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SEC. 580. SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT COLLEGES AND UNI-
VERSITIES GIVE EQUAL ACCESS TO MILITARY 
RECRUITERS AND ROTC IN ACCORDANCE 
WITH THE SOLOMON AMENDMENT AND RE-
QUIREMENT FOR REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Reserve Officer Training Corps 
(ROTC) program is the most common means for un-
dergraduates to become United States military offi-
cers, producing 60 percent of all officers in the 
Armed Forces and 75 percent of Army officers. 
(2) The ROTC program is officially banned 
from many leading universities and, although stu-
dents at those institutions can participate in ROTC 
programs at other colleges, they often have to travel 
significant distances to do so. 
(3) The United States is engaged in a global 
war on terrorism, and it is thus more important 
than ever for the Armed Forces to recruit high qual-
ity and well-qualified personnel. 
(4) Recruiting on university campuses is one of 
the primary means of obtaining new, highly qualified 
personnel for the Armed Forces and is an integral, 
effective, and necessary part of overall military re-
cruitment.
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(5) In 1996, Congress enacted a provision of 
law that has become known as the ‘‘Solomon 
Amendment’’ that provides for the Secretary of De-
fense to deny Federal funding to colleges and uni-
versities if they prohibit or prevent ROTC or mili-
tary recruitment on campus. 
(6) A group of university law schools have chal-
lenged the constitutionality of the Solomon Amend-
ment, and the Supreme Court has agreed to hear 
the case in the term beginning in October 2005. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) any college or university that discriminates 
against ROTC programs or military recruiters 
should be denied certain Federal taxpayer support, 
especially funding for many military and defense 
programs; and 
(2) universities and colleges that receive Fed-
eral funds should provide military recruiters access 
to college campuses and to college students equal in 
quality and scope to that provided all other employ-
ers. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the col-
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leges and universities that are denying equal access to 
military recruiters and ROTC programs. 
TITLE VI—COMPENSATION AND 
OTHER PERSONNEL BENEFITS
Subtitle A—Pay and Allowances 
Sec. 601. Increase in basic pay for fiscal year 2006. 
Sec. 602. Additional pay for permanent military professors at United States 
Naval Academy with over 36 years of service. 
Sec. 603. Basic pay rates for reserve component members selected to attend 
military service academy preparatory schools. 
Sec. 604. Clarification of restriction on compensation for correspondence 
courses. 
Sec. 605. Permanent authority for supplemental subsistence allowance for low-
income members with dependents. 
Sec. 606. Basic allowance for housing for Reserve members. 
Sec. 607. Overseas cost of living allowance. 
Sec. 608. Income replacement payments for Reserves experiencing extended and 
frequent mobilization for active duty service. 
Subtitle B—Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays 
Sec. 611. Extension or resumption of certain bonus and special pay authorities 
for reserve forces. 
Sec. 612. Extension of certain bonus and special pay authorities for certain 
health care professionals. 
Sec. 613. Extension of special pay and bonus authorities for nuclear officers. 
Sec. 614. One-year extension of other bonus and special pay authorities. 
Sec. 615. Expansion of eligibility of dental officers for additional special pay. 
Sec. 616. Increase in maximum monthly rate authorized for hardship duty pay. 
Sec. 617. Flexible payment of assignment incentive pay. 
Sec. 618. Active-duty reenlistment bonus. 
Sec. 619. Reenlistment bonus for members of Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 620. Combination of affiliation and accession bonuses for service in the Se-
lected Reserve. 
Sec. 621. Eligibility requirements for prior service enlistment bonus. 
Sec. 622. Increase in authorized maximum amount of enlistment bonus. 
Sec. 623. Discretion of Secretary of Defense to authorize retroactive hostile fire 
and imminent danger pay. 
Sec. 624. Increase in maximum bonus amount for nuclear-qualified officers ex-
tending period of active duty. 
Sec. 625. Increase in maximum amount of nuclear career annual incentive 
bonus for nuclear-qualified officers trained while serving as en-
listed members. 
Sec. 626. Uniform payment of foreign language proficiency pay to eligible re-
serve component members and regular component members. 
Sec. 627. Retention bonus for members qualified in certain critical skills or sat-
isfying other eligibility criteria.