursed under an agreement entered into 
before that date in the case of eligible military spouses 
who begin their internship by that date. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than Jan-
uary 1, 2012, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that pro-
vides information on how many eligible military spouses 
received internships pursuant to agreements entered into 
under subsection (a) and the types of internship positions 
they occupied. The report shall specify the number of in-
terns who subsequently obtained permanent employment 
with the department or agency administering the intern-
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ship program or with another department or agency. The 
Secretary shall include a recommendation regarding 
whether, given the investment of Department of Defense 
funds, the authority to enter into agreements should be 
extended, modified, or terminated. 
SEC. 582. REPORT ON PROGRESS MADE IN IMPLEMENTING 
RECOMMENDATIONS TO REDUCE DOMESTIC 
VIOLENCE IN MILITARY FAMILIES. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—The Comptroller General shall re-
view and assess the progress made by the Department of 
Defense in implementing the recommendations contained 
in the report by the Comptroller General entitled ‘‘Military 
Personnel: Progress Made in Implementing Recommenda-
tions to reduce Domestic Violence, but Further Manage-
ment Action Needed’’ (GAO–06–540). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
containing the results of the review and assessment under 
subsection (a). 
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SEC. 583. MODIFICATION OF SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RE-
LIEF ACT REGARDING TERMINATION OR SUS-
PENSION OF SERVICE CONTRACTS AND EF-
FECT OF VIOLATION OF INTEREST RATE LIM-
ITATION. 
(a) TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF SERVICE CON-
TRACTS.—Section 305A of the Servicemembers Civil Re-
lief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 535a) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘SEC. 305A. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF SERVICE 
CONTRACTS. 
‘‘(a) TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION BY SERVICE-
MEMBER.—A servicemember who is party to or enters into 
a contract described in subsection (c) may terminate or 
suspend, at the servicemember’s option, the contract at 
any time after the date of the servicemember’s military 
orders, as described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(1) A suspension under subsection (a) of a 
contract by a servicemember shall continue for the 
length of the servicemember’s deployment pursuant 
to the servicemember’s military orders. 
‘‘(2) A service provider under a contract sus-
pended or terminated under subsection (a) by a 
servicemember may not impose a suspension fee or 
early termination fee in connection with the suspen-
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sion or termination of the contract, other than a 
nominal fee for the suspension; except that the serv-
ice provider may impose a reasonable fee for any 
equipment remaining on the premises of the service-
member during the period of the suspension. The 
servicemember may defer, without penalty, payment 
of such a nominal fee or reasonable fee for the 
length of the servicemember’s deployment pursuant 
to the servicemember’s military orders. 
‘‘(3) In any case in which the contract being 
suspended under subsection (a) is for cellular tele-
phone service or telephone exchange service, the 
servicemember, after the date on which the suspen-
sion of the contract ends, may keep, to the extent 
practicable and in accordance with all applicable 
laws and regulations, the same telephone number 
the servicemember had before the servicemember 
suspended the contract. 
‘‘(c) COVERED CONTRACTS.—This section applies to 
a contract for cellular telephone service (including a con-
tract to which the servicemember is included with family 
members), telephone exchange service, multichannel video 
programming service, Internet access service, water, elec-
tricity, oil, gas, or other utility if the servicemember enters 
into the contract and thereafter receives military orders— 
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‘‘(1) to deploy with a military unit, or as an in-
dividual, in support of a contingency operation for a 
period of not less than 90 days; or 
‘‘(2) for a change of permanent station to a lo-
cation that does not support the contract. 
‘‘(d) MANNER OF TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Termination or suspension 
of a contract under subsection (a) is made by deliv-
ery by the servicemember of written notice of such 
termination or suspension and a copy of the 
servicemember’s military orders to the other party to 
the contract (or to that party’s grantee or agent). 
‘‘(2) NATURE OF NOTICE.—Delivery of notice 
under paragraph (1) may be accomplished— 
‘‘(A) by hand delivery; 
‘‘(B) by private business carrier; 
‘‘(C) by facsimile; or 
‘‘(D) by placing the written notice and a 
copy of the servicemember’s military orders in 
an envelope with sufficient postage and with re-
turn receipt requested, and addressed as des-
ignated by the party to be notified (or that par-
ty’s grantee or agent), and depositing the enve-
lope in the United States mails. 
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‘‘(e) DATE OF CONTRACT TERMINATION OR SUSPEN-
SION.—Termination or suspension of a service contract 
under subsection (a) is effective as of the date on which 
the notice under subsection (d) is delivered. 
‘‘(f) OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES.—The 
service provider under the contract may not impose an 
early termination or suspension charge, but any tax or any 
other obligation or liability of the servicemember that, in 
accordance with the terms of the contract, is due and un-
paid or unperformed at the time of termination or suspen-
sion of the contract shall be paid or performed by the serv-
icemember. 
‘‘(g) FEES PAID IN ADVANCE.—A fee or amount paid 
in advance for a period after the effective date of the ter-
mination of the contract shall be refunded to the service-
member by the other party (or that party’s grantee or 
agent) within 60 days of the effective date of the termi-
nation of the contract. 
‘‘(h) RELIEF TO OTHER PARTY.—Upon application 
by the other party to the contract to a court before the 
termination date provided in the written notice, relief 
granted by this section to a servicemember may be modi-
fied as justice and equity require. 
‘‘(i) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—Whoever knowingly vio-
lates this section shall be fined not more than $5,000 in 
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the case of an individual or $10,000 in the case of an orga-
nization. 
‘‘(j) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A servicemember harmed 
by a violation of this section may in a civil action— 
‘‘(A) obtain any appropriate equitable re-
lief with respect to the violation; and 
‘‘(B) recover an amount equal to three 
times the damages sustained as a result of the 
violation. 
‘‘(2) COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES.—The court 
shall award to a servicemember who prevails in an 
action under paragraph (1) the costs of the action, 
including a reasonable attorney fee. 
‘‘(3) PRESERVATION OF OTHER REMEDIES.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre-
clude or limit any remedy otherwise available under 
law to the servicemember with respect to conduct 
prohibited under this section. 
‘‘(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) MULTICHANNEL
VIDEO
PROGRAMMING 
SERVICE.—The term ‘multichannel video program-
ming service’ means video programming service pro-
vided by a multichannel video programming dis-
tributor, as such term is defined in section 602(13) 
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of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
522(13)). 
‘‘(2) INTERNET
ACCESS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘Internet access service’ has the meaning given that 
term under section 231(e)(4) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 231(e)(4)). 
‘‘(3) CELLULAR
TELEPHONE
SERVICE.—The 
term ‘cellular telephone service’ means commercial 
mobile service, as that term is defined in section 
332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 332(d)). 
‘‘(4) TELEPHONE
EXCHANGE
SERVICE.—The 
term ‘telephone exchange service’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 3 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 305A and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 305A. Termination or suspension of service contracts.’’. 
(c) VIOLATION OF INTEREST RATE LIMITATION.— 
Section 207 of such Act is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) CRIMINAL PENALTY.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever knowingly violates 
this section shall be fined not more than $5,000 in 
the case of an individual or $10,000 in the case of 
an organization. 
‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF VIOLA-
TIONS.—The court shall count as a separate viola-
tion each obligation or liability of a servicemember 
with respect to which— 
‘‘(A) the servicemember properly provided 
to the creditor written notice and a copy of the 
military orders calling the servicemember to 
military service and any orders further extend-
ing military service under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) the creditor fails to act in accordance 
with subsection (a).’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) RIGHTS OF SERVICEMEMBERS.— 
‘‘(1) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—A service-
member harmed by a violation of this section may 
in a civil action— 
‘‘(A) obtain any appropriate equitable re-
lief with respect to the violation; and 
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‘‘(B) recover an amount equal to three 
times the damages sustained as a result of the 
violation. 
‘‘(2) COSTS AND ATTORNEY FEES.—The court 
shall award to a servicemember who prevails in an 
action under paragraph (1) the costs of the action, 
including a reasonable attorney fee. 
‘‘(3) PRESERVATION OF OTHER REMEDIES.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre-
clude or limit any remedy otherwise available under 
law to the servicemember with respect to conduct 
prohibited under this section.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (g), as redesignated by para-
graph (2) of this subsection, by inserting ‘‘and (f)’’ 
after ‘‘subsection (e)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a contract en-
tered into on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 584. PROTECTION OF CHILD CUSTODY ARRANGE-
MENTS FOR PARENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT 
OF A CONTINGENCY OPERATION. 
(a) CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION.—Title II of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 521 et 
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seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 208. CHILD CUSTODY PROTECTION. 
‘‘(a) RESTRICTION ON CHANGE OF CUSTODY.—If a 
motion for change of custody of a child of a servicemember 
is filed while the servicemember is deployed in support of 
a contingency operation, no court may enter an order 
modifying or amending any previous judgment or order, 
or issue a new order, that changes the custody arrange-
ment for that child that existed as of the date of the de-
ployment of the servicemember, except that a court may 
enter a temporary custody order if the court finds that 
it is in the best interest of the child. 
‘‘(b) COMPLETION OF DEPLOYMENT.—In any pre-
ceding covered under subsection (a), a court shall require 
that, upon the return of the servicemember from deploy-
ment in support of a contingency operation, the custody 
order that was in effect immediately preceding the date 
of the deployment of the servicemember is reinstated, un-
less the court finds that such a reinstatement is not in 
the best interest of the child, except that any such finding 
shall be subject to subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION OF MILITARY SERVICE FROM DE-
TERMINATION OF CHILD’S BEST INTEREST.—If a motion 
for the change of custody of the child of a servicemember 
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is filed, no court may consider the absence of the service-
member by reason of deployment, or possibility of deploy-
ment, in determining the best interest of the child. 
‘‘(d) NO FEDERAL RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in 
this section shall create a Federal right of action. 
‘‘(e) PREEMPTION.—In any case where State or Fed-
eral law applicable to a child custody proceeding under 
State or Federal law provides a higher standard of protec-
tion to the rights of the parent who is a servicemember 
than the rights provided under this section, the State or 
Federal court shall apply the State or Federal standard. 
‘‘(f) CONTINGENCY OPERATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘contingency operation’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United 
States Code, except that the term may include such other 
deployments as the Secretary may prescribe.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end of the items relating to title II the following new item: 
‘‘208. Child custody protection.’’. 
SEC. 585. DEFINITIONS IN FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE 
ACT OF 1993 RELATED TO ACTIVE DUTY, 
SERVICEMEMBERS, AND RELATED MATTERS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF COVERED ACTIVE DUTY.— 
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(1) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (14) of section 
101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
(29 U.S.C. 2611) is amended— 
(A) by striking all that precedes ‘‘under a 
call’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(14) COVERED ACTIVE DUTY.—The term ‘cov-
ered active duty’ means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a member of a regular 
component of the Armed Forces, duty during 
the deployment of the member with the Armed 
Forces to a foreign country; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces, duty during 
the deployment of the member with the Armed 
Forces to a foreign country’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘101(a)(13)(B)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘101(a)(13)’’. 
(2) LEAVE.—Section 102 of the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘active duty’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘covered active duty’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)(3)— 
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(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘ACTIVE DUTY’’ and inserting ‘‘COV-
ERED ACTIVE DUTY’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘active duty’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘covered ac-
tive duty’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 103(f) 
of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
U.S.C. 2613(f)) is amended, in the subsection head-
ing, by striking ‘‘ACTIVE DUTY’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘COVERED ACTIVE DUTY’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF COVERED SERVICEMEMBER.— 
Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
is further amended by striking paragraph (16) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(16) COVERED
SERVICEMEMBER.—The term 
‘covered servicemember’ means— 
‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces (in-
cluding a member of the National Guard or Re-
serves) who is undergoing medical treatment, 
recuperation, or therapy, is otherwise in out-
patient status, or is otherwise on the temporary 
disability retired list, for a serious injury or ill-
ness; or 
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‘‘(B) a veteran who is undergoing medical 
treatment, recuperation, or therapy, for a seri-
ous injury or illness and who was a member of 
the Armed Forces (including a member of the 
National Guard or Reserves) at any time dur-
ing the period of 5 years preceding the date on 
which the veteran undergoes that medical treat-
ment, recuperation, or therapy.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS OF SERIOUS INJURY OR ILLNESS; 
VETERAN.—Section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993 is further amended by striking paragraph 
(19) and inserting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(19) SERIOUS INJURY OR ILLNESS.—The term 
‘serious injury or illness’— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a member of the Armed 
Forces (including a member of the National 
Guard or Reserves), means an injury or illness 
incurred by the member in line of duty on cov-
ered active duty in the Armed Forces that may 
render the member medically unfit to perform 
the duties of the member’s office, grade, rank, 
or rating; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a veteran who was a 
member of the Armed Forces (including a mem-
ber of the National Guard or Reserves) at any 
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time during a period described in paragraph 
(16)(B), means an injury or illness incurred by 
the member in line of duty on covered active 
duty in the Armed Forces, that manifested 
itself after the member became a veteran, and 
that may have rendered the member medically 
unfit to perform the duties of the member’s of-
fice, grade, rank, or rating on the date the in-
jury or illness was incurred if the injury or ill-
ness had manifested itself on that date. 
‘‘(20) VETERAN.—The term ‘veteran’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 102(e)(2)(A) 
of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(e)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘or parent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘parent, or next of kin (for leave taken under 
subsection (a)(3))’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
REGULATIONS.—The 
amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than 120 days 
after such date, the Secretary of Labor shall issue direct 
final conforming regulations solely to implement such 
amendments. 
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SEC. 586. REPORT ON IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON 
MILITARY FAMILIES. 
The Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a 
report containing— 
(1) an assessment of the impact of domestic vi-
olence in families of members of the Armed Forces 
on the children of such families; and 
(2) information on progress being made to en-
sure that children of families of members of the 
Armed Forces receive adequate care and services 
when such children are exposed to domestic violence. 
SEC. 587. OVERSEAS VOTING ADVISORY BOARD. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; DUTIES.—There is hereby es-
tablished the Overseas Voting Advisory Board (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Board’’). 
(b) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Board shall conduct 
studies and issue reports with respect to the fol-
lowing issues: 
(A) The ability of citizens of the United 
States who reside outside of the United States 
to register to vote and vote in elections for pub-
lic office. 
(B) Methods to promote voter registration 
and voting among such citizens. 
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(C) The effectiveness of the Director of the 
Federal Voting Assistance Program under the 
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Vot-
ing Act in assisting such citizens in registering 
to vote and casting votes in elections. 
(D) The effectiveness of the administration 
and enforcement of the requirements of the 
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Vot-
ing Act. 
(E) The need for the enactment of legisla-
tion or the adoption of administrative actions to 
ensure that all Americans who are away from 
the jurisdiction in which they are eligible to 
vote because they live overseas or serve in the 
military (or are a spouse or dependent of some-
one who serves in the military) are able to reg-
ister to vote and vote in elections for public of-
fice. 
(2) REPORTS.—In addition to issuing such re-
ports as it considers appropriate, the Board shall 
transmit to Congress a report not later than March 
31 of each year describing its activities during the 
previous year, and shall include in that report such 
recommendations as the Board considers appropriate 
for legislative or administrative action, including the 
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provision of funding, to address the issues described 
in paragraph (1). 
(3) COMMITTEE
HEARINGS
ON
ANNUAL
RE-
PORT.—During each year, the Committees on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate, the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate may each 
hold a hearing on the annual report submitted by 
the Board under paragraph (2). 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Board shall be com-
posed of 5 members appointed by the President not 
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, of whom— 
(A) 1 shall be appointed from among a list 
of nominees submitted by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives; 
(B) 1 shall be appointed from among a list 
of nominees submitted by the Minority Leader 
of the House of Representatives; 
(C) 1 shall be appointed from among a list 
of nominees submitted by the Majority Leader 
of the Senate; and 
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(D) 1 shall be appointed from among a list 
of nominees submitted by the Minority Leader 
of the Senate. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—An individual may serve 
as a member of the Board only if the individual has 
experience in election administration and resides or 
has resided for an extended period of time overseas 
(as a member of the uniformed services or as a civil-
ian), except that the President shall ensure that at 
least one member of the Board is a citizen who re-
sides overseas while serving on the Board. 
(3) TERMS OF SERVICE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each member shall be ap-
pointed for a term of 4 years. A member may 
be reappointed for additional terms. 
(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Board 
shall be filled in the manner in which the origi-
nal appointment was made. Any member ap-
pointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of the term for which the member’s 
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed 
only for the remainder of that term. A member 
may serve after the expiration of that member’s 
term until a successor has taken office. 
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(4) PAY.— 
(A) NO
PAY
FOR
SERVICE.—A member 
shall serve without pay, except that a member 
shall receive travel expenses, including per diem 
in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with appli-
cable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code. 
(B) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
TRAVEL
EX-
PENSES BY DIRECTOR.—Upon request of the 
Chairperson of the Board, the Director of the 
Federal Voting Assistance Program under the 
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Vot-
ing Act shall, from amounts made available for 
the salaries and expenses of the Director, reim-
burse the Board for any travel expenses paid on 
behalf of a member under subparagraph (A). 
(5) QUORUM.—Three members of the Board 
shall constitute a quorum but a lesser number may 
hold hearings. 
(6) CHAIRPERSON.—The members of the Board 
shall designate one member to serve as Chairperson. 
(d) STAFF.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO APPOINT.—Subject to rules 
prescribed the Board, the chairperson may appoint 
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and fix the pay of such staff as the chairperson con-
siders necessary. 
(2) APPLICATION OF CIVIL SERVICE LAWS.— 
The staff of the Board shall be appointed subject to 
the provisions of title 5, United States Code, gov-
erning appointments in the competitive service, and 
shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of 
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of that 
title relating to classification and General Schedule 
pay rates. 
(3) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—Subject to 
rules prescribed by the Board, the Chairperson may 
procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(4) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon re-
quest of the Chairperson, the head of any Federal 
department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable 
basis, any of the personnel of that department or 
agency to the Board to assist it in carrying out its 
duties under this Act. 
(e) POWERS.— 
(1) HEARINGS
AND
SESSIONS.—The Board 
may, for the purpose of carrying out this Act, hold 
hearings, sit and act at times and places, take testi-
mony, and receive evidence as the Board considers 
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appropriate. The Board may administer oaths or af-
firmations to witnesses appearing before it. 
(2) OBTAINING
OFFICIAL
DATA.—The Board 
may secure directly from any department or agency 
of the United States information necessary to enable 
it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the Chair-
person, the head of that department or agency shall 
furnish that information to the Board. 
(3) MAILS.—The Board may use the United 
States mails in the same manner and under the 
same conditions as other departments and agencies 
of the United States. 
(4) ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT
SERVICES.— 
Upon the request of the Board, the Administrator of 
General Services shall provide to the Board, on a re-
imbursable basis, the administrative support services 
necessary for the Board to carry out its responsibil-
ities under this Act. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Board such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this section for fiscal 
year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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SEC. 588. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND REPORT ON INTRA-FA-
MILIAL ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN OF MILI-
TARY PERSONNEL. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the intra-familial abduction to foreign countries 
of children of members of the Armed Forces constitutes 
a grave violation of the rights of military parents whose 
children are abducted and poses a significant threat to the 
psychological well-being and development of the abducted 
children. 
(b) REPORT ON INTRA-FAMILIAL CHILD ABDUCTION 
EFFECTING ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
not later than December 31 of calendar year 2010 
and each December 31 thereafter, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives 
a report on the programs, projects, and activities 
carried out by the Department of Defense to assist 
members of the Armed Forces whose children are 
abducted. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include information concerning 
the following: 
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(A) The total number of children abducted 
from military parents, with a breakdown of the 
number of children abducted to each country 
that is a party to the Hague Convention on the 
Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 
(the ‘‘Hague Convention’’) and each country 
that is not a party to the Hague Convention. 
(B) The total number of children abducted 
from military parents who were returned to 
their military parent, with a breakdown of the 
number of children returned from each country 
that is a party to the Hague Convention and 
each country that is not a party to the Hague 
Convention, including the average length of 
time per country that the children spent sepa-
rated from their military parent, whether the 
Department of Defense helped facilitate any of 
the returns, specific actions taken to facilitate 
the return, and other Departments involved. 
(C) Whether these numbers are shared 
with the Department of State for inclusion in 
the Report on Compliance with the Hague Con-
vention on the Civil Aspects of International 
Child Abduction. 
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(D) An assessment as to how international 
child abductions impact the force readiness of 
affected military personnel. 
(E) An assessment of the effectiveness of 
the centralized office within the Department of 
Defense responsible for implementing measures 
to prevent international child abductions and to 
provide assistance to military personnel, includ-
ing— 
(i) the coordination of international 
child abduction-related issues between the 
relevant agencies and departments with the 
Department of Defense; 
(ii) the education of appropriate per-
sonnel; 
(iii) the coordination with family sup-
port offices and other applicable agencies, 
both within the United States and in host 
countries, to implement mechanisms for 
assistance to left behind parents; 
(iv) the coordination with the Depart-
ment of State and National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children to provide 
assistance to left behind parents in obtain-
ing the return of their children; and 
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(v) the collection of the data required 
by subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(F) An assessment of the current avail-
ability of, and additional need for assistance, in-
cluding general information, psychological coun-
seling, financial assistance, leave for travel, 
legal services, and the contact information for 
the office identified in subparagraph (E), pro-
vided by the Department of Defense to left be-
hind military parents for the purpose of obtain-
ing the return of their abducted children and 
ensuring the force readiness of military per-
sonnel. 
(G) The means through which available 
services, information, and activities relating to 
international child abductions are commu-
nicated to left behind military parents. 
(H) The proportion of identified left be-
hind military parents who utilize the services 
and activities referred to in subparagraph (F). 
(I) Measures taken by the Department of 
Defense, including any written policy guidelines, 
to prevent the abduction of children. 
(J) The means by which military personnel 
are educated on the risks of international child 
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abduction, particularly when they first arrive on 
a base abroad or when the military receives no-
tice that the personnel is considering marriage 
or divorce abroad. 
(K) The training provided to those who 
supply legal assistance to military personnel, in 
particular the Armed Forces Legal Assistance 
Offices, on the legal aspects of international 
child abduction and legal options available to 
left behind military parents, including the risks 
of conferring jurisdiction on the host country 
court system by applying for child custody in 
the host country court system. 
(L) Which of the Status of Forces Agree-
ments negotiated with host countries, if any, 
are written to protect the ability of a member 
of the Armed Forces to have international child 
abduction cases adjudicated in the member’s 
State of legal residence. 
(M) The feasibility of including in present 
and future Status of Forces Agreements a 
framework for the expeditious and just resolu-
tion of intra-familial child abduction. 
(N) Identification of potential strategies 
for engagement with host countries with high 
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incidences of military international child abduc-
tions. 
(O) Whether the Department of Defense 
has engaged in joint efforts with the State De-
partment to provide a forum, such as a con-
ference, for left behind military parents to 
share their experiences, network, and develop 
best practices for securing the return of ab-
ducted children, and the assistance provided for 
left behind parents to attend such an event. 
(P) Whether the Department of Defense 
currently partners with, or intends to partner 
with, civilian experts on International Child Ab-
duction, to understand the psychological and so-
cial implications of this issue upon Department 
of Defense personnel, and to help develop an ef-
fective awareness campaign and training. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
SEC. 591. NAVY GRANTS TO NAVAL SEA CADET CORPS. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Chapter 647 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
7541a the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 7541b. Authority to make grants to Naval Sea 
Cadet Corps 
‘‘Subject to the availability of funds for this purpose, 
the Secretary of the Navy may make grants to support 
the purposes of the Naval Sea Cadet Corps, a federally 
chartered corporation under chapter 1541 of title 36.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 7541a the following new 
item: 
‘‘7541b. Authority to make grants to Naval Sea Cadet Corps.’’. 
SEC. 592. IMPROVED RESPONSE AND INVESTIGATION OF 
ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLV-
ING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report containing a re-
view of the capacity of each service of the Armed 
Forces to investigate and adjudicate allegations of 
sexual assault to determine whether there are any 
barriers that negatively affect the ability of that 
service to facilitate the investigation and adjudica-
tion of such allegations to the full extent of the Uni-
form Code of Military Justice. 
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(2) ELEMENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall include a review of the 
following: 
(A) The command processes of each of the 
Armed Forces for handling allegations of sexual 
assault (including command guidance, standing 
orders, and related matters), the staff judge ad-
vocate structure of each Armed Force for cases 
of sexual assault, and the personnel and budget 
resources allocated to handle allegations of sex-
ual assault. 
(B) The extent to which command deci-
sions regarding the disposition of cases properly 
direct cases to the most-appropriate venue for 
adjudication. 
(C) The effectiveness of personnel training 
methods regarding investigation and adjudica-
tion of sexual assault cases. 
(D) The capacity to investigate and adju-
dicate sexual assault cases in combat zones. 
(E) The recommendations of the Defense 
Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military 
regarding investigation and adjudication of sex-
ual assault. 
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(b) PREVENTION.—Not later than 180 days after the 
dates of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of De-
fense shall develop and submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a sexual assault prevention program, 
which shall include, at minimum, the following compo-
nents: 
(1) Action plans for reducing the number of 
sexual assaults, with timelines for implementation of 
the plans, development tools, and a comprehensive 
evaluation process. 
(2) A mechanism to measure the effectiveness 
of the program, to include outcome measurement 
and metrics. 
(3) Training programs for commanders and 
senior enlisted leaders, including pre-command 
courses. 
(4) The budget necessary to permit full imple-
mentation of the program. 
(c) SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EXAMS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT FOREN-
SIC EXAMS IN COMBAT ZONES.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report evaluating the 
availability of sexual assault forensic examinations in 
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combat zones. The report shall include, at a min-
imum, the following: 
(A) The current availability of sexual as-
sault forensic examinations in combat zones. 
(B) The barriers to providing sexual as-
sault forensic examinations at all echelons of 
care in combat zones. 
(C) Any legislative actions required to im-
prove the availability of sexual assault forensic 
examinations in combat zones. 
(2) TRICARE COVERAGE FOR FORENSIC EXAM-
INATION FOLLOWING SEXUAL ASSAULT OR DOMES-
TIC VIOLENCE.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report describing the progress made in 
implementing section 1079(a)(17) of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by section 701 of the John 
Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–324; 120 Stat. 
2279). 
(d) MILITARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS.— 
(1) COLLECTION
OF
STATISTICAL
INFORMA-
TION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
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require that sexual assault statistics collected by the 
Department of Defense include information on 
whether a military protective order was issued that 
involved either the victim or alleged perpetrator of a 
sexual assault. The Secretary shall include such in-
formation in the annual report submitted to Con-
gress on sexual assaults involving members of the 
Armed Forces. 
(2) INFORMATION
TO
MEMBERS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that, when a military 
protective order is issued to protect a member of the 
Armed Forces, the member is informed of the right 
of the member to request a base transfer from the 
command. 
SEC. 593. MODIFICATION OF MATCHING FUND REQUIRE-
MENTS UNDER NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH 
CHALLENGE PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE DOD SHARE OF PRO-
GRAM.—Section 509(d)(1) of title 32, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘60 percent of the costs’’ and in-
serting ‘‘75 percent of the costs’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2009, and 
shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or 
after that date. 
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SEC. 594. MODIFICATION OF SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RE-
LIEF ACT REGARDING RESIDENTIAL AND 
MOTOR VEHICLE LEASES. 
Section 305(e) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
(50 U.S.C. App. 535) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) ARREARAGES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS AND 
LIABILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) LEASES OF PREMISES.—Rent amounts for 
a lease described in subsection (b)(1) that are un-
paid for the period preceding the effective date of 
the lease termination shall be paid on a prorated 
basis. The lessor may not impose an early termi-
nation charge, but any taxes, summonses, or other 
obligations and liabilities of the lessee in accordance 
with the terms of the lease, including reasonable 
charges to the lessee for excess wear, that are due 
and unpaid at the time of termination of the lease 
shall be paid by the lessee. 
‘‘(2) LEASES
OF
MOTOR
VEHICLES.—Lease 
amounts for a lease described in subsection (b)(2) 
that are unpaid for the period preceding the effective 
date of the lease termination shall be paid on a pro-
rated basis. The lessor may not impose an early ter-
mination charge, but any taxes, summonses, title 
and registration fees, or other obligations and liabil-
ities of the lessee in accordance with the terms of 
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the lease, including reasonable charges to the lessee 
for excess wear or use and mileage, that are due and 
unpaid at the time of termination of the lease shall 
be paid by the lessee.’’. 
SEC. 595. EXPANSION OF MILITARY LEADERSHIP DIVER-
SITY COMMISSION TO INCLUDE RESERVE 
COMPONENT REPRESENTATIVES. 
Section 596(b)(1) of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4476) is amended by striking 
subparagraphs (C), (D), (E) and inserting the following 
new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) A commissioned officer from each of 
the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Na-
tional Guard, and Reserves who serves or has 
served in a leadership position with either a 
military department command or combatant 
command. 
‘‘(D) A retired general or flag officer from 
each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine 
Corps, National Guard, and Reserves. 
‘‘(E) A retired noncommissioned officer 
from each of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Ma-
rine Corps, National Guard, and Reserves.’’. 
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SEC. 596. EXPANSION OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND COM-
MUNITY HEALING AND RESPONSE TRAINING 
UNDER THE YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRA-
TION PROGRAM. 
Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 
122) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (h)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(4) 
through (15) as paragraphs (3) through (14), 
respectively; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) SUICIDE PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY HEAL-
ING AND RESPONSE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—As part of the Yellow 
Ribbon Reintegration Program, the Office for Re-
integration Programs shall establish a program to 
provide National Guard and Reserve members, their 
families, and their communities with training in sui-
cide prevention and community healing and response 
to suicide. 
‘‘(2) DESIGN.—In establishing the program 
under paragraph (1), the Office for Reintegration 
Programs shall consult with— 
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‘‘(A) persons that have experience and ex-
pertise with combining military and civilian 
intervention strategies that reduce risk and pro-
mote healing after a suicide attempt or suicide 
death for National Guard and Reserve mem-
bers; and 
‘‘(B) the adjutant general of each state, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District 
of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. 
‘‘(3) OPERATION.— 
‘‘(A) SUICIDE
PREVENTION
TRAINING.— 
The Office for Reintegration Programs shall 
provide National Guard and Reserve members 
with training in suicide prevention. Such train-
ing shall include— 
‘‘(i) describing the warning signs for 
suicide and teaching effective strategies for 
prevention and intervention; 
‘‘(ii) examining the influence of mili-
tary culture on risk and protective factors 
for suicide; and 
‘‘(iii) engaging in interactive case sce-
narios and role plays to practice effective 
intervention strategies. 
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‘‘(B) COMMUNITY
HEALING
AND
RE-
SPONSE TRAINING.—The Office for Reintegra-
tion Programs shall provide the families and 
communities of National Guard and Reserve 
members with training in responses to suicide 
that promote individual and community healing. 
Such training shall include— 
‘‘(i) enhancing collaboration among 
community members and local service pro-
viders to create an integrated, coordinated 
community response to suicide; 
‘‘(ii) communicating best practices for 
preventing suicide, including safe mes-
saging, appropriate memorial services, and 
media guidelines; 
‘‘(iii) addressing the impact of suicide 
on the military and the larger community, 
and the increased risk that can result; and 
‘‘(iv) managing resources to assist key 
community and military service providers 
in helping the families, friends, and fellow 
soldiers of a suicide victim through the 
processes of grieving and healing. 
‘‘(C) COLLABORATION WITH CENTERS OF 
EXCELLENCE.—The Office for Reintegration 
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Programs, in consultation with the Defense 
Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health 
and Traumatic Brain Injury, shall collect and 
analyze ‘lessons learned’ and suggestions from 
State National Guard and Reserve organiza-
tions with existing or developing suicide preven-
tion and community response programs.’’. 
SEC. 597. REPORT ON PROGRESS IN COMPLETING DEFENSE 
INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report detail-
ing the progress of the Secretary with respect to the De-
fense Incident-Based Reporting System. 
SEC. 598. LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR ADDITIONAL RESERVE 
COMPONENT MEMBERS. 
Section 1044(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘the Secretary of Defense), for a 
period of time, prescribed by the Secretary of Defense,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Secretary), for a period of time (pre-
scribed by the Secretary)’’. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Fiscal year 2010 increase in military basic pay. 
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Sec. 602. Special monthly compensation allowance for members with combat-re-
lated catastrophic injuries or illnesses pending their retirement 
or separation for physical disability. 
Sec. 603. Stabilization of pay and allowances for senior enlisted members and 
warrant officers appointed as officers and officers reappointed 
in a lower grade. 
Sec. 604. Report on housing standards used to determine basic allowance for 
housing. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
reserve forces. 
Sec. 612. One-year extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. One-year extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear 
officers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of authorities relating to title 37 consolidated spe-
cial pay, incentive pay, and bonus authorities. 
Sec. 615. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of other title 
37 bonuses and special pay. 
Sec. 616. One-year extension of authorities relating to payment of referral bo-
nuses. 
Sec. 617. Technical corrections and conforming amendments to reconcile con-
flicting amendments regarding continued payment of bonuses 
and similar benefits for certain members. 
Sec. 618. Proration of certain special and incentive pays to reflect time during 
which a member satisfies eligibility requirements for the special 
or incentive pay. 
Subtitle C—Travel and Transportation Allowances 
Sec. 631. Transportation of additional motor vehicle of members on change of 
permanent station to or from nonforeign areas outside the con-
tinental United States. 
Sec. 632. Travel and transportation allowances for designated individuals of 
wounded, ill, or injured members for duration of inpatient 
treatment. 
Sec. 633. Authorized travel and transportation allowances for non-medical at-
tendants for very seriously and seriously wounded, ill, or in-
jured members. 
Sec. 634. Increased weight allowance for transportation of baggage and house-
hold effects for certain enlisted members. 
Subtitle D—Retired Pay and Survivor Benefits 
Sec. 641. Recomputation of retired pay and adjustment of retired grade of Re-
serve retirees to reflect service after retirement. 
Sec. 642. Election to receive retired pay for non-regular service upon retirement 
for service in an active reserve status performed after attaining 
eligibility for regular retirement. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentality Benefits 
and Operations 
Sec. 651. Additional exception to limitation on use of appropriated funds for 
Department of Defense golf courses. 
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Sec. 652. Limitation on Department of Defense entities offering personal infor-
mation services to members and their dependents. 
Sec. 653. Report on impact of purchasing from local distributors all alcoholic 
beverages for resale on military installations on Guam. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 661. Limitations on collection of overpayments of pay and allowances erro-
neously paid to members. 
Sec. 662. Army authority to provide additional recruitment incentives. 
Sec. 663. Benefits under Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence pro-
gram for certain periods before implementation of program. 
Sec. 664. Sense of Congress regarding support for compensation, retirement, 
and other military personnel programs. 
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 601. FISCAL YEAR 2010 INCREASE IN MILITARY BASIC 
PAY. 
(a) WAIVER OF SECTION 1009 ADJUSTMENT.—The 
adjustment to become effective during fiscal year 2010 re-
quired by section 1009 of title 37, United States Code, 
in the rates of monthly basic pay authorized members of 
the uniformed services shall not be made. 
(b) INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.—Effective on January 
1, 2010, the rates of monthly basic pay for members of 
the uniformed services are increased by 3.4 percent. 
SEC. 602. SPECIAL MONTHLY COMPENSATION ALLOWANCE 
FOR MEMBERS WITH COMBAT-RELATED CAT-
ASTROPHIC INJURIES OR ILLNESSES PEND-
ING THEIR RETIREMENT OR SEPARATION 
FOR PHYSICAL DISABILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘§ 439. Special monthly compensation: members with 
combat-related catastrophic injuries or 
illnesses pending their retirement or sep-
aration for physical disability 
‘‘(a) COMPENSATION AUTHORIZED.—(1) The Sec-
retary concerned may pay to any member of the uniformed 
services described in paragraph (2) a special monthly com-
pensation in an amount determined under subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a member eligible for 
the compensation authorized by paragraph (1) is a mem-
ber— 
‘‘(A) who has a combat-related catastrophic in-
jury or illness; and 
‘‘(B) who has been certified by a licensed physi-
cian as being in need of assistance from another per-
son to perform the personal functions required in ev-
eryday living; and 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard) may 
establish additional eligibility criteria in the regulations re-
quired by subsection (e). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION.—(1) 
The amount of the special monthly compensation author-
ized by subsection (a) shall be determined under criteria 
prescribed in the regulations required by subsection (e), 
except that the amount may not exceed the amount of the 
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aid and attendance allowance authorized by section 
1114(r) of title 38 for veterans in need of regular aid and 
attendance. 
‘‘(2) In determining the amount of the special month-
ly compensation to be provided to a member, the Secretary 
concerned shall consider the extent to which— 
‘‘(A) home health care and related services are 
being provided to the member by the Government; 
and 
‘‘(B) aid and attendance services are being pro-
vided by family and friends of the member who may 
be compensated with funds provided through the 
special monthly compensation authorized by this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—The eligibility of a member to 
receive special monthly compensation under subsection (a) 
terminates on the earlier of the following: 
‘‘(1) The first month following the end of the 
90-day period beginning on the date of the separa-
tion or retirement of the member. 
‘‘(2) The first month beginning after the death 
of the member. 
‘‘(3) The first month beginning after the date 
on which the member is determined to be no longer 
afflicted with a catastrophic injury or illness. 
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‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘catastrophic injury or illness’ 
means a permanent, severely disabling injury, dis-
order, or illness that the Secretary concerned deter-
mines compromises the ability of the afflicted person 
to carry out the activities of daily living to such a 
degree that the person requires— 
‘‘(A) personal or mechanical assistance to 
leave home or bed; or 
‘‘(B) constant supervision to avoid physical 
harm to self or others. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘combat-related’, with respect to 
a catastrophic injury or illness, means a wound, in-
jury, or illness for which the member involved was 
awarded the Purple Heart or that was incurred as 
described in section 1413a(e)(2) of title 10. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense (or 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to the 
Coast Guard) shall prescribe regulations to carry out this 
section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘439. Special monthly compensation: members with combat-related catastrophic 
injuries or illnesses pending their retirement or separation for 
physical disability.’’. 
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SEC. 603. STABILIZATION OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR 
SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS AND WARRANT 
OFFICERS APPOINTED AS OFFICERS AND OF-
FICERS REAPPOINTED IN A LOWER GRADE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 907 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 907. Members appointed or reappointed as officers: 
no reduction in pay and allowances 
‘‘(a) STABILIZATION OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—A 
member of the armed forces who accepts an appointment 
or reappointment as an officer without a break in service 
shall, for service as an officer, be paid the greater of— 
‘‘(1) the pay and allowances to which the officer 
is entitled as an officer; or 
‘‘(2) the pay and allowances to which the officer 
would be entitled if the officer were in the last grade 
the officer held before the appointment or reappoint-
ment as an officer. 
‘‘(b) COVERED PAYS.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), for the purposes of this section, the pay of a grade 
formerly held by an officer described in subsection (a) in-
clude special and incentive pays under chapter 5 of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) In determining the amount of the pay of a grade 
formerly held by an officer, special and incentive pays may 
be considered only so long as the officer continues to per-
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form the duty that creates the entitlement to, or eligibility 
for, that pay and would otherwise be eligible to receive 
that pay in the former grade. 
‘‘(3) Special and incentive pays that are dependent 
on a member being in an enlisted status may not be con-
sidered in determining the amount of the pay of a grade 
formerly held by an officer. 
‘‘(c) COVERED ALLOWANCES.—(1) Subject to para-
graph (2), for the purposes of this section, the allowances 
of a grade formerly held by an officer described in sub-
section (a) include allowances under chapter 7 of this title. 
‘‘(2) The clothing allowance under section 418 of this 
title may not be considered in determining the amount of 
the allowances of a grade formerly held by an officer de-
scribed in subsection (a) if the officer is entitled to a uni-
form allowance under section 415 of this title. 
‘‘(d) RATES OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—For the 
purposes of this section, the rates of pay and allowances 
of a grade that an officer formerly held are those rates 
that the officer would be entitled to had the officer re-
mained in that grade and continued to receive the in-
creases in pay and allowances authorized for that grade, 
as otherwise provided in this title or other provisions of 
law.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 907 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘907. Members appointed or reappointed as officers: no reduction in pay and 
allowances.’’. 
SEC. 604. REPORT ON HOUSING STANDARDS USED TO DE-
TERMINE BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than July 1, 
2010, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the con-
gressional defense committees a report containing— 
(1) a review of the housing standards used to 
determine the monthly rates of basic allowance for 
housing under section 403 of title 37, United States 
Code; and 
(2) such recommended changes to the stand-
ards, including an estimate of the cost of each rec-
ommended change, as the Secretary considers appro-
priate. 
(b) ELEMENTS
OF REVIEW.—The Secretary shall 
consider whether the housing standards are suitable in 
terms of— 
(1) recognizing the societal needs and expecta-
tions of families in the United States; 
(2) providing for an appropriate quality of life 
for members of the Armed Forces in all grades; and 
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(3) recognizing the appropriate rewards and 
prestige associated with promotion to higher military 
grades throughout the rank structure. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special 
and Incentive Pays 
SEC. 611. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR RESERVE 
FORCES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’: 
(1) Section 308b(g), relating to Selected Re-
serve reenlistment bonus. 
(2) Section 308c(i), relating to Selected Reserve 
affiliation or enlistment bonus. 
(3) Section 308d(c), relating to special pay for 
enlisted members assigned to certain high-priority 
units. 
(4) Section 308g(f)(2), relating to Ready Re-
serve enlistment bonus for persons without prior 
service. 
(5) Section 308h(e), relating to Ready Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
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(6) Section 308i(f), relating to Selected Reserve 
enlistment and reenlistment bonus for persons with 
prior service. 
(7) Section 910(g), relating to income replace-
ment payments for reserve component members ex-
periencing extended and frequent mobilization for 
active duty service. 
SEC. 612. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF CERTAIN BONUS AND 
SPECIAL PAY AUTHORITIES FOR HEALTH 
CARE PROFESSIONALS. 
(a) TITLE 10 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 10, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2010’’: 
(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. 
(b) TITLE 37 AUTHORITIES.—The following sections 
of title 37, United States Code, are amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2010’’: 
(1) Section 302c-1(f), relating to accession and 
retention bonuses for psychologists. 
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(2) Section 302d(a)(1), relating to accession 
bonus for registered nurses. 
(3) Section 302e(a)(1), relating to incentive 
special pay for nurse anesthetists. 
(4) Section 302g(e), relating to special pay for 
Selected Reserve health professionals in critically 
short wartime specialties. 
(5) Section 302h(a)(1), relating to accession 
bonus for dental officers. 
(6) Section 302j(a), relating to accession bonus 
for pharmacy officers. 
(7) Section 302k(f), relating to accession bonus 
for medical officers in critically short wartime spe-
cialties. 
(8) Section 302l(g), relating to accession bonus 
for dental specialist officers in critically short war-
time specialties. 
SEC. 613. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF SPECIAL PAY AND 
BONUS AUTHORITIES FOR NUCLEAR OFFI-
CERS. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’: 
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(1) Section 312(f), relating to special pay for 
nuclear-qualified officers extending period of active 
service. 
(2) Section 312b(c), relating to nuclear career 
accession bonus. 
(3) Section 312c(d), relating to nuclear career 
annual incentive bonus. 
SEC. 614. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO TITLE 37 CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL 
PAY, INCENTIVE PAY, AND BONUS AUTHORI-
TIES. 
The following sections of title 37, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’: 
(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 333(i), relating to special bonus and 
incentive pay authorities for nuclear officers. 
(4) Section 334(i), relating to special aviation 
incentive pay and bonus authorities for officers. 
(5) Section 335(k), relating to special bonus 
and incentive pay authorities for officers in health 
professions. 
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(6) Section 351(i), relating to hazardous duty 
pay. 
(7) Section 352(g), relating to assignment pay 
or special duty pay. 
(8) Section 353(j), relating to skill incentive 
pay or proficiency bonus. 
(9) Section 355(i), relating to retention incen-
tives for members qualified in critical military skills 
or assigned to high priority units. 
SEC. 615. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO PAYMENT OF OTHER TITLE 37 BO-
NUSES AND SPECIAL PAY. 
The following sections of chapter 5 of title 37, United 
States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2009’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’: 
(1) Section 301b(a), relating to aviation officer 
retention bonus. 
(2) Section 307a(g), relating to assignment in-
centive pay. 
(3) Section 308(g), relating to reenlistment 
bonus for active members. 
(4) Section 309(e), relating to enlistment 
bonus. 
(5) Section 324(g), relating to accession bonus 
for new officers in critical skills. 
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(6) Section 326(g), relating to incentive bonus 
for conversion to military occupational specialty to 
ease personnel shortage. 
(7) Section 327(h), relating to incentive bonus 
for transfer between armed forces. 
(8) Section 330(f), relating to accession bonus 
for officer candidates. 
SEC. 616. ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES RELAT-
ING TO PAYMENT OF REFERRAL BONUSES. 
The following sections of title 10, United States 
Code, are amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’: 
(1) Section 1030(i), relating to health profes-
sions referral bonus. 
(2) Section 3252(h), relating to Army referral 
bonus. 
SEC. 617. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS TO RECONCILE CONFLICTING 
AMENDMENTS REGARDING CONTINUED PAY-
MENT OF BONUSES AND SIMILAR BENEFITS 
FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS. 
(a) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO RECONCILE CON-
FLICTING AMENDMENTS.—Section 303a(e) of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘paragraph (3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (4)(B)’’; 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (2), as added by 
section 651(b) of the Duncan Hunter National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub-
lic Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4495), as paragraph 
(3); and 
(5) by redesignating the second subparagraph 
(B) of paragraph (1), originally added as paragraph 
(2) by section 2(a)(3) of the Hubbard Act (Public 
Law 110–317; 122 Stat. 3526) and erroneously des-
ignated as subparagraph (B) by section 651(a)(3) of 
the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 
Stat. 4495), as paragraph (2). 
(b) INCLUSION OF HUBBARD ACT AMENDMENT IN 
CONSOLIDATED SPECIAL PAY
AND BONUS AUTHORI-
TIES.—Section 373(b) of such title is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the paragraph 
heading and inserting ‘‘SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
DE-
CEASED AND DISABLED MEMBERS.—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR MEMBERS WHO RE-
CEIVE SOLE SURVIVORSHIP DISCHARGE.—(A) If a 
member of the uniformed services receives a sole 
survivorship discharge, the Secretary concerned— 
‘‘(i) shall not require repayment by the 
member of the unearned portion of any bonus, 
incentive pay, or similar benefit previously paid 
to the member; and 
‘‘(ii) may grant an exception to the re-
quirement to terminate the payment of any un-
paid amounts of a bonus, incentive pay, or simi-
lar benefit if the Secretary concerned deter-
mines that termination of the payment of the 
unpaid amounts would be contrary to a per-
sonnel policy or management objective, would 
be against equity and good conscience, or would 
be contrary to the best interests of the United 
States. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘sole survivor-
ship discharge’ means the separation of a member 
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from the Armed Forces, at the request of the mem-
ber, pursuant to the Department of Defense policy 
permitting the early separation of a member who is 
the only surviving child in a family in which— 
‘‘(i) the father or mother or one or more 
siblings— 
‘‘(I) served in the Armed Forces; and 
‘‘(II) was killed, died as a result of 
wounds, accident, or disease, is in a cap-
tured or missing in action status, or is per-
manently 100 percent disabled or hospital-
ized on a continuing basis (and is not em-
ployed gainfully because of the disability or 
hospitalization); and 
‘‘(ii) the death, status, or disability did not 
result from the intentional misconduct or willful 
neglect of the parent or sibling and was not in-
curred during a period of unauthorized ab-
sence.’’. 
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SEC. 618. PRORATION OF CERTAIN SPECIAL AND INCEN-
TIVE PAYS TO REFLECT TIME DURING WHICH 
A MEMBER SATISFIES ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR THE SPECIAL OR INCENTIVE 
PAY. 
(a) SPECIAL PAY FOR DUTY SUBJECT TO HOSTILE 
FIRE OR IMMINENT DANGER.—Section 310 of title 37, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘AND
SPECIAL
PAY 
AMOUNT’’ in the subsection heading; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘at the rate of $225 for 
any month’’ in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1) and inserting ‘‘under subsection (b) for any 
month or portion of a month’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3); 
(3) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and 
(d) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) SPECIAL PAY AMOUNT; PRORATION.—(1) The 
special pay authorized by subsection (a) may not exceed 
$225 a month. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in subsection (c), if a mem-
ber does not satisfy the eligibility requirements specified 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) for an entire 
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month for receipt of special pay under subsection (a), the 
Secretary concerned may prorate the payment amount to 
reflect the duration of the member’s actual qualifying 
service during the month.’’. 
(b) HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.—Section 351 of such 
title is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and re-
designating subsections (e) through (i) as sub-
sections (d) through (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) METHOD OF PAYMENT; PRORATION.— 
‘‘(1) MONTHLY
PAYMENT.—Subject to para-
graph (2), hazardous duty pay shall be paid on a 
monthly basis. 
‘‘(2) PRORATION.—If a member does not sat-
isfy the eligibility requirements specified in para-
graph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (a) for an entire 
month for receipt of hazardous duty pay, the Sec-
retary concerned may prorate the payment amount 
to reflect the duration of the member’s actual quali-
fying service during the month.’’. 
(c) ASSIGNMENT OR SPECIAL DUTY PAY.—Section 
352(b)(1) of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘If paid monthly, the Sec-
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retary concerned may prorate the monthly amount of the 
assignment or special duty pay for a member who does 
not satisfy the eligibility requirement for an entire month 
to reflect the duration of the member’s actual qualifying 
service during the month.’’. 
(d) SKILL INCENTIVE PAY.—Section 353 of such title 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f) and redesignating 
subsections (g) through (j) as subsections (f) 
through (i), respectively; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) SKILL INCENTIVE PAY.—(A) Skill incen-
tive pay under subsection (a) may not exceed $1,000 
a month. 
‘‘(B) If a member does not satisfy the eligibility 
requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
subsection (a) for an entire month for receipt of skill 
incentive pay, the Secretary concerned may prorate 
the payment amount to reflect the duration of the 
member’s actual qualifying service during the 
month. A member of a reserve component entitled to 
compensation under section 206 of this title who is 
authorized skill incentive pay under subsection (a) 
may be paid an amount of such pay that is propor-
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tionate to the compensation received by the member 
under section 206 of this title for inactive-duty 
training.’’. 
(e) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to 
months beginning 90 or more days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 619. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL PAYS AND BONUSES AU-
THORIZED 
FOR 
MEMBERS 
AGREEING 
TO 
SERVE IN AFGHANISTAN FOR THE DURATION 
OF THE UNITED STATES MISSION. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO DEVELOP DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM.—Notwithstanding the limitations specified in sub-
section (b) of section 352 of title 37, United States Code, 
on the maximum amount of assignment or special duty 
pay that may be paid to a member of the Armed Forces 
under such section, the Secretary of Defense may develop 
a program to provide additional special pays and bonuses 
to members (particularly members who score a 4.0 on the 
Foreign Service Institute test for the dominant languages 
of Pashto and Dari) who agree to serve on active duty 
in Afghanistan for 6 years or the duration of the United 
States mission in Afghanistan, whichever occurs first. The 
assignment period required by the agreement shall provide 
for reasonable periods of leave. 
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(b) RELATION
TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.—A pro-
gram developed under subsection (a) may be provided— 
(1) without regard to the lack of specific au-
thority for the program or policy under title 10 or 
title 37, United States Code; and 
(2) notwithstanding any provision of such titles, 
or any rule or regulation prescribed under such pro-
vision, relating to methods of— 
(A) determining requirements for oper-
ational assignment stability; and 
(B) establishing programs to achieve great-
er stability when operational requirements so 
dictate. 
(c) WAIVER OF OTHERWISE APPLICABLE LAWS.— 
Except as provided in subsection (a), a provision of title 
10 or title 37, United States Code, may not be waived 
with respect to, or otherwise determined to be inapplicable 
to, a program developed under subsection (a) without the 
approval of the Secretary of Defense. 
(d) NOTICE AND WAIT REQUIREMENT.—A program 
initiated under subsection (a) may not be implemented 
until— 
(1) the Secretary of the Defense submits to 
Congress— 
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(A) a description of the program, including 
the purpose and the expected benefit to the 
Government; 
(B) a description of the provisions of titles 
10, or 37, United States Code, from which the 
program would require a waiver, and the ration-
ale to support the waiver; 
(C) a statement of the anticipated out-
comes as a result of implementing the program; 
and 
(D) the method to be used to evaluate the 
effectiveness of the program. 
(e) DURATION OF DEVELOPED PROGRAM.—A pro-
gram developed under subsection (a) may be provided for 
not longer than a three-year period beginning on the im-
plementation date, except that the Secretary of Defense 
may extend the period if the Secretary determines that 
additional time is needed to fully evaluate the effectiveness 
of the program. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to 
Congress an annual report on the program provided 
under subsection (a) during the preceding year, in-
cluding— 
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(A) a description of any programs devel-
oped and fielded under subsection (a) during 
that fiscal year; and 
(B) an assessment of the impact of the 
programs on the effectiveness and efficiency in 
achieving the United States mission in Afghani-
stan. 
(g) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—Subject to sub-
section (e), the authority to carry out a program under 
this section expires on December 31, 2012. 
Subtitle C—Travel and 
Transportation Allowances 
SEC. 631. TRANSPORTATION OF ADDITIONAL MOTOR VEHI-
CLE OF MEMBERS ON CHANGE OF PERMA-
NENT STATION TO OR FROM NONFOREIGN 
AREAS OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT ADDITIONAL MOTOR 
VEHICLE.—Subsection (a) of section 2634 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking the sentence following paragraph 
(4); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D), re-
spectively; 
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(3) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) One additional motor vehicle of a member (or 
a dependent of the member) may be transported as pro-
vided in paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) the member is ordered to make a change 
of permanent station to or from a nonforeign area 
outside the continental United States and the mem-
ber has at least one dependent of driving age who 
will use the motor vehicle; or 
‘‘(B) the Secretary concerned determines that a 
replacement for the motor vehicle transported under 
paragraph (1) is necessary for reasons beyond the 
control of the member and is in the interest of the 
United States and the Secretary approves the trans-
portation in advance.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such subsection is further amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘his dependents’’ and inserting 
‘‘a dependent of the member’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem-
ber’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘his)’’ and inserting ‘‘the mem-
ber)’’; 
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(4) by striking ‘‘his new’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
member’s new’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (1)(C), as redesignated by 
subsection (a), by striking ‘‘clauses (1) and (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (2)(A) of sub-
section (a) of section 2634 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a)(4), shall apply with respect to 
orders issued on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act for members of the Armed Forces to make a change 
of permanent station to or from nonforeign areas outside 
the continental United States. 
SEC. 632. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES 
FOR DESIGNATED INDIVIDUALS OF WOUND-
ED, ILL, OR INJURED MEMBERS FOR DURA-
TION OF INPATIENT TREATMENT. 
(a) AUTHORITY
TO PROVIDE TRAVEL
TO DES-
IGNATED INDIVIDUALS.—Subsection (a) of section 411h 
of title 37, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘family members of a 
member described in paragraph (2)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘individuals who, with respect to a member 
described in paragraph (2), are designated indi-
viduals for that member’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘that the presence of the 
family member’’ and inserting ‘‘that the pres-
ence of the designated individual’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘of family members’’ and 
inserting ‘‘of designated individuals’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) In the case of a designated individual who is also 
a member of the uniformed services, that member may be 
provided travel and transportation under this section in 
the same manner as a designated individual who is not 
a member.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF DESIGNATED INDIVIDUAL.— 
Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking 
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) In this section, the term ‘designated individual’, 
with respect to a member, means— 
‘‘(A) an individual designated by the member 
for the purposes of this section; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a member who has not 
made a designation under subparagraph (A) and, as 
determined by the attending physician or surgeon, is 
not able to make such a designation, an individual 
who, as designated by the attending physician or 
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surgeon and the commander or head of the military 
medical facility exercising control over the member, 
is someone with a personal relationship to the mem-
ber whose presence would aid and support the health 
and welfare of the member during the duration of 
the member’s inpatient treatment. 
‘‘(2) The designation of an individual as a designated 
individual for purposes of this section may be changed at 
any time.’’. 
(c) COVERAGE OF MEMBERS HOSPITALIZED OUT-
SIDE THE UNITED STATES WHO WERE WOUNDED OR IN-
JURED IN A COMBAT OPERATION OR COMBAT ZONE.— 
(1) COVERAGE FOR HOSPITALIZATION OUTSIDE 
THE UNITED STATES.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
(a)(2) of such section is amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘in or outside 
the United States’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘in the 
United States’’. 
(2) CLARIFICATION OF MEMBERS COVERED.— 
Such subparagraph is further amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘seriously 
wounded,’’ after ‘‘(i) is’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘an injury’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a wound or an injury’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘that injury’’ and in-
serting ‘‘that wound or injury’’. 
(d) FREQUENCY OF AUTHORIZED TRAVEL.—Para-
graph (3) of subsection (a) of such section is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(3)(A) Not more than a total of three round trips 
may be provided under paragraph (1) in any 60-day period 
at Government expense to the individuals who are the des-
ignated individuals of a member during that period. 
‘‘(B) If the Secretary concerned has waived the limi-
tation in paragraph (1) on the number of designated indi-
viduals for a member, then for any 60-day period during 
which the waiver is in effect, the limitation in subpara-
graph (A) shall be adjusted accordingly. 
‘‘(C) During any period during which there is in ef-
fect a non-medical attendant designation for a member, 
not more than a total of two round trips may be provided 
under paragraph (1) in any 60-day period at Government 
expense until a non-medical attendant is no longer des-
ignated or that designation transfers to another indi-
vidual, in which case during the transfer period three 
round trips may be provided.’’. 
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(e) STYLISTIC AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘TRAVEL 
AND
TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORIZED.—’’ 
after 
‘‘(a)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘DEFINI-
TIONS.—’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘ROUND TRIP TRANSPOR-
TATION AND PER DIEM ALLOWANCE.—’’ after 
‘‘(c)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘family 
member’’ and inserting ‘‘designated individual’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘METHOD OF 
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 411h. Travel and transportation allowances: trans-
portation of designated individuals inci-
dent to hospitalization of members for 
treatment of wounds, illness, or injury’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amend-
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ed by striking the item relating to section 411h and 
inserting the following new item: 
‘‘411h. Travel and transportation allowances: transportation of designated indi-
viduals incident to hospitalization of members for treatment of 
wounds, illness, or injury.’’. 
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO WOUNDED WAR-
RIOR ACT.—Paragraph (4) of section 1602 of the Wound-
ed Warrior Act (title XVI of Public Law 110–181; 10 
U.S.C. 1071 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE
FAMILY
MEMBER.—(A) The 
term ‘eligible family member’ means a family mem-
ber who is on invitational travel orders or serving as 
a non-medical attendee while caring for a recovering 
service member for more than 45 days during a one- 
year period. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
term ‘family member’, with respect to a recovering 
service member, means the following: 
‘‘(i) The member’s spouse. 
‘‘(ii) Children of the member (including 
stepchildren, adopted children, and illegitimate 
children). 
‘‘(iii) Parents of the member or persons in 
loco parentis to the member, including fathers 
and mothers through adoption and persons who 
stood in loco parentis to the member for a pe-
riod not less than 1 year immediately before the 
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member entered the uniformed service, except 
that only one father and one mother or their 
counterparts in loco parentis may be recognized 
in any one case. 
‘‘(iv) Siblings of the member. Such term 
includes a person related to the member as de-
scribed in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) who is 
also a member of the uniformed services.’’. 
(h) APPLICABILITY
OF AMENDMENTS.—No reim-
bursement may be provided under section 411h of title 37, 
United States Code, by reason of the amendments made 
by this section for travel and transportation costs incurred 
before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 633. AUTHORIZED TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION AL-
LOWANCES FOR NON-MEDICAL ATTENDANTS 
FOR 
VERY 
SERIOUSLY 
AND 
SERIOUSLY 
WOUNDED, ILL, OR INJURED MEMBERS. 
(a) PAYMENT OF TRAVEL COSTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
411j the following new section: 
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‘‘§ 411k. Travel and transportation allowances: non- 
medical attendants for members who are 
determined to be very seriously or seri-
ously wounded, ill, or injured 
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE FOR NON-MEDICAL ATTENDANT.— 
(1) Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secre-
taries concerned, travel and transportation described in 
subsection (d) may be provided for a qualified non-medical 
attendant for a covered member of the uniformed services 
described in subsection (c) if the attending physician or 
surgeon and the commander or head of the military med-
ical facility exercising control over the member determine 
that the presence of such an attendant may contribute to 
the member’s health and welfare. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED NON-MEDICAL ATTENDANT.—For 
purposes of this section, a qualified non-medical attend-
ant, with respect to a covered member, is an individual 
who— 
‘‘(1) is designated by the member to be a non- 
medical attendant for the member for purposes of 
this section; and 
‘‘(2) is determined by the attending physician 
or surgeon and the commander or head of the mili-
tary medical facility to be appropriate to serve as a 
non-medical attendant for the member and whose 
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presence may contribute to the health and welfare of 
the member. 
‘‘(c) COVERED MEMBERS.—A member of the uni-
formed services covered by this section is a member who— 
‘‘(1) as a result of a wound, illness, or injury, 
has been determined by the attending physician or 
surgeon to be in the category known as ‘very seri-
ously wounded, ill, or injured’ or ‘seriously wounded, 
ill, or injured’; and 
‘‘(2) is hospitalized for treatment of the wound, 
illness, or injury or requires continuing outpatient 
treatment for the wound, illness, or injury. 
‘‘(d) 
AUTHORIZED
TRAVEL
AND
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—(1) The transportation authorized by subsection 
(a) for a qualified non-medical attendant for a member 
is round-trip transportation between the home of the at-
tendant and the location at which the member is receiving 
treatment and may include transportation, while accom-
panying the member, to any other location to which the 
member is subsequently transferred for further treatment. 
A designated non-medical attendant under this section 
may not also be a designated individual for travel and 
transportation allowances section 411h(a) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The transportation authorized by subsection (a) 
includes any travel necessary to obtain treatment for the 
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member at the location to which the member is perma-
nently assigned. 
‘‘(3) In addition to the transportation authorized by 
subsection (a), the Secretary concerned may provide a per 
diem allowance or reimbursement for the actual and nec-
essary expenses of the travel, or a combination thereof, 
but not to exceed the rates established under section 
404(d) of this title. 
‘‘(4) The transportation authorized by subsection (a) 
may be provided by any of the following means: 
‘‘(A) Transportation in-kind. 
‘‘(B) A monetary allowance in place of trans-
portation in-kind at a rate to be prescribed by the 
Secretaries concerned. 
‘‘(C) Reimbursement for the commercial cost of 
transportation. 
‘‘(5) An allowance payable under this subsection may 
be paid in advance. 
‘‘(6) Reimbursement payable under this subsection 
may not exceed the cost of Government-procured commer-
cial round-trip air travel.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 411j 
the following new item: 
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‘‘411k. Travel and transportation allowances: non-medical attendants for mem-
bers determined to be very seriously or seriously wounded, ill, 
or injured.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—No reimbursement may be pro-
vided under section 411k of title 37, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), for travel and transportation 
costs incurred before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 634. INCREASED WEIGHT ALLOWANCE FOR TRANS-
PORTATION OF BAGGAGE AND HOUSEHOLD 
EFFECTS FOR CERTAIN ENLISTED MEMBERS. 
(a) ALLOWANCE.—The table in section 406(b)(1)(C) 
of title 37, United States Code, is amended by striking 
the items relating to pay grades E–5 through E–9 and 
inserting the following new items: 
Pay Grade 
Without Dependents 
With Dependents 
‘‘E–9 
13,500 
15,500 
E–8 
12,500 
14,500 
E–7 
11,500 
13,500 
E–6 
8,500 
11,500 
E–5 
7,500 
9,500’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2009. 
(c) FUNDING SOURCE.—Of the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for mili-
tary personnel accounts for fiscal year 2010, not more 
than $31,000,000 shall be available to cover the additional 
costs incurred to implement the amendment made by sub-
section (a). 
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Subtitle D—Retired Pay and 
Survivor Benefits 
SEC. 641. RECOMPUTATION OF RETIRED PAY AND ADJUST-
MENT OF RETIRED GRADE OF RESERVE RE-
TIREES TO REFLECT SERVICE AFTER RE-
TIREMENT. 
(a) RECOMPUTATION
OF RETIRED PAY.—Section 
12739 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e)(1) If a member of the Retired Reserve is recalled 
to an active status in the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
Reserve under section 10145(d) of this title and completes 
not less than two years of service in such active status, 
the member is entitled to the recomputation under this 
section of the retired pay of the member. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may reduce the two- 
year service requirement specified in paragraph (1) in the 
case of a member who— 
‘‘(A) is recalled to serve in a position of adju-
tant general required under section 314 of title 32 
or in a position of assistant adjutant general subor-
dinate to such a position of adjutant general; 
‘‘(B) completes at least 6 months of service in 
such position; and 
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‘‘(C) fails to complete the minimum two years 
of service solely because the appointment of the 
member to such position is terminated or vacated as 
described in section 324(b) of title 32.’’. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF RETIRED GRADE.—Section 
12771 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Unless’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
GRADE ON TRANSFER.—Unless’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT RECALL TO ACTIVE 
STATUS.—(1) If a member of the Retired Reserve who 
is a commissioned officer is recalled to an active status 
in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve under sec-
tion 10145(d) of this title and completes not less than two 
years of service in such active status, the member is enti-
tled to an adjustment in the retired grade of the member 
in the manner provided in section 1370(d) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may reduce the two- 
year service requirement specified in paragraph (1) in the 
case of a member who— 
‘‘(A) is recalled to serve in a position of adju-
tant general required under section 314 of title 32 
or in a position of assistant adjutant general subor-
dinate to such a position of adjutant general; 
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‘‘(B) completes at least 6 months of service in 
such position; and 
‘‘(C) fails to complete the minimum two years 
of service solely because the appointment of the 
member to such position is terminated or vacated as 
described in section 324(b) of title 32.’’. 
(c) RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect as of January 
1, 2008. 
SEC. 642. ELECTION TO RECEIVE RETIRED PAY FOR NON- 
REGULAR SERVICE UPON RETIREMENT FOR 
SERVICE IN AN ACTIVE RESERVE STATUS 
PERFORMED AFTER ATTAINING ELIGIBILITY 
FOR REGULAR RETIREMENT. 
(a) ELECTION AUTHORITY; REQUIREMENTS.—Sub-
section (a) of section 12741 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ELECT TO RECEIVE RESERVE 
RETIRED PAY.—(1) Notwithstanding the requirement in 
paragraph (4) of section 12731(a) of this title that a per-
son may not receive retired pay under this chapter when 
the person is entitled, under any other provision of law, 
to retired pay or retainer pay, a person may elect to re-
ceive retired pay under this chapter, instead of receiving 
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retired or retainer pay under chapter 65, 367, 571, or 867 
of this title, if the person— 
‘‘(A) satisfies the requirements specified in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) of such section for entitle-
ment to retired pay under this chapter; 
‘‘(B) served in an active status in the Selected 
Reserve of the Ready Reserve after becoming eligible 
for retirement under chapter 65, 367, 571, or 867 
of this title (without regard to whether the person 
actually retired or received retired or retainer pay 
under one of those chapters); and 
‘‘(C) completed not less than two years of satis-
factory service (as determined by the Secretary con-
cerned) in such active status (excluding any period 
of active service). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may reduce the min-
imum two-year service requirement specified in paragraph 
(1)(C) in the case of a person who— 
‘‘(A) completed at least 6 months of service in 
a position of adjutant general required under section 
314 of title 32 or in a position of assistant adjutant 
general subordinate to such a position of adjutant 
general; and 
‘‘(B) failed to complete the minimum years of 
service solely because the appointment of the person 
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to such position was terminated or vacated as de-
scribed in section 324(b) of title 32.’’. 
(b) ACTIONS
TO EFFECTUATE ELECTION.—Sub-
section (b) of such section is amended by striking para-
graph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) terminate the eligibility of the person to 
retire under chapter 65, 367, 571, or 867 of this 
title, if the person is not already retired under one 
of those chapters, and terminate entitlement of the 
person to retired or retainer pay under one of those 
chapters, if the person was already receiving retired 
or retainer pay under one of those chapters; and’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO REFLECT NEW 
VARIABLE AGE REQUIREMENT FOR RETIREMENT.—Sub-
section (d) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘attains 60 
years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘attains the eligibility 
age applicable to the person under section 12731(f) 
of this title’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘attains 60 
years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘attains the eligibility 
age applicable to the person under such section’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading for sec-
tion 12741 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘§ 12741. Retirement for service in an active status 
performed in the Selected Reserve of the 
Ready Reserve after eligibility for reg-
ular retirement’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 1223 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
12741 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘12741. Retirement for service in an active status performed in the Selected Re-
serve of the Ready Reserve after eligibility for regular retire-
ment.’’. 
(e) RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect as of January 
1, 2008. 
Subtitle E—Commissary and Non-
appropriated Fund Instrumen-
tality Benefits and Operations 
SEC. 651. ADDITIONAL EXCEPTION TO LIMITATION ON USE 
OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE GOLF COURSES. 
Section 2491a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) of sub-
section (b) as subsection (c) and, in such subsection 
(as so redesignated)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘REGULATIONS.—’’ before 
‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) of sub-
section (b) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Subsection (a) does not apply to the purchase, 
operation, or maintenance of equipment intended to en-
sure compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 652. LIMITATION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENTI-
TIES OFFERING PERSONAL INFORMATION 
SERVICES TO MEMBERS AND THEIR DEPEND-
ENTS. 
(a) IMPOSITION OF LIMITATION.—Subchapter III of 
chapter 147 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 2492 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2492a. Limitation on Department of Defense enti-
ties competing with private sector in of-
fering personal information services 
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding section 2492 of 
this title, the Secretary of Defense may not authorize a 
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Department of Defense entity to offer or provide personal 
information services using Department resources, per-
sonnel, or equipment, or compete for contracts to provide 
such personal information services, if users will be charged 
a fee for the personal information services to recover the 
cost incurred to provide the services or to earn a profit. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if 
the Secretary of Defense determines that— 
‘‘(1) a private sector vendor is not available to 
provide the personal information services at specific 
locations; or 
‘‘(2) the interests of the user population would 
be best served by allowing the Government to pro-
vide such services. 
‘‘(c) 
PERSONAL
INFORMATION
SERVICES
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘personal information 
services’ means the provision of Internet, telephone, or tel-
evision services to consumers.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such subchapter is amended by insert-
ing after section 2492 the following new item: 
‘‘2492a. Limitation on Department of Defense entities competing with private 
sector in offering personal information services.’’. 
(c) EFFECT
ON EXISTING CONTRACTS.—Section 
2492a of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a), does not affect the validity or terms of any 
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contract for the provision of personal information services 
entered into before the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 653. REPORT ON IMPACT OF PURCHASING FROM 
LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS ALL ALCOHOLIC BEV-
ERAGES FOR RESALE ON MILITARY INSTAL-
LATIONS ON GUAM. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report evaluating the impact of reimposing the require-
ment, effective for fiscal year 2008 pursuant to section 
8073 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2008 (division A of Public Law 110–116; 121 Stat. 1331) 
but not extended for fiscal year 2009, that all alcoholic 
beverages intended for resale on military installations on 
Guam be purchased from local sources. 
(b) EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS.—As part of the 
report, the Comptroller General shall specifically evaluate 
the following: 
(1) The rationale for and validity of the con-
cerns of nonappropriated funds activities over the 
one-year imposition of the local-purchase require-
ment and the impact the requirement had on alcohol 
resale prices. 
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(2) The justification for the increase in the 
price of alcoholic beverages for resale on military in-
stallations on Guam. 
(3) The actions of the nonappropriated fund ac-
tivities in complying with the local purchase require-
ments for resale of alcoholic beverages and their 
purchase of such affected products before and after 
the effective date of provision of law referred to in 
subsection (a). 
(4) The potential cost savings in transportation 
costs, including use of second destination transpor-
tation funds, accruing from the purchase of alcoholic 
beverages from local distributors on Guam. 
(5) The ability of local distributors on Guam to 
meet demands for stocks of certain alcoholic bev-
erages in the event that the local purchase require-
ment became permanent for Guam. 
(6) The consistency in application of the alcohol 
resale requirement for nonappropriated fund activi-
ties on military installations with regards to Depart-
ment of Defense Instruction 1330.09 (or any suc-
cessor to that instruction) and the methods used to 
determine the resale price of alcoholic beverages. 
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Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 661. LIMITATIONS ON COLLECTION OF OVERPAY-
MENTS OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES ERRO-
NEOUSLY PAID TO MEMBERS. 
(a) MAXIMUM MONTHLY PERCENTAGE
OF MEM-
BER’S PAY AUTHORIZED FOR DEDUCTION.—Paragraph 
(3) of subsection (c) of section 1007 of title 37, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘20 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘10 percent’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION REGARDING DEDUCTION OR RE-
PAYMENT TERMS.—Such paragraph is further amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) In all cases described in subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary concerned shall consult with the member regard-
ing the repayment rate to be imposed under such subpara-
graph to recover the indebtedness, taking into account the 
financial ability of the member to pay and avoiding the 
imposition of an undue hardship on the member and the 
member’s dependents.’’. 
(c) DELAY
IN INSTITUTING COLLECTIONS FROM 
WOUNDED OR INJURED MEMBERS.—Paragraph (4) of 
such subsection is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(4)(A) If a member of the uniformed services, while 
in the line of duty, is injured or wounded by hostile fire, 
explosion of a hostile mine, or any other hostile action, 
or otherwise incurs a wound, injury, or illness in a combat 
operation or combat zone designated by the President or 
the Secretary of Defense, any overpayment of pay or al-
lowances made to the member while the member recovers 
from the wound, injury, or illness may not be deducted 
from the member’s pay until— 
‘‘(i) the member is notified of the overpayment; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the later of the following occurs: 
‘‘(I) The end of the 180-day period begin-
ning on the date of the completion of the tour 
of duty of the member in the combat operation 
or combat zone. 
‘‘(II) The end of the 90-day period begin-
ning on the date of the reassignment of the 
member from a military treatment facility or 
other medical unit outside of the theater of op-
erations. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the mem-
ber, after receiving notification of the overpayment, re-
quests or consents to initiation at an earlier date of the 
collection of the overpayment of the pay or allowances.’’. 
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(d) FIVE-YEAR DEADLINE
ON SEEKING REPAY-
MENT.—Such subsection is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) The Secretary concerned may not deduct from 
the pay of a member of the uniformed services or other-
wise recover, seek to recover, or assist in the recovery from 
a member or former member any overpayment of pay or 
allowances made to the member through no fault of the 
member unless the Secretary notifies the member of the 
indebtedness before the end of the five-year period begin-
ning on the date on which the overpayment was made. 
If the notice is not provided before the end of such period, 
the Secretary concerned shall cancel the indebtedness of 
the member to the United States.’’. 
(e) EXPANDED DISCRETION REGARDING REMISSION 
OR CANCELLATION OF INDEBTEDNESS.— 
(1) ARMY.—Section 4837(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘, but only if 
the Secretary considers such action to be in the best 
interest of the United States.’’ and inserting ‘‘if the 
Secretary determines that the person— 
‘‘(1) relies on social security benefits or dis-
ability compensation under this title or title 38 (or 
a combination thereof) for more than half of the per-
son’s annual income; or 
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‘‘(2) would suffer an undue hardship in repay-
ing the indebtedness.’’. 
(2) NAVAL SERVICE.—Section 6161(a) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘, but only if the Sec-
retary considers such action to be in the best inter-
est of the United States.’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Sec-
retary determines that the person— 
‘‘(1) relies on social security benefits or dis-
ability compensation under this title or title 38 (or 
a combination thereof) for more than half of the per-
son’s annual income; or 
‘‘(2) would suffer an undue hardship in repay-
ing the indebtedness.’’. 
(3) AIR FORCE.—Section 9837(a) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘, but only if the Secretary 
considers such action to be in the best interest of the 
United States.’’ and inserting ‘‘if the Secretary de-
termines that the person— 
‘‘(1) relies on social security benefits or dis-
ability compensation under this title or title 38 (or 
a combination thereof) for more than half of the per-
son’s annual income; or 
‘‘(2) would suffer an undue hardship in repay-
ing the indebtedness.’’. 
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply only with respect to an overpay-
ment of pay or allowances made to a member of the uni-
formed services after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 662. ARMY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RE-
CRUITMENT INCENTIVES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (i) of 
section 681 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3321) 
is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘December 31, 2012’’. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF AUTHORITY.—Sub-
section (e) of such section is amended by inserting ‘‘at 
the same time’’ after ‘‘provided’’. 
SEC. 663. BENEFITS UNDER POST-DEPLOYMENT/MOBILIZA-
TION RESPITE ABSENCE PROGRAM FOR CER-
TAIN PERIODS BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary concerned may 
provide any member or former member of the Armed 
Forces with the benefits specified in subsection (b) if the 
member or former member would, on any day during the 
period beginning on January 19, 2007, and ending on the 
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date of the implementation of the Post-Deployment/Mobi-
lization Respite Absence (PDMRA) program by the Sec-
retary concerned, have qualified for a day of administra-
tive absence under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Res-
pite Absence program had the program been in effect dur-
ing such period. 
(b) BENEFITS.—The benefits authorized under this 
section are the following: 
(1) In the case of an individual who is a former 
member of the Armed Forces at the time of the pro-
vision of benefits under this section, payment of an 
amount not to exceed $200 for each day the indi-
vidual would have qualified for a day of administra-
tive absence as described in subsection (a) during 
the period specified in that subsection. 
(2) In the case of an individual who is a mem-
ber of the Armed Forces at the time of the provision 
of benefits under this section, either one day of ad-
ministrative absence or payment of an amount not 
to exceed $200, as selected by the Secretary con-
cerned, for each day the individual would have quali-
fied for a day of administrative absence as described 
in subsection (a) during the period specified in that 
subsection. 
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(c) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN FORMER MEMBERS.— 
A former member of the Armed Forces is not eligible 
under this section for the benefits specified in subsection 
(b)(1) if the former member was discharged or released 
from the Armed Forces under other than honorable condi-
tions. 
(d) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS OF BENEFITS.— 
Not more than 40 days of benefits may be provided to 
a member or former member of the Armed Forces under 
this section. 
(e) FORM OF PAYMENT.—The paid benefits author-
ized under this section may be paid in a lump sum or in-
stallments, at the election of the Secretary concerned. 
(f) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER PAY AND LEAVE.— 
The benefits provided a member or former member of the 
Armed Forces under this section are in addition to any 
other pay, absence, or leave provided by law. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘Post-Deployment/Mobilization 
Respite Absence program’’ means the program of a 
military department to provide days of administra-
tive absence not chargeable against available leave to 
certain deployed or mobilized members of the Armed 
Forces in order to assist such members in reinte-
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grating into civilian life after deployment or mobili-
zation. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(5) of title 
37, United States Code. 
(h) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The authority to provide 
benefits under this section shall expire on the date 
that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Expiration under this 
subsection of the authority to provide benefits under 
this section shall not affect the utilization of any day 
of administrative absence provided a member of the 
Armed Forces under subsection (b)(2), or the pay-
ment of any payment authorized a member or 
former member of the Armed Forces under sub-
section (b), before the expiration of the authority in 
this section. 
SEC. 664. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SUPPORT FOR 
COMPENSATION, RETIREMENT, AND OTHER 
MILITARY PERSONNEL PROGRAMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that members of the 
Armed Forces and their families and military retirees de-
serve ongoing recognition and support for their service and 
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sacrifices on behalf of the United States, and Congress 
will continue to be vigilant in identifying appropriate di-
rect spending offsets that can be used to address short-
coming within those military personnel programs that 
incur mandatory spending obligations. 
SEC. 665. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON COST TO 
CITIES AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT 
COVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN EM-
PLOYEE’S MILITARY SALARY AND MUNICIPAL 
SALARY. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
to Congress a report on the costs incurred by cities and 
other municipalities that elect to cover the difference be-
tween— 
(1) an employee’s military salary when that em-
ployee is a member of a reserve component and 
called or ordered to active duty; and 
(2) the municipal salary of the employee. 
SEC. 666. POSTAL BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR SENDING FREE 
MAIL TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
SERVING 
IN 
CERTAIN 
OVERSEAS 
OPER-
ATIONS AND HOSPITALIZED MEMBERS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF POSTAL BENEFITS.—The Sec-
retary of Defense, in consultation with the United States 
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Postal Service, shall provide for a program under which 
postal benefits are provided during fiscal year 2010 to 
qualified individuals in accordance with this section. 
(b) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means a member of the Armed 
Forces described in subsection (a)(1) of section 3401 of 
title 39, United States Code, who is entitled to free mail-
ing privileges under such section. 
(c) POSTAL BENEFITS DESCRIBED.— 
(1) VOUCHERS.—The postal benefits provided 
under the program shall consist of such coupons or 
other similar evidence of credit (in this section re-
ferred to as a ‘‘voucher’’) to permit a person pos-
sessing the voucher to make a qualified mailing to 
any qualified individual without charge using the 
Postal Service. The vouchers may be in printed, elec-
tronic, or such other format as the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Postal Service, shall 
determine to be appropriate. 
(2) QUALIFIED MAILING.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘qualified mailing’’ means the mailing of a sin-
gle mail piece which— 
(A) is first-class mail (including any 
sound- or video-recorded communication) not 
exceeding 13 ounces in weight and having the 
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character of personal correspondence or parcel 
post not exceeding 15 pounds in weight; 
(B) is sent from within an area served by 
a United States post office; and 
(C) is addressed to any qualified indi-
vidual. 
(3) 
COORDINATION
RULE.—Postal 
benefits 
under the program are in addition to, and not in lieu 
of, any reduced rates of postage or other similar 
benefits which might otherwise be available by or 
under law, including any rates of postage resulting 
from the application of section 3401(b) of title 39, 
United States Code. 
(d) NUMBER
OF VOUCHERS.—A member of the 
Armed Forces shall be eligible for one voucher for every 
month (or part of a month) during fiscal year 2010 in 
which the member is a qualified individual. Subject to sub-
section (f)(2), a voucher earned during fiscal year 2010 
may be used after the end of such fiscal year. 
(e) TRANSFER
OF VOUCHERS.—A qualified indi-
vidual may transfer a voucher to a member of the family 
of the qualified individual, a nonprofit organization, or any 
other person selected by the qualified individual for use 
to send qualified mailings to the qualified individual or 
other qualified individuals. 
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(f) LIMITATIONS ON USE; DURATION.—A voucher 
may not be used— 
(1) for more than one qualified mailing, wheth-
er that mailing is a first-class letter or a parcel; or 
(2) after the expiration date of the voucher, as 
designated by the Secretary of Defense. 
(g) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
(in consultation with the Postal Service) shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the pro-
gram, including— 
(1) procedures by which vouchers will be pro-
vided or made available in timely manner to quali-
fied individuals; and 
(2) procedures to ensure that the number of 
vouchers provided or made available with respect to 
any qualified individual complies with subsection (d). 
(h) TRANSFERS OF FUNDS TO POSTAL SERVICE.— 
(1) BASED ON ESTIMATES.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall transfer to the Postal Service, out of 
amounts available to carry out the program and in 
advance of each calendar quarter during which post-
al benefits may be used under the program, an 
amount equal to the amount of postal benefits that 
the Secretary estimates will be used during such 
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quarter, reduced or increased (as the case may be) 
by any amounts by which the Secretary finds that 
a determination under this subsection for a prior 
quarter was greater than or less than the amount fi-
nally determined for such quarter. 
(2) BASED
ON
FINAL
DETERMINATION.—A 
final determination of the amount necessary to cor-
rect any previous determination under this section, 
and any transfer of amounts between the Postal 
Service and the Department of Defense based on 
that final determination, shall be made not later 
than 6 months after the expiration date of the final 
vouchers issued under the program. 
(3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—All estimates 
and determinations under this subsection of the 
amount of postal benefits under the program used in 
any period shall be made by the Secretary of De-
fense in consultation with the Postal Service. 
(i) FUNDING.— 
(1) FUNDING
SOURCE
AND
LIMITATION.—In 
addition to the amounts authorized to be appro-
priated in section 301(1) for operation and mainte-
nance for Army for fiscal year 2010, $50,000,000 is 
authorized to be appropriated for postal benefits 
provided in the this section. 
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(2) OFFSETTING REDUCTION.—Funds author-
ized to be appropriated in section 301 in fiscal year 
2010 for operation and maintenance are reduced as 
follows: 
(A) For operation and maintenance for the 
Army, Army Claims is reduced by $10,000,000. 
(B) For operation and maintenance for the 
Navy, System-Wide Navy Communications is 
reduced by $10,000,000. 
(C) For operation and maintenance for the 
Air Force, System-Wide Air Force Communica-
tions is reduced by $30,000,000. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Improvements to Health Benefits 
Sec. 701. Prohibition on conversion of military medical and dental positions to 
civilian medical and dental positions. 
Sec. 702. Chiropractic health care for members on active duty. 
Sec. 703. Expansion of survivor eligibility under TRICARE dental program. 
Sec. 704. TRICARE standard coverage for certain members of the Retired Re-
serve who are qualified for a non-regular retirement but are 
not yet age 60. 
Sec. 705. Cooperative health care agreements between military installations and 
non-military health care systems. 
Sec. 706. Health care for members of the reserve components. 
Sec. 707. National casualty care research center. 
Subtitle B—Reports 
Sec. 711. Report on post-traumatic stress disorder efforts. 
Sec. 712. Report on the feasibility of TRICARE Prime in certain common-
wealths and territories of the United States. 
Sec. 713. Report on the health care needs of military family members. 
Sec. 714. Report on stipends for members of reserve components for health 
care for certain dependents. 
Sec. 715. Report on the required number of military mental health providers. 
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Subtitle A—Improvements to 
Health Benefits 
SEC. 701. PROHIBITION ON CONVERSION OF MILITARY 
MEDICAL AND DENTAL POSITIONS TO CIVIL-
IAN MEDICAL AND DENTAL POSITIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of a military de-
partment may not convert any military medical or dental 
position to a civilian medical or dental position on or after 
October 1, 2007. 
(b) RESTORATION OF CERTAIN POSITIONS TO MILI-
TARY POSITIONS.—In the case of any military medical or 
dental position that is converted to a civilian medical or 
dental position during the period beginning on October 1, 
2004, and ending on September 30, 2008, if the position 
is not filled by a civilian by September 30, 2008, the Sec-
retary of the military department concerned shall restore 
the position to a military medical or dental position that 
may be filled only by a member of the Armed Forces who 
is a health professional. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘military medical or dental posi-
tion’’ means a position for the performance of health 
care functions (or coded to work within a military 
treatment facility) within the Armed Forces held by 
a member of the Armed Forces. 
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(2) The term ‘‘civilian medical or dental posi-
tion’’ means a position for the performance of health 
care functions within the Department of Defense 
held by an employee of the Department or of a con-
tractor of the Department. 
(3) The term ‘‘conversion’’, with respect to a 
military medical or dental position, means a change 
of the position to a civilian medical or dental posi-
tion, effective as of the date of the manning author-
ization document of the military department making 
the change (through a change in designation from 
military to civilian in the document, the elimination 
of the listing of the position as a military position 
in the document, or through any other means indi-
cating the change in the document or otherwise). 
(d) REPEAL.—Section 721 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110– 
181; 122 Stat. 198; 10 U.S.C. 129c note) is repealed. 
SEC. 702. CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH CARE FOR MEMBERS ON 
ACTIVE DUTY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE.—Sub-
ject to such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may 
prescribe, the Secretary shall provide chiropractic services 
for members of the uniformed services who are entitled 
to care under section 1074(a) of title 10, United States 
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Code. Such chiropractic services may be provided only by 
a doctor of chiropractic. 
(b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—The Secretary of 
Defense may conduct one or more demonstration projects 
to provide chiropractic services to deployed members of the 
uniformed services. Such chiropractic services may be pro-
vided only by a doctor of chiropractic. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘chiropractic services’’— 
(A) includes diagnosis (including by diag-
nostic X-ray tests), evaluation and manage-
ment, and therapeutic services for the treat-
ment of a patient’s health condition, including 
neuromusculoskeletal conditions and the sub-
luxation complex, and such other services deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary and as au-
thorized under State law; and 
(B) does not include the use of drugs or 
surgery. 
(2) The term ‘‘doctor of chiropractic’’ means 
only a doctor of chiropractic who is licensed as a 
doctor of chiropractic, chiropractic physician, or chi-
ropractor by a State, the District of Columbia, or a 
territory or possession of the United States. 
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SEC. 703. EXPANSION OF SURVIVOR ELIGIBILITY UNDER 
TRICARE DENTAL PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (3) of section 1076a(k) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) Such term does not include a dependent by rea-
son of paragraph (2) after the end of the three-year period 
beginning on the date of the member’s death, except that, 
in the case of a dependent of the deceased who is described 
by subparagraph (D) or (I) of section 1072(2) of this title, 
the period of continued eligibility shall be the longer of 
the following periods beginning on such date: 
‘‘(A) Three years. 
‘‘(B) The period ending on the date on which 
such dependent attains 21 years of age. 
‘‘(C) In the case of such dependent who, at 21 
years of age, is enrolled in a full-time course of 
study in a secondary school or in a full-time course 
of study in an institution of higher education ap-
proved by the administering Secretary and was, at 
the time of the member’s death, in fact dependent 
on the member for over one-half of such dependent’s 
support, the period ending on the earlier of the fol-
lowing dates: 
‘‘(i) The date on which such dependent 
ceases to pursue such a course of study, as de-
termined by the administering Secretary. 
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‘‘(ii) The date on which such dependent at-
tains 23 years of age.’’. 
SEC. 704. TRICARE STANDARD COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN 
MEMBERS OF THE RETIRED RESERVE WHO 
ARE QUALIFIED FOR A NON-REGULAR RE-
TIREMENT BUT ARE NOT YET AGE 60. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 55 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1076d 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1076e. TRICARE program: TRICARE standard cov-
erage for certain members of the Retired 
Reserve who are qualified for a non-reg-
ular retirement but are not yet age 60 
‘‘(a) ELIGIBILITY.—(1) Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a member of the Retired Reserve of a reserve 
component of the armed forces who is qualified for a non- 
regular retirement at age 60 under chapter 1223 of this 
title, but is not age 60, is eligible for health benefits under 
TRICARE Standard as provided in this section. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a member who 
is enrolled, or is eligible to enroll, in a health benefits plan 
under chapter 89 of title 5. 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY UPON OBTAIN-
ING OTHER TRICARE STANDARD COVERAGE.—Eligi-
bility for TRICARE Standard coverage of a member 
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under this section shall terminate upon the member be-
coming eligible for TRICARE Standard coverage at age 
60 under section 1086 of this title. 
‘‘(c) FAMILY MEMBERS.—While a member of a re-
serve component is covered by TRICARE Standard under 
this section, the members of the immediate family of such 
member are eligible for TRICARE Standard coverage as 
dependents of the member. If a member of a reserve com-
ponent dies while in a period of coverage under this sec-
tion, the eligibility of the members of the immediate family 
of such member for TRICARE Standard coverage under 
this section shall continue for the same period of time that 
would be provided under section 1086 of this title if the 
member had been eligible at the time of death for 
TRICARE Standard coverage under such section (instead 
of under this section). 
‘‘(d) PREMIUMS.—(1) A member of a reserve compo-
nent covered by TRICARE Standard under this section 
shall pay a premium for that coverage. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe for the 
purposes of this section one premium for TRICARE 
Standard coverage of members without dependents and 
one premium for TRICARE Standard coverage of mem-
bers with dependents referred to in subsection (f)(1). The 
premium prescribed for a coverage shall apply uniformly 
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to all covered members of the reserve components covered 
under this section. 
‘‘(3) The monthly amount of the premium in effect 
for a month for TRICARE Standard coverage under this 
section shall be the amount equal to the cost of coverage 
that the Secretary determines on an appropriate actuarial 
basis. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall prescribe the requirements 
and procedures applicable to the payment of premiums 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) Amounts collected as premiums under this sub-
section shall be credited to the appropriation available for 
the Defense Health Program Account under section 1100 
of this title, shall be merged with sums in such Account 
that are available for the fiscal year in which collected, 
and shall be available under subsection (b) of such section 
for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the other administering Secretaries, 
shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this 
section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘immediate family’, with respect 
to a member of a reserve component, means all of 
the member’s dependents described in subpara-
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graphs (A), (D), and (I) of section 1072(2) of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘TRICARE Standard’ means— 
‘‘(A) medical care to which a dependent 
described in section 1076(a)(2) of this title is 
entitled; and 
‘‘(B) health benefits contracted for under 
the authority of section 1079(a) of this title and 
subject to the same rates and conditions as 
apply to persons covered under that section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 1076d the following new 
item: 
‘‘1076e. TRICARE program: TRICARE standard coverage for certain members 
of the Retired Reserve who are qualified for a non-regular re-
tirement but are not yet age 60.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 1076e of title 10, 
United States Code, as inserted by subsection (a), shall 
apply to coverage for months beginning on or after Octo-
ber 1, 2009, or such earlier date as the Secretary of De-
fense may specify. 
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SEC. 705. COOPERATIVE HEALTH CARE AGREEMENTS BE-
TWEEN MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND NON- 
MILITARY HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may es-
tablish cooperative health care agreements between mili-
tary installations and local or regional health care systems. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing such agree-
ments, the Secretary shall— 
(1) consult with— 
(A) the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments; 
(B) representatives from the military in-
stallation selected for the agreement, including 
the TRICARE managed care support con-
tractor with responsibility for such installation; 
and 
(C) Federal, State, and local government 
officials; 
(2) identify and analyze health care services 
available in the area in which the military installa-
tion is located, including such services available at a 
military medical treatment facility or in the private 
sector (or a combination thereof); 
(3) determine the cost avoidance or savings re-
sulting from innovative partnerships between the 
Department of Defense and the private sector; and 
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(4) determine the opportunities for and barriers 
to coordinating and leveraging the use of existing 
health care resources, including such resources of 
Federal, State, local, and private entities. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 31 
of each year an agreement entered into under this section 
is in effect, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on each such agreement. 
Each report shall include, at a minimum, the following: 
(1) A description of the agreement. 
(2) Any cost avoidance, savings, or increases as 
a result of the agreement. 
(3) A recommendation for continuing or ending 
the agreement. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as authorizing the provision of 
health care services at military medical treatment facilities 
or other facilities of the Department of Defense to individ-
uals who are not otherwise entitled or eligible for such 
services under chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 706. HEALTH CARE FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE 
COMPONENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 1074 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(d)(1) For the purposes of this chapter, a member 
of a reserve component of the armed forces who is issued 
or covered by a delayed-effective-date active-duty order or 
an official notification shall be treated as being on active 
duty for a period of more than 30 days beginning on the 
later of the following dates: 
‘‘(A) The earlier of the date that is— 
‘‘(i) the date of the issuance of such order; 
or 
‘‘(ii) the date of the issuance of such offi-
cial notification. 
‘‘(B) The date that is 180 days before the date 
on which the period of active duty is to commence 
under such order or official notification for that 
member. 
‘‘(2) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘delayed-effective-date active- 
duty order’ means an order to active duty for a pe-
riod of more than 30 days in support of a contin-
gency operation under a provision of law referred to 
in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this title that provides 
for active-duty service to begin under such order on 
a date after the date of the issuance of the order. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘official notification’ means a 
memorandum from the Secretary concerned that no-
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tifies a unit or a member of a reserve component of 
the armed forces that such unit or member shall re-
ceive a delayed-effective-date active-duty order.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply with respect to a delayed-effective- 
date active-duty order or official notification issued on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 707. NATIONAL CASUALTY CARE RESEARCH CENTER. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Not later than October 1, 2010, 
the Secretary of Defense shall designate a center to be 
known as the ‘‘National Casualty Care Research Center’’ 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Center’’), which shall 
consist of the program known as combat casualty care of 
the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. 
(b) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary shall appoint a direc-
tor of the Center. 
(c) ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTER.—In addition to 
other functions performed by the combat casualty care 
program, the Center shall— 
(1) provide a public-private partnership for 
funding clinical trials and clinical research in combat 
injury; 
(2) integrate basic and clinical research from 
both military and civilian populations to accelerate 
improvements to trauma care; 
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(3) ensure that data from both military and ci-
vilian entities, including the Joint Theater Trauma 
Registry and the National Trauma Data Bank, are 
optimally used to establish research strategies and 
measure improvements in outcomes; 
(4) fund the full range of injury research and 
evaluation, including— 
(A) basic, translational, and clinical re-
search; 
(B) point of injury and pre-hospital care; 
(C) early resuscitative management; 
(D) initial and definitive surgical care; and 
(E) rehabilitation and reintegration into 
society; and 
(5) coordinate the collaboration of military and 
civilian institutions conducting trauma research. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—In addition to any other funds 
authorized to be appropriated for the combat casualty care 
program of the Army Medical Research and Materiel Com-
mand, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to 
the Secretary $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 for the pur-
pose of carrying out activities under this section. 
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SEC. 708. NOTIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES OF EXPOSURE TO POTENTIALLY 
HARMFUL MATERIALS AND CONTAMINANTS. 
(a) NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—In the case of a 
member of the Armed Forces who is exposed to a poten-
tially harmful material or contaminant, as determined by 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary shall, as soon as 
possible, notify the member, and in the case of a member 
of a reserve component, the State military department of 
the member, of the member’s exposure to such material 
or contaminant and any health risks associated with expo-
sure to such material or contaminant. 
(b) IN-THEATER NOTIFICATION.—If the Secretary of 
Defense determines that a member of the Armed Forces 
has been exposed to a potentially harmful material or con-
taminant while that member is deployed, the Secretary 
shall notify the member of such exposure under subsection 
(a) while that member is so deployed. 
SEC. 709. POST-DEPLOYMENT MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING 
DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT
REQUIRED.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall conduct a demonstration 
project to assess the feasibility and efficacy of providing 
a member of the Armed Forces with a post-deployment 
mental health screening that is conducted in person by a 
mental health provider. 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The demonstration project shall in-
clude, at a minimum, the following elements: 
(1) A combat stress evaluation conducted in 
person by a qualified mental health professional not 
later than 120 to 180 days after the date on which 
the member returns from combat theater. 
(2) Follow-ups by a case manager (who may or 
may not be stationed at the same military installa-
tion as the member) conducted by telephone at the 
following intervals after the initial post-deployment 
screening: 
(A) Six months. 
(B) 12 months. 
(C) 18 months. 
(D) 24 months. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS OF COMBAT STRESS EVALUA-
TION.—The combat stress evaluation required by sub-
section (b)(1) shall be designed to— 
(1) provide members of the Armed Forces with 
an objective mental health and traumatic brain in-
jury standard to screen for suicide risk factors; 
(2) ease post-deployment transition by allowing 
members to be honest in their assessments; 
(3) battle the stigma of depression and mental 
health problems among members and veterans; and 
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(4) ultimately reduce the prevalence of suicide 
among veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Op-
eration Enduring Freedom. 
(d) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop the demonstration project in consultation with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services. The Secretary of Defense may also 
coordinate the program with any accredited college, uni-
versity, hospital-based or community-based mental health 
center the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(e) SELECTION OF MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The 
demonstration project shall be conducted at two military 
installations, one active duty and one reserve component 
demobilization station, selected by the Secretary of De-
fense. The installations selected shall have members of the 
Armed Forces on active duty and members of the reserve 
components that use the installation as a training and op-
erating base, with members routinely deploying in support 
of operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other assignments 
related to the global war on terrorism. 
(f) PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure an adequate number of the following 
personnel in the program: 
(1) Qualified mental health professionals that 
are licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric 
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