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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 6952 the
following new item:
‘‘6952a. Faculty: retention of permanent military professors.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 633 of such title is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and an officer’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, an officer’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and an officer who is a
permanent military professor at the Naval Acad-
emy to whom section 6952a of this title applies,’’
after ‘‘section 6383 of this title applies’’.
(2) Section 634 of such title is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and an officer who is a permanent military
professor at the Naval Academy to whom section
6952a of this title applies,’’ after ‘‘section 6383(a)(4)
of this title’’.
Subtitle F—Administrative Matters
SEC. 571. CLARIFICATION OF LEAVE ACCRUAL FOR MEM-
BERS ASSIGNED TO A DEPLOYABLE SHIP OR
MOBILE UNIT OR OTHER DUTY.
Subparagraph (B) of section 701(f)(1) of title 10,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) This subsection applies to a member who—
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‘‘(i) serves on active duty for a continuous pe-
riod of at least 120 days in an area in which the
member is entitled to special pay under section
310(a) of title 37;
‘‘(ii) is assigned to a deployable ship or mobile
unit or to other duty designated for the purpose of
this section; or
‘‘(iii) on or after August 29, 2005, performs duty
designated by the Secretary of Defense as qualifying
duty for purposes of this subsection.’’.
SEC. 572. LIMITATION ON CONVERSION OF MILITARY MED-
ICAL AND DENTAL BILLETS TO CIVILIAN PO-
SITIONS.
(a) LIMITATION.—Commencing as of the date of the
enactment of this Act, no military medical or dental billet
may be converted to a civilian position until 90 days after
the date on which the Secretary of Defense certifies to the
congressional defense committees each of the following:
(1) That the conversion of military medical or
dental billets to civilian positions, whether before the
date of the enactment or as scheduled after the limita-
tion under this subsection no longer applies, will not
result in an increase in civilian health care costs.
(2) That the conversion of such billets to such po-
sitions meets the joint medical and dental readiness
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requirements of the uniformed services, as determined
jointly by all the uniformed services.
(3) That, as determined pursuant to market sur-
veys conducted under subsection (b), the civilian med-
ical and dental care providers available in each af-
fected area are adequate to fill the civilian positions
created by the conversion of such billets to such posi-
tions in such affected area.
(b) MARKET SURVEYS.—The Secretary of Defense shall
conduct in each affected area a survey of the availability
of civilian medical and dental care providers in such area
in order to determine, for purposes of subsection (a)(3),
whether or not the civilian medical and dental care pro-
viders available in such area are adequate to fill the civilian
positions created by the conversion of medical and dental
billets to civilian positions in such area.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) The term ‘‘affected area’’ means an area in
which the conversion of military medical or dental
billets to civilian positions has taken place as of the
date of the enactment of this Act or is scheduled to
take place after the limitation under subsection (a) no
longer applies.
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(2) The term ‘‘uniformed services’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 1072(1) of title 10,
United States Code.
SEC. 573. UNIFORM POLICY ON PARENTAL LEAVE AND SIMI-
LAR LEAVE.
(a) POLICY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense
shall prescribe in regulations a uniform policy for the tak-
ing by members of the Armed Forces of parental leave to
cover leave to be used in connection with births or adop-
tions, as the Secretary shall designate under the policy.
(b) UNIFORMITY ACROSS ARMED FORCES.—The policy
prescribed under subsection (a) shall apply uniformly
across the Armed Forces.
SEC. 574. MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES FOR POST TRAUMATIC
STRESS 
DISORDER 
AND 
OTHER 
MENTAL
HEALTH CONDITIONS.
(a) MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed
by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary concerned
shall perform mental health screenings of each mem-
ber of the Armed Forces who is deployed in a combat
operation or to a combat zone.
(b) NATURE OF SCREENINGS.—The first mental health
screening of a member under this section shall be designed