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the partner with the Army that would not exist were the 
Army to partner with a private sector entity. 
(4) The number of Army lodging personnel who would 
be impacted by an Army and Air Force Exchange Service part-
nership and the total personnel related costs that could occur 
as a result of such partnership. 
(c) LIMITATION PENDING SUBMISSION
OF REPORT.—Until the 
Secretary of the Army submits the report required by subsection 
(a) to Congress, the Secretary may not solicit or consider any 
request for qualifications that would privatize Army lodging beyond 
the level of privatization identified for inclusion in Group A of 
the Privatization of Army Lodging Initiative. 
SEC. 356. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CORROSION PREVEN-
TION AND MITIGATION PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than April 1, 2007, the Comp-
troller General shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on the effectiveness of the corrosion prevention and mitiga-
tion programs of the Department of Defense. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the document of the Department 
of Defense entitled ‘‘Long-Term Strategy to Reduce Corrosion 
and the Effects of Corrosion on the Military Equipment and 
Infrastructure of the Department of Defense’’ and dated 
November 2004. 
(2) An assessment of the adequacy for purposes of the 
strategy set forth in that document of the funding requested 
in the budgets of the President for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, 
as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 
31, United States Code, and the associated Future-Years 
Defense Program under section 221 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(3) An assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of 
the organizational structure of the Department of Defense in 
implementing that strategy. 
(4) An assessment of the progress made as of the date 
of the report in establishing throughout the Department 
common metrics, definitions, and procedures on corrosion 
prevention and mitigation. 
(5) An assessment of the progress made as of the date 
of the report in establishing a baseline estimate of the scope 
of the corrosion problems of the Department. 
(6) An assessment of the extent to which the strategy 
of the Department on corrosion prevention and mitigation has 
been revised to incorporate the recommendations contained 
in the report of the Defense Science Board on corrosion control 
issued in October 2004. 
(7) An assessment of the implementation of the corrosion 
prevention and mitigation programs of the Department during 
fiscal year 2006. 
(8) Such recommendations as the Comptroller General con-
siders appropriate for addressing any shortfalls or areas of 
potential improvement identified in the review for purposes 
of the report.
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SEC. 357. STUDY ON USE OF BIODIESEL AND ETHANOL FUEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
study on the use of biodiesel and ethanol fuel by the Armed Forces 
and the Defense Agencies and any measures that can be taken 
to increase such use. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study shall include—
(1) an evaluation of the historical utilization of biodiesel 
and ethanol fuel by the Armed Forces and the Defense Agencies, 
including the quantity of biodiesel and ethanol fuel acquired 
by the Department of Defense for the Armed Forces and the 
Defense Agencies during the 5-year period ending on the date 
of the report under subsection (c); 
(2) a review and assessment of potential requirements for 
increased use of biodiesel and ethanol fuel within the Depart-
ment of Defense and any research and development efforts 
required to meet those increased requirements; 
(3) based on the review under paragraph (2), a forecast 
of the requirements of the Armed Forces and the Defense 
Agencies for biodiesel and ethanol fuels for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2012; 
(4) an assessment of the current and future commercial 
availability of biodiesel and ethanol fuel, including facilities 
for the production, storage, transportation, distribution, and 
commercial sale of such fuel; 
(5) an assessment of the utilization by the Department 
of Defense of the commercial infrastructure for ethanol fuel 
as described in paragraph (4); 
(6) a review of the actions of the Department of Defense 
to coordinate with State, local, and private entities to support 
the expansion and use of alternative fuel refueling stations 
that are accessible to the public; and 
(7) an assessment of the fueling infrastructure on military 
installations in the United States, including storage and dis-
tribution facilities, that could be adapted or converted for the 
delivery of biodiesel and ethanol fuel, including—
(A) an assessment of cost of the adaptation or conver-
sion of such infrastructure to the delivery of biodiesel and 
ethanol fuel; and 
(B) an assessment of the feasibility and advisability 
of that adaptation or conversion. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives a report on the study 
conducted under this section. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘ethanol fuel’’ means fuel that is 85 percent 
ethyl alcohol. 
(2) The term ‘‘biodiesel’’ means a diesel fuel substitute 
produced from nonpetroleum renewable resources that meets 
the registration requirements for fuels and fuel additives estab-
lished by the Environmental Protection Agency under section 
211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545).
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SEC. 358. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF WINDMILL FARMS ON MILITARY 
READINESS. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives a report on the effects 
of windmill farms on military readiness, including an assessment 
of the effects on the operations of military radar installations of 
the proximity of windmill farms to such installations and of tech-
nologies that could mitigate any adverse effects on military oper-
ations identified. 
SEC. 359. REPORT ON SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL FOR CERTAIN DIS-
ABLED VETERANS AND GRAY-AREA RETIREES. 
(a) 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 feasibility of providing transportation 
on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis for—
(1) veterans with a service-connected disability rating of 
50 percent or higher; 
(2) members and former members of a reserve component 
under 60 years of age who, but for age, would be eligible 
for retired pay under chapter 1223 of title 10, United States 
Code; and 
(3) dependents of persons described in paragraph (1) or 
(2). 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall prepare 
the report in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 360. REPORT ON JOINT FIELD TRAINING AND EXPERIMENTATION 
ON 
STABILITY, 
SECURITY, 
TRANSITION, 
AND 
RECONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS. 
Not later than February 1, 2007, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
joint field training and experimentation conducted to address mat-
ters relating to stability, security, transition, and reconstruction 
operations during fiscal years 2005 and 2006. The report shall 
include—
(1) a description of each such joint field training and 
experimentation event, including a description of the participa-
tion of other Federal departments and agencies and of the 
participation of allied and coalition partners; 
(2) the findings of the Secretary as a result of such joint 
field training and experimentation; and 
(3) such recommendations as the Secretary considers appro-
priate in light of such joint field training and experimentation, 
including recommendations with respect to legislative or 
administrative action and recommendations for any funding 
required to implement such action. 
SEC. 361. REPORTS ON BUDGETING RELATING TO SUSTAINMENT OF 
KEY MILITARY EQUIPMENT. 
(a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—In each of 2006, 2007, and 2008, at 
or about the time that the budget of the President is submitted 
to Congress that year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress 
a report on the budgeting of the Department of Defense for the 
sustainment of key military equipment.
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(b) REPORT ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) 
for a year shall set forth the following: 
(1) A description of the current strategies of the Depart-
ment of Defense for sustaining key military equipment, and 
for any modernization that will be required of such equipment. 
(2) A description of the amounts required for the Depart-
ment for the fiscal year beginning in such year in order to 
fully fund the strategies described in paragraph (1). 
(3) A description of the amounts requested for the Depart-
ment for such fiscal year in order to fully fund such strategies. 
(4) A description of the risks, if any, of failing to fund 
such strategies in the amounts required to fully fund such 
strategies (as specified in paragraph (2)). 
(5) A description of the actions being taken by the Depart-
ment of Defense to mitigate the risks described in paragraph 
(4). 
(c) KEY MILITARY EQUIPMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘key military equipment’’—
(1) means—
(A) major weapons systems that are essential to accom-
plishing the national defense strategy; and 
(B) other military equipment, such as major command, 
control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveil-
lance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) equipment, and systems 
designed to prevent fratricide, that is critical to the readi-
ness of military units; and 
(2) includes equipment reviewed in the report of the Comp-
troller General of the United States numbered GAO–06–141. 
SEC. 362. REPEAL OF AIR FORCE REPORT ON MILITARY INSTALLATION 
ENCROACHMENT ISSUES. 
Section 315 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 
Stat. 1843) is repealed. 
Subtitle G—Other Matters 
SEC. 371. SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF DEFENSE BUSINESS 
TRANSFORMATION AGENCY. 
Section 192 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE FOR DEFENSE BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION 
AGENCY.—(1) The Defense Business Transformation Agency shall 
be supervised by the vice chairman of the Defense Business System 
Management Committee. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the results of any periodic review under 
subsection (c) with regard to the Defense Business Transformation 
Agency, the Secretary of Defense shall designate that the Agency 
be managed cooperatively by the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Business Transformation and the Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense for Financial Management.’’. 
SEC. 372. CODIFICATION AND REVISION OF LIMITATION ON MODIFICA-
TION OF MAJOR ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT SCHEDULED FOR 
RETIREMENT OR DISPOSAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 2244 the following new section:
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‘‘§ 2244a. Equipment scheduled for retirement or disposal: 
limitation on expenditures for modifications 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
the Secretary of a military department may not carry out a modifica-
tion of an aircraft, weapon, vessel, or other item of equipment 
that the Secretary plans to retire or otherwise dispose of within 
five years after the date on which the modification, if carried 
out, would be completed. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—
‘‘(1) EXCEPTION FOR BELOW-THRESHOLD MODIFICATIONS.—
The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to a modifica-
tion for which the cost is less than $100,000. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
TRANSFER
OF
REUSABLE
ITEMS
OF 
VALUE.—The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to 
a modification in a case in which—
‘‘(A) the reusable items of value, as determined by 
the Secretary, installed on the item of equipment as part 
of such modification will, upon the retirement or disposal 
of the item to be modified, be removed from such item 
of equipment, refurbished, and installed on another item 
of equipment; and 
‘‘(B) the cost of such modification (including the cost 
of the removal and refurbishment of reusable items of 
value under subparagraph (A)) is less than $1,000,000. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION FOR SAFETY MODIFICATIONS.—The prohibi-
tion in subsection (a) does not apply to a safety modification. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary concerned may waive 
the prohibition in subsection (a) in the case of any modification 
otherwise subject to that subsection if the Secretary determines 
that carrying out the modification is in the national security interest 
of the United States. Whenever the Secretary issues such a waiver, 
the Secretary shall notify the congressional defense committees 
in writing.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2244 the following new item:
‘‘2244a. Equipment scheduled for retirement or disposal: limitation on expenditures 
for modifications.’’.
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 8053 of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–56; 10 U.S.C. 
2241 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 373. LIMITATION ON PURCHASE OF INVESTMENT ITEMS WITH 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDS. 
(a) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF OPERATION
AND MAINTENANCE 
FUNDS.—Chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 2245 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2245a. Use of operation and maintenance funds for pur-
chase of investment items: limitation 
‘‘Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for operation 
and maintenance may not be used to purchase any item (including 
any item to be acquired as a replacement for an item) that has 
an investment item unit cost that is greater than $250,000.’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 2245 the following new item:
‘‘2245a. Use of operation and maintenance funds for purchase of investment items: 
limitation.’’.
SEC. 374. OPERATION AND USE OF GENERAL GIFT FUNDS OF THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND COAST GUARD. 
Section 2601 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2601. General gift funds 
‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—Subject to sub-
section (d)(2), the Secretary concerned may accept, hold, administer, 
and spend any gift, devise, or bequest of real property, personal 
property, or money made on the condition that the gift, devise, 
or bequest be used for the benefit, or in connection with, the 
establishment, operation, or maintenance, of a school, hospital, 
library, museum, cemetery, or other institution or organization 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS TO BENEFIT CER-
TAIN MEMBERS, DEPENDENTS, AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES.—(1) Sub-
ject to subsection (d)(2), the Secretary concerned may accept, hold, 
administer, and spend any gift, devise, or bequest of real property, 
personal property, money, or services made on the condition that 
the gift, devise, or bequest be used for the benefit of—
‘‘(A) members of the armed forces, including members per-
forming full-time National Guard duty under section 502(f) 
of title 32, who incur a wound, injury, or illness while in 
the line of duty; 
‘‘(B) civilian employees of the Department of Defense who 
incur a wound, injury, or illness while in the line of duty; 
‘‘(C) dependents of such members or employees; and 
‘‘(D) survivors of such members or employees who are 
killed. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may not accept a gift of services 
from a foreign government or international organization under this 
subsection. A gift of real property, personal property, or money 
from a foreign government or international organization may be 
accepted under this subsection only if the gift is not designated 
for a specific individual. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations speci-
fying the conditions that may be attached to a gift, devise, or 
bequest accepted under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) The authority to accept gifts, devises, or bequests under 
this subsection expires on December 31, 2007. 
‘‘(c) GIFT FUNDS.—Gifts and bequests of money, and the pro-
ceeds of the sale of property, received under subsection (a) or 
(b) shall be deposited in the Treasury in the following accounts: 
‘‘(1) The Department of the Army General Gift Fund, in 
the case of deposits made by the Secretary of the Army. 
‘‘(2) The Department of the Navy General Gift Fund, in 
the case of deposits made by the Secretary of the Navy. 
‘‘(3) The Department of the Air Force General Gift Fund, 
in the case of deposits made by the Secretary of the Air Force. 
‘‘(4) The Coast Guard General Gift Fund, in the case of 
deposits made by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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‘‘(5) The Department of Defense General Gift Fund, in 
the case of deposits made by the Secretary of Defense. 
‘‘(d) USE OF GIFTS; PROHIBITIONS.—(1) Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), property and money accepted under subsection (a) 
or (b) may be used by the Secretary concerned, and services accepted 
under subsection (b) may be performed, without further specific 
authorization in law. 
‘‘(2) Property and money may not be accepted under subsection 
(a) and property, money, and services may not be accepted under 
subsection (b)—
‘‘(A) if the use of the property or money or the performance 
of the services in connection with any program, project, or 
activity would result in the violation of any prohibition or 
limitation otherwise applicable to such program, project, or 
activity; 
‘‘(B) if the conditions attached to the property, money, 
or services are inconsistent with applicable law or regulations; 
‘‘(C) if the Secretary concerned determines that the use 
of the property or money or the performance of the services 
would reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Department 
of Defense or the Coast Guard, any employee of the Department 
or Coast Guard, or any member of the armed forces to carry 
out any responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner; 
or 
‘‘(D) if the Secretary concerned determines that the use 
of the property or money or the performance of the services 
would compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of 
any program of the Department of Defense or Coast Guard, 
or any individual involved in such a program. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary concerned may disburse funds deposited 
in a gift fund referred to in subsection (c) for the purposes specified 
in subsections (a) and (b), subject to the terms of the gift, devise, 
or bequest. 
‘‘(e) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.—The Secretary concerned may pay 
all necessary expenses in connection with the conveyance or transfer 
of a gift, devise, or bequest accepted under this section. 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF GIFTS.—For the purposes of Federal income, 
estate, and gift taxes, any property or money accepted under sub-
section (a) and any property, money, or services accepted under 
subsection (b) shall be considered as a gift, devise, or bequest 
to or for the use of the United States. 
‘‘(g) MANAGEMENT OF FUNDS.—In the case of each gift fund 
referred to in subsection (c), the Secretary of the Treasury, upon 
the request of the Secretary concerned, may retain money, securi-
ties, and the proceeds of the sale of securities in the gift fund 
and may invest money and reinvest the proceeds of the sale of 
securities in the gift fund in securities of the United States or 
in securities guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United 
States. The interest and profits accruing from those securities shall 
be deposited to the credit of the gift fund and may be disbursed 
as provided in subsection (d). 
‘‘(h) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall make periodic audits of gifts, devises, and bequests 
accepted under subsection (a) or (b) at such intervals as the Comp-
troller General determines to be warranted. The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress a report on the results of each 
such audit.
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‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘Secretary concerned’ includes the Secretary 
of Defense. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘services’ includes activities that benefit the 
morale, welfare, or recreation of members of the armed forces 
and their dependents or are related or incidental to the convey-
ance of a gift, devise, or bequest of real property or personal 
property under subsection (a) or (b).’’. 
SEC. 375. INCLUSION OF PACKET BASED TELEPHONY IN DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BENEFIT. 
(a) INCLUSION IN BENEFIT.—Subsection (a) of section 344 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public 
Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1448) is amended by inserting ‘‘packet 
based telephony service,’’ after ‘‘prepaid phone cards,’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF INTERNET TELEPHONY IN DEPLOYMENT OF 
ADDITIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT.—Subsection (e) of such section 
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or Internet service’’ after ‘‘additional tele-
phones’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or packet based telephony’’ after ‘‘to facili-
tate telephone’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘or Internet access’’ after ‘‘installation of 
telephones’’. 
(c) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 
amended—
(1) in the heading for subsection (a), by striking ‘‘PREPAID 
PHONE CARDS’’ and inserting ‘‘BENEFIT’’; and 
(2) in the heading for subsection (e), by inserting ‘‘OR INTER-
NET ACCESS’’ after ‘‘TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT’’. 
SEC. 376. LIMITATION ON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT 
AND 
AUDIT 
INITIATIVES 
WITHIN 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
DEFENSE. 
(a) LIMITATION.—During fiscal year 2006, the Secretary of 
Defense may not obligate or expend any funds for the purpose 
of any financial management improvement activity relating to the 
preparation, processing, or auditing of financial statements until 
the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees each 
of the following: 
(1) A comprehensive and integrated financial management 
improvement plan that—
(A) describes specific actions to be taken to correct 
financial management deficiencies that impair the ability 
of the Department of Defense to prepare timely, reliable, 
and complete financial management information; and 
(B) systematically ties such actions to process and con-
trol improvements and business systems modernization 
efforts described in the business enterprise architecture 
and transition plan required by section 2222 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(2) A written determination that each financial manage-
ment improvement activity to be undertaken is—
(A) consistent with the financial management improve-
ment plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
(B) likely to improve internal controls or otherwise 
result in sustained improvements in the ability of the
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Department to produce timely, reliable, and complete finan-
cial management information. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation under subsection (a) shall not 
apply to an activity directed exclusively at assessing the adequacy 
of internal controls and remediating any inadequacy identified 
pursuant to such an assessment. 
SEC. 377. PROVISION OF WELFARE OF SPECIAL CATEGORY RESIDENTS 
AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may provide for 
the general welfare, including subsistence, housing, and health 
care, of any person at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who 
is designated by the Secretary, not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, as a ‘‘special category resident’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES.—The 
authorization under subsection (a) shall not be construed as an 
authorization for the construction a new housing facility or medical 
treatment facility. 
(c) PRIOR USE OF FUNDS.—Any obligation or expenditure of 
funds for the general welfare of any person described in subsection 
(a) before the date of the enactment of this Act is deemed to 
be not subject to the provisions of chapter 13 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 378. COMMEMORATION OF SUCCESS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN 
OPERATION 
ENDURING 
FREEDOM 
AND 
OPERATION 
IRAQI FREEDOM. 
(a) CELEBRATION HONORING MILITARY EFFORTS IN OPERATION 
ENDURING FREEDOM AND OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.—The Presi-
dent may—
(1) designate a day of celebration to honor the soldiers, 
sailors, airmen, and Marines of the Armed Forces who have 
served in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi 
Freedom and have returned to the United States; and 
(2) issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United 
States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies and 
activities. 
(b) PARTICIPATION OF ARMED FORCES IN CELEBRATION.—
(1) PARTICIPATION AUTHORIZED.—Members and units of the 
Armed Forces may participate in activities associated with 
a day of celebration designated under subsection (a) that are 
held in Washington, District of Columbia. 
(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Subject to paragraph (4), 
amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department 
of Defense for fiscal year 2006 may be used to cover costs 
associated with the participation of members and units of the 
Armed Forces in the activities described in paragraph (1). 
(3) ACCEPTANCE OF PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.—(A) Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense 
may accept cash contributions from private individuals and 
entities for the purposes of covering the costs of the participa-
tion of members and units of the Armed Forces in the activities 
described in paragraph (1). Amounts so accepted shall be depos-
ited in an account established for purposes of this paragraph. 
(B) Amounts accepted under subparagraph (A) may be 
used for the purposes described in that subparagraph until 
expended.
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(4) LIMITATION.—The total amount of funds described in 
paragraph (2) that are available for the purpose set forth in 
that paragraph may not exceed the amount equal to—
(A) $20,000,000, minus 
(B) the amount of any cash contributions accepted 
by the Secretary under paragraph (3). 
(c) AWARD OF RECOGNITION ITEMS.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO AWARD.—Under regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense, appropriate recognition items may 
be awarded to any individual who served honorably as a 
member of the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom 
or Operation Iraqi Freedom during the Global War on Ter-
rorism. The purpose of the award of such items is to recognize 
the contribution of such individuals to the success of the United 
States in those operations. 
(2) RECOGNITION ITEMS DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘recognition items’’ means recognition items authorized 
for presentation under section 2261 of title 10, United States 
Code (as added by section 589 of this Act). 
Subtitle H—Utah Test and Training Range 
SEC. 381. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered wilderness’’ means the wilderness 
area designated by this subtitle and wilderness study areas 
located near lands withdrawn for military use and beneath 
special use airspace critical to the support of military test 
and training missions at the Utah Test and Training Range, 
including the Deep Creek, Fish Springs, Swasey Mountain, 
Howell Peak, Notch Peak, King Top, Wah Wah Mountain, 
and Conger Mountain units designated by the Department 
of the Interior. 
(2) The term ‘‘Utah Test and Training Range’’ means those 
portions of the military operating area of the Utah Test and 
Training Area located solely in the State of Utah. The term 
includes the Dugway Proving Ground. 
(3) The term ‘‘Wilderness Act’’ means Public Law 88–577, 
approved September 3, 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
SEC. 382. MILITARY OPERATIONS AND OVERFLIGHTS, UTAH TEST AND 
TRAINING RANGE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The testing and development of military weapons sys-
tems and the training of military forces are critical to ensuring 
the national security of the United States. 
(2) The Utah Test and Training Range in the State of 
Utah is a unique and irreplaceable national asset at the core 
of the test and training mission of the Department of Defense. 
(3) The Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area designated by 
section 384, as well as several wilderness study areas, are 
located near lands withdrawn for military use or are beneath 
special use airspace critical to the support of military test 
and training missions at the Utah Test and Training Range.
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(4) The Utah Test and Training Range and special use 
airspace withdrawn for military uses create unique manage-
ment circumstances for the covered wilderness in this subtitle, 
and it is not the intent of Congress that passage of this subtitle 
shall be construed as establishing a precedent with respect 
to any future national conservation area or wilderness designa-
tion. 
(5) Continued access to the special use airspace and lands 
that comprise the Utah Test and Training Range, under the 
terms and conditions described in this subtitle, is a national 
security priority and is not incompatible with the protection 
and proper management of the natural, environmental, cul-
tural, and other resources of such lands. 
(b) OVERFLIGHTS.—Nothing in this subtitle or the Wilderness 
Act shall preclude low-level overflights and operations of military 
aircraft, helicopters, missiles, or unmanned aerial vehicles over 
the covered wilderness, including military overflights and operations 
that can be seen or heard within the covered wilderness. 
(c) SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE AND TRAINING ROUTES.—Nothing 
in this subtitle or the Wilderness Act shall preclude the designation 
of new units of special use airspace, the expansion of existing 
units of special use airspace, or the use or establishment of military 
training routes over the covered wilderness. 
(d) COMMUNICATIONS AND TRACKING SYSTEMS.—Nothing in this 
subtitle shall prevent any required maintenance of existing commu-
nications, instrumentation, or electronic tracking systems (or infra-
structure supporting such systems) or prevent the installation of 
new communication, instrumentation, or other equipment necessary 
for effective testing and training to meet military requirements 
in wilderness study areas located beneath special use airspace 
comprising the Utah Test and Training Range, including the Deep 
Creek, Fish Springs, Swasey Mountain, Howell Peak, Notch Peak, 
King Top, Wah Wah Mountain, and Conger Mountain units des-
ignated by the Department of Interior, so long as the Secretary 
of the Interior, after consultation with the Secretary of the Air 
Force, determines that the installation and maintenance of such 
systems, when considered both individually and collectively, comply 
with section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management 
Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1782). 
(e) EMERGENCY ACCESS AND RESPONSE.—Nothing in this sub-
title or the Wilderness Act shall preclude the continuation of the 
memorandum of understanding in existence as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act between the Department of the Interior 
and the Department of the Air Force with respect to emergency 
access and response. 
(f) PROHIBITION
ON GROUND MILITARY OPERATIONS.—Except 
as provided in subsections (d) and (e), nothing in this section 
shall be construed to permit a military operation to be conducted 
on the ground in covered wilderness in the Utah Test and Training 
Range unless such ground operation is otherwise permissible under 
Federal law and consistent with the Wilderness Act. 
SEC. 383. ANALYSIS OF MILITARY READINESS AND OPERATIONAL 
IMPACTS IN PLANNING PROCESS FOR FEDERAL LANDS 
IN UTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE. 
The Secretary of the Interior shall develop, maintain, and revise 
land use plans pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy
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and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S. C. 1712) for Federal lands 
located in the Utah Test and Training Range in consultation with 
the Secretary of Defense. As part of the required consultation 
in connection with a proposed revision of a land use plan, the 
Secretary of Defense shall prepare and transmit to the Secretary 
of the Interior an analysis of the military readiness and operational 
impacts of the proposed revision within six months of a request 
from the Secretary of the Interior. 
SEC. 384. DESIGNATION AND MANAGEMENT OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN 
WILDERNESS, UTAH. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Certain Federal lands in Tooele County, 
Utah, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘‘Cedar Mountain 
Wilderness’’ and dated March 7, 2004, are hereby designated as 
wilderness and, therefore, as a component of the National Wilder-
ness Preservation System to be known as the Cedar Mountain 
Wilderness Area. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal 
lands in the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area are hereby with-
drawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under 
the public land laws, from location, entry, and patent under the 
United States mining laws, and from disposition under all laws 
pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing, and mineral mate-
rials, and all amendments to such laws. 
(c) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—
(1) TRANSMITTAL.—As soon as practicable after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall transmit a map and legal description of the Cedar Moun-
tain Wilderness Area to the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(2) LEGAL EFFECT.—The map and legal description shall 
have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, 
except that the Secretary of the Interior may correct clerical 
and typographical errors in the map and legal description. 
(3) AVAILABILITY.—The map and legal description shall be 
on file and available for public inspection in the office of the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management and the office 
of the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management in 
the State of Utah. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to valid existing rights and this 
subtitle, the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area shall be administered 
by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the provisions 
of the Wilderness Act, except that any reference in such provisions 
to the effective date of the Wilderness Act (or any similar reference) 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) LAND ACQUISITION.—Any lands or interest in lands within 
the boundaries of the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area acquired 
by the United States after the date of the enactment of this Act 
shall be added to and administered as part of the Cedar Mountain 
Wilderness Area. 
(f) FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT.—As provided in section 
4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in 
this subtitle shall be construed as affecting the jurisdiction of the 
State of Utah with respect to fish and wildlife on the Federal 
lands located in that State.
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(g) GRAZING.—Within the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area, 
the grazing of livestock, where established before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, shall be permitted to continue subject to 
such reasonable regulations, policies, and practices as the Secretary 
of the Interior considers necessary, as long as such regulations, 
policies, and practices fully conform with and implement the intent 
of Congress regarding grazing in such areas, as such intent is 
expressed in the Wilderness Act, section 101(f) of Public Law 101–
628 (104 Stat. 4473), and appendix A of the Report of the Committee 
on Interior and Insular Affairs to accompany H.R. 2570 of the 
101st Congress (H. Rept. 101–405). 
(h) BUFFER ZONES.—Congress does not intend for the designa-
tion of the Cedar Mountain Wilderness Area to lead to the creation 
of protective perimeters or buffer zones around the wilderness area. 
The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard 
within the wilderness area shall not, of itself, preclude such activi-
ties or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area. 
(i) RELEASE FROM WILDERNESS STUDY AREA STATUS.—The 
lands identified as the Browns Spring Cherrystem on the map 
entitled ‘‘Proposed Browns Spring Cherrystem’’ and dated May 11, 
2004, are released from their status as a wilderness study area, 
and shall no longer be subject to the requirements of section 603(c) 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1782(c)) pertaining to the management of wilderness study areas 
in a manner that does not impair the suitability of those areas 
for preservation of wilderness. 
SEC. 385. RELATION TO OTHER LANDS. 
Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to affect any Federal 
lands located outside of the covered wilderness or the management 
of such lands. 
TITLE IV—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
AUTHORIZATIONS
SUBTITLE A—ACTIVE FORCES 
Sec. 401. End strengths for active forces. 
Sec. 402. Revision in permanent active duty end strength minimum levels. 
Sec. 403. Additional authority for increases of Army and Marine Corps active duty 
end strengths for fiscal years 2007 through 2009. 
SUBTITLE B—RESERVE FORCES 
Sec. 411. End strengths for Selected Reserve. 
Sec. 412. End strengths for reserves on active duty in support of the reserves. 
Sec. 413. End strengths for military technicians (dual status). 
Sec. 414. Fiscal year 2006 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty 
for operational support. 
SUBTITLE C—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
Sec. 422. Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Subtitle A—Active Forces 
SEC. 401. END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized strengths 
for active duty personnel as of September 30, 2006, as follows:
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(1) The Army, 512,400. 
(2) The Navy, 352,700. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 179,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 357,400. 
(b) LIMITATION.—
(1) ARMY.—The authorized strength for the Army provided 
in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) for active duty personnel 
for fiscal year 2006 is subject to the condition that costs of 
active duty personnel of the Army for that fiscal year in excess 
of 482,400 shall be paid out of funds authorized to be appro-
priated for that fiscal year for a contingent emergency reserve 
fund or as an emergency supplemental appropriation. 
(2) MARINE CORPS.—The authorized strength for the Marine 
Corps provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) for active 
duty personnel for fiscal year 2006 is subject to the condition 
that costs of active duty personnel of the Marine Corps for 
that fiscal year in excess of 175,000 shall be paid out of funds 
authorized to be appropriated for that fiscal year for a contin-
gent emergency reserve fund or as an emergency supplemental 
appropriation. 
SEC. 402. REVISION IN PERMANENT ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTH 
MINIMUM LEVELS. 
Section 691(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 502,400. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 352,700. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 179,000. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 357,400.’’. 
SEC. 403. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES OF ARMY AND 
MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTHS FOR 
FISCAL YEARS 2007 THROUGH 2009. 
Effective October 1, 2006, the text of section 403 of the Ronald 
W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1863) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(1) ARMY.—For each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009, 
the Secretary of Defense may, as the Secretary determines 
necessary for the purposes specified in paragraph (3), establish 
the active-duty end strength for the Army at a number greater 
than the number otherwise authorized by law up to the number 
equal to the fiscal-year 2006 baseline plus 20,000. 
‘‘(2) MARINE CORPS.—For each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, 
and 2009, the Secretary of Defense may, as the Secretary 
determines necessary for the purposes specified in paragraph 
(3), establish the active-duty end strength for the Marine Corps 
at a number greater than the number otherwise authorized 
by law up to the number equal to the fiscal-year 2006 baseline 
plus 5,000. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE
OF
INCREASES.—The purposes for which 
increases may be made in Army and Marine Corps active 
duty end strengths under paragraphs (1) and (2) are—
‘‘(A) to support operational missions; and 
‘‘(B) to achieve transformational reorganization objec-
tives, including objectives for increased numbers of combat
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brigades and battalions, increased unit manning, force sta-
bilization and shaping, and rebalancing of the active and 
reserve component forces. 
‘‘(4) FISCAL-YEAR 2006 BASELINE.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘fiscal-year 2006 baseline’, with respect to the Army and 
Marine Corps, means the active-duty end strength authorized 
for those services in section 401 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006. 
‘‘(5) ACTIVE-DUTY END STRENGTH.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘active-duty end strength’ means the strength for active-
duty personnel of one the Armed Forces as of the last day 
of a fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) RELATIONSHIP
TO PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the President’s 
authority under section 123a of title 10, United States Code, to 
waive any statutory end strength in a time of war or national 
emergency. 
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
VARIANCE
AUTHORITY.—The 
authority under subsection (a) is in addition to the authority to 
vary authorized end strengths that is provided in subsections (e) 
and (f) of section 115 of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(d) BUDGET TREATMENT.—
‘‘(1) FISCAL YEAR 2007 BUDGET.—The budget for the Depart-
ment of Defense for fiscal year 2007 as submitted to Congress 
shall comply, with respect to funding, with subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 691 of title 10, United States Code. 
‘‘(2) OTHER INCREASES.—If the Secretary of Defense plans 
to increase the Army or Marine Corps active duty end strength 
for a fiscal year under subsection (a), then the budget for 
the Department of Defense for that fiscal year as submitted 
to Congress shall include the amounts necessary for funding 
that active duty end strength in excess of the fiscal year 2006 
active duty end strength authorized for that service under 
section 401 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2006.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Forces 
SEC. 411. END STRENGTHS FOR SELECTED RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Armed Forces are authorized strengths 
for Selected Reserve personnel of the reserve components as of 
September 30, 2006, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 350,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 73,100. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 106,800. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 74,000. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000. 
(b) ADJUSTMENTS.—The end strengths prescribed by subsection 
(a) for the Selected Reserve of any reserve component shall be 
proportionately reduced by—
(1) the total authorized strength of units organized to serve 
as units of the Selected Reserve of such component which 
are on active duty (other than for training) at the end of 
the fiscal year; and
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(2) the total number of individual members not in units 
organized to serve as units of the Selected Reserve of such 
component who are on active duty (other than for training 
or for unsatisfactory participation in training) without their 
consent at the end of the fiscal year. 
Whenever such units or such individual members are released 
from active duty during any fiscal year, the end strength prescribed 
for such fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of such reserve compo-
nent shall be increased proportionately by the total authorized 
strengths of such units and by the total number of such individual 
members. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUP-
PORT OF THE RESERVES. 
Within the end strengths prescribed in section 411(a), the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces are authorized, as of 
September 30, 2006, the following number of Reserves to be serving 
on full-time active duty or full-time duty, in the case of members 
of the National Guard, for the purpose of organizing, administering, 
recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 27,396. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 15,270. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 13,392. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 13,123. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,290. 
SEC. 413. END STRENGTHS FOR MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL 
STATUS). 
The minimum number of military technicians (dual status) 
as of the last day of fiscal year 2006 for the reserve components 
of the Army and the Air Force (notwithstanding section 129 of 
title 10, United States Code) shall be the following: 
(1) For the Army Reserve, 7,649. 
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 
25,563. 
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,852. 
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 22,971. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2006 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF NON-DUAL 
STATUS TECHNICIANS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) NATIONAL GUARD.—Within the limitation provided in 
section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, the number 
of non-dual status technicians employed by the National Guard 
as of September 30, 2006, may not exceed the following: 
(A) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 
1,600. 
(B) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 
350. 
(2) ARMY RESERVE.—The number of non-dual status techni-
cians employed by the Army Reserve as of September 30, 2006, 
may not exceed 695. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non-dual status 
technicians employed by the Air Force Reserve as of September 
30, 2006, may not exceed 90.
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(b) NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘non-dual status technician’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 10217(a) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 415. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RESERVE PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED 
TO BE ON ACTIVE DUTY FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
During fiscal year 2006, the maximum number of members 
of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who may be serving 
at any time on full-time operational support duty under section 
115(b) of title 10, United States Code, is the following: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United States, 17,000. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 13,000. 
(3) The Naval Reserve, 6,200. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 3,000. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United States, 16,000. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 14,000. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Defense for military personnel for fiscal year 2006 a total 
of $108,942,746,000. The authorization in the preceding sentence 
supersedes any other authorization of appropriations (definite or 
indefinite) for such purpose for fiscal year 2006. 
SEC. 422. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
2006 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund the 
sum of $58,281,000 for the operation of the Armed Forces Retire-
ment Home. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY
SUBTITLE A—OFFICER PERSONNEL POLICY 
Sec. 501. Temporary increase in percentage limits on reduction of time-in-grade re-
quirements for retirement in grade upon voluntary retirement. 
Sec. 502. Two-year renewal of temporary authority to reduce minimum length of 
commissioned service required for voluntary retirement as an officer. 
Sec. 503. Exclusion from active-duty general and flag officer distribution and 
strength limitations of officers on leave pending separation or retire-
ment or between senior positions. 
Sec. 504. Consolidation of grade limitations on officer assignment and insignia 
practice known as frocking. 
Sec. 505. Clarification of deadline for receipt by promotion selection boards of cer-
tain communications from eligible officers. 
Sec. 506. Furnishing to promotion selection boards of adverse information on offi-
cers eligible for promotion to certain senior grades. 
Sec. 507. Applicability of officer distribution and strength limitations to officers 
serving in intelligence community positions. 
Sec. 508. Grades of the Judge Advocates General. 
Sec. 509. Authority to retain permanent professors at the Naval Academy beyond 
30 years of active commissioned service. 
Sec. 510. Authority for designation of a general/flag officer position on the Joint 
Staff to be held by reserve component general or flag officer on active 
duty.
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SUBTITLE B—RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT 
Sec. 511. Separation at age 64 for reserve component senior officers. 
Sec. 512. Modification of strength-in-grade limitations applicable to Reserve flag of-
ficers in active status. 
Sec. 513. Military technicians (dual status) mandatory separation. 
Sec. 514. Military retirement credit for certain service by National Guard members 
performed while in a State duty status immediately after the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001. 
Sec. 515. Redesignation of the Naval Reserve as the Navy Reserve. 
Sec. 516. Clarification of certain authorities relating to the Commission on the Na-
tional Guard and Reserves. 
Sec. 517. Report on employment matters for members of the reserve components. 
Sec. 518. Defense Science Board study on deployment of members of the National 
Guard and Reserves in the Global War on Terrorism. 
Sec. 519. Sense of Congress on certain matters relating to the National Guard and 
Reserves. 
Sec. 520. Pilot program on enhanced quality of life for members of the Army Re-
serve and their families. 
SUBTITLE C—EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
PART I—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS GENERALLY 
Sec. 521. Authority for National Defense University award of degree of Master of 
Science in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy. 
Sec. 522. Authority for certain professional military education schools to receive 
faculty research grants for certain purposes. 
PART II—UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL 
Sec. 523. Revision to mission of the Naval Postgraduate School. 
Sec. 524. Modification of eligibility for position of President of the Naval Post-
graduate School. 
Sec. 525. Increased enrollment for eligible defense industry employees in the de-
fense product development program at Naval Postgraduate School. 
Sec. 526. Instruction for enlisted personnel by the Naval Postgraduate School. 
PART III—RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS 
Sec. 531. Repeal of limitation on amount of financial assistance under ROTC schol-
arship programs. 
Sec. 532. Increase in annual limit on number of ROTC scholarships under Army 
Reserve and National Guard program. 
Sec. 533. Procedures for suspending financial assistance and subsistence allowance 
for Senior ROTC cadets and midshipmen on the basis of health-related 
conditions. 
Sec. 534. Eligibility of United States nationals for appointment to the Senior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps. 
Sec. 535. Promotion of foreign language skills among members of the Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps. 
Sec. 536. Designation of Ike Skelton Early Commissioning Program Scholarships. 
PART IV—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 537. Enhancement of educational loan repayment authorities. 
Sec. 538. Payment of expenses of members of the Armed Forces to obtain profes-
sional credentials. 
Sec. 539. Use of Reserve Montgomery GI Bill benefits and benefits for mobilized 
members of the Selected Reserve and National Guard for payments for 
licensing or certification tests. 
Sec. 540. Modification of educational assistance for reserves supporting contingency 
and other operations. 
SUBTITLE D—GENERAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS 
Sec. 541. Ground combat and other exclusion policies. 
Sec. 542. Uniform citizenship or residency requirements for enlistment in the 
Armed Forces. 
Sec. 543. Increase in maximum age for enlistment. 
Sec. 544. Increase in maximum term of original enlistment in regular component. 
Sec. 545. National Call to Service program. 
Sec. 546. Reports on information provided to potential recruits and to new entrants 
into the Armed Forces on ‘‘stop loss’’ authorities and initial period of 
military service obligation. 
SUBTITLE E—MILITARY JUSTICE AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE MATTERS 
Sec. 551. Offense of stalking under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Sec. 552. Rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct under Uniform Code 
of Military Justice. 
Sec. 553. Extension of statute of limitations for murder, rape, and child abuse of-
fenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 554. Reports by officers and senior enlisted members of conviction of criminal 
law. 
Sec. 555. Clarification of authority of military legal assistance counsel to provide 
military legal assistance without regard to licensing requirements. 
Sec. 556. Use of teleconferencing in administrative sessions of courts-martial. 
Sec. 557. Sense of Congress on applicability of Uniform Code of Military Justice to 
Reserves on inactive-duty training overseas. 
SUBTITLE F—MATTERS RELATING TO CASUALTIES 
Sec. 561. Authority for members on active duty with disabilities to participate in 
Paralympic Games. 
Sec. 562. Policy and procedures on casualty assistance to survivors of military dece-
dents. 
Sec. 563. Policy and procedures on assistance to severely wounded or injured serv-
ice members. 
Sec. 564. Designation by members of the Armed Forces of persons authorized to di-
rect the disposition of member remains. 
SUBTITLE G—ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES FOR DEFENSE 
DEPENDENTS EDUCATION 
Sec. 571. Expansion of authorized enrollment in Department of Defense dependents 
schools overseas. 
Sec. 572. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of mem-
bers of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 573. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 574. Continuation of impact aid assistance on behalf of dependents of certain 
members despite change in status of member. 
SUBTITLE H—DECORATIONS AND AWARDS 
Sec. 576. Eligibility for Operation Enduring Freedom campaign medal. 
SUBTITLE I—CONSUMER PROTECTION MATTERS 
Sec. 577. Requirement for regulations on policies and procedures on personal com-
mercial solicitations on Department of Defense installations. 
Sec. 578. Consumer education for members of the Armed Forces and their spouses 
on insurance and other financial services. 
Sec. 579. Report on predatory lending practices directed at members of the Armed 
Forces and their dependents. 
SUBTITLE J—REPORTS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS STATEMENTS 
Sec. 581. Report on need for a personnel plan for linguists in the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 582. Sense of Congress that colleges and universities give equal access to mili-
tary recruiters and ROTC in accordance with the Solomon Amendment 
and requirement for report to Congress. 
Sec. 583. Sense of Congress concerning study of options for providing homeland de-
fense education. 
Sec. 584. Sense of Congress recognizing the diversity of the members of the Armed 
Forces serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom and honoring their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their fami-
lies. 
SUBTITLE K—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 589. Expansion and enhancement of authority to present recognition items for 
recruitment and retention purposes. 
Sec. 590. Extension of date of submittal of report of Veterans’ Disability Benefits 
Commission. 
Sec. 591. Recruitment and enlistment of home-schooled students in the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 592. Modification of requirement for certain intermediaries under certain au-
thorities relating to adoptions. 
Sec. 593. Adoption leave for members of the Armed Forces adopting children. 
Sec. 594. Addition of information to be covered in mandatory preseparation coun-
seling. 
Sec. 595. Report on Transition Assistance Programs. 
Sec. 596. Improvement to Department of Defense capacity to respond to sexual as-
sault affecting members of the Armed Forces.
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Sec. 597. Authority for appointment of Coast Guard flag officer as Chief of Staff to 
the President. 
Sec. 598. Prayer at military service academy activities. 
Sec. 599. Modification of authority to make military working dogs available for 
adoption.
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
SEC. 501. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE LIMITS ON REDUC-
TION OF TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS FOR RETIRE-
MENT IN GRADE UPON VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT. 
Section 1370(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) Notwithstanding subparagraph (E), during the period 
ending on December 31, 2007, the number of lieutenant colonels 
and colonels of the Air Force, and the number of commanders 
and captains of the Navy, for whom a reduction is made under 
this section during any fiscal year in the period of service-in-
grade otherwise required under this paragraph may not exceed 
four percent of the authorized active-duty strength for that fiscal 
year for officers of that armed force in that grade.’’. 
SEC. 502. TWO-YEAR RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO 
REDUCE MINIMUM LENGTH OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE 
REQUIRED 
FOR 
VOLUNTARY 
RETIREMENT 
AS 
AN 
OFFICER. 
(a) ARMY.—Section 3911(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking ‘‘during 
the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on 
December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘during the period specified 
in paragraph (2),’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The period specified in this paragraph is the period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 and ending on December 
31, 2008.’’. 
(b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.—Section 6323(a)(2) of such title 
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking 
‘‘during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending 
on December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘during the period speci-
fied in subparagraph (B),’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) The period specified in this subparagraph is the period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 and ending on December 
31, 2008.’’. 
(c) AIR FORCE.—Section 8911(b) of such title is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking ‘‘during 
the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on 
December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘during the period specified 
in paragraph (2),’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(2) The period specified in this paragraph is the period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 and ending on December 
31, 2008.’’. 
SEC. 503. EXCLUSION FROM ACTIVE-DUTY GENERAL AND FLAG 
OFFICER DISTRIBUTION AND STRENGTH LIMITATIONS 
OF OFFICERS ON LEAVE PENDING SEPARATION OR 
RETIREMENT OR BETWEEN SENIOR POSITIONS. 
(a) DISTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.—Section 525 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(e) In determining the total number of general officers or 
flag officers of an armed force on active duty for purposes of this 
section, the following officers shall not be counted: 
‘‘(1) An officer of that armed force in the grade of brigadier 
general or above or, in the case of the Navy, in the grade 
of rear admiral (lower half) or above, who is on leave pending 
the retirement, separation, or release of that officer from active 
duty, but only during the 60-day period beginning on the date 
of the commencement of such leave of such officer. 
‘‘(2) An officer of that armed force who has been relieved 
from a position designated under section 601(a) of this title 
and is under orders to assume another such position, but only 
during the 60-day period beginning on the date on which those 
orders are published.’’. 
(b) ACTIVE-DUTY STRENGTH LIMITATIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 526 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) EXCLUSION
OF CERTAIN OFFICERS PENDING SEPARATION 
OR RETIREMENT OR BETWEEN SENIOR POSITIONS.—The limitations 
of this section do not apply to a general or flag officer who is 
covered by an exclusion under section 525(e) of this title.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of subsection 
(d) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘CERTAIN OFFICERS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN RESERVE OFFICERS’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION OF FROCKING TO GRADES ABOVE MAJOR GEN-
ERAL AND REAR ADMIRAL.—Section 777(a) of such title is amended 
by inserting ‘‘in a grade below the grade of major general or, 
in the case of the Navy, rear admiral,’’ after ‘‘An officer’’ in the 
first sentence. 
SEC. 504. CONSOLIDATION OF GRADE LIMITATIONS ON OFFICER 
ASSIGNMENT 
AND 
INSIGNIA 
PRACTICE 
KNOWN 
AS 
FROCKING. 
Section 777(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘brigadier generals and Navy rear 
admirals (lower half)’’ and inserting ‘‘colonels, Navy cap-
tains, brigadier generals, and rear admirals (lower half)’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the grade of’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘the next higher grade may 
not exceed 85’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
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SEC. 505. CLARIFICATION OF DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT BY PROMOTION 
SELECTION BOARDS OF CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS 
FROM ELIGIBLE OFFICERS. 
(a) OFFICERS
ON ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.—Section 614(b) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by inserting 
‘‘the day before’’ after ‘‘not later than’’. 
(b) OFFICERS ON RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST.—Section 14106 
of such title is amended in the second sentence by inserting ‘‘the 
day before’’ after ‘‘not later than’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on March 1, 2006, and shall apply with respect 
to selection boards convened on or after that date. 
SEC. 506. FURNISHING TO PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS OF 
ADVERSE INFORMATION ON OFFICERS ELIGIBLE FOR 
PROMOTION TO CERTAIN SENIOR GRADES. 
(a) OFFICERS ON ACTIVE-DUTY LIST.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 615(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) 
as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) In the case of an eligible officer considered for promotion 
to a grade above colonel or, in the case of the Navy, captain, 
any credible information of an adverse nature, including any 
substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially docu-
mented investigation or inquiry, shall be furnished to the selection 
board in accordance with standards and procedures set out in 
the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense pursuant 
to paragraph (1).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 
amended—
(A) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph 
(1)(A) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (3), and (4)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated—
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘, or in paragraph (3),’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or (3), as 
applicable’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (7), as so redesig-
nated, by inserting ‘‘or (3)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)(B)’’. 
(b) RESERVE OFFICERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 14107(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) 
as paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and (7), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) In the case of an eligible officer considered for promotion 
to a grade above colonel or, in the case of the Navy, captain, 
any credible information of an adverse nature, including any
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substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially docu-
mented investigation or inquiry, shall be furnished to the selection 
board in accordance with standards and procedures set out in 
the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense pursuant 
to paragraph (1).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further 
amended—
(A) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph 
(1)(A) of this subsection, by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (3), and (4)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated—
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘, or in paragraph (3),’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘or (3), as 
applicable’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (7), as so redesig-
nated, by inserting ‘‘or (3)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)(B)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on October 1, 2006, and shall apply with respect 
to promotion selection boards convened on or after that date. 
SEC. 507. APPLICABILITY OF OFFICER DISTRIBUTION AND STRENGTH 
LIMITATIONS TO OFFICERS SERVING IN INTELLIGENCE 
COMMUNITY POSITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 528 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 528. Exclusion: officers serving in certain intelligence posi-
tions 
‘‘(a) EXCLUSION OF OFFICER SERVING IN CERTAIN CIA POSI-
TIONS.—When either of the individuals serving in a position speci-
fied in subsection (b) is an officer of the armed forces, one of 
those officers, while serving in that position, shall be excluded 
from the limitations in sections 525 and 526 of this title. 
‘‘(b) COVERED POSITIONS.—The positions referred to in this 
subsection are the following: 
‘‘(1) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(2) Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. 
‘‘(c) ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CIA FOR MILITARY SUPPORT.—
An officer of the armed forces serving in the position of Associate 
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Military Support, 
while serving in that position, shall be excluded from the limitations 
in sections 525 and 526 of this title. 
‘‘(d) OFFICERS SERVING IN OFFICE OF DNI.—A general or flag 
officer of the armed forces assigned to a position in the Office 
of the Director of National Intelligence designated by agreement 
between the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National 
Intelligence, while serving in that position, shall be excluded from 
the limitations in sections 525 and 526 of this title, except that 
not more than five such officers may be so excluded at any time.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to such section 
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 32 of such 
title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘528. Exclusion: officers serving in certain intelligence positions.’’.
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SEC. 508. GRADES OF THE JUDGE ADVOCATES GENERAL. 
(a) JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE ARMY.—Section 3037(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the last 
sentence and inserting the following new sentences: ‘‘The Judge 
Advocate General, while so serving, shall hold a grade not lower 
than major general. An officer appointed as Assistant Judge Advo-
cate General who holds a lower regular grade shall be appointed 
in the regular grade of major general.’’. 
(b) JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE NAVY.—Section 5148(b) 
of such title is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting 
the following new sentence: ‘‘The Judge Advocate General, while 
so serving, shall hold a grade not lower than rear admiral or 
major general, as appropriate.’’. 
(c) JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL OF THE AIR FORCE.—Section 
8037(a) of such title is amended by striking the last sentence 
and inserting the following new sentence: ‘‘The Judge Advocate 
General, while so serving, shall hold a grade not lower than major 
general.’’. 
SEC. 509. AUTHORITY TO RETAIN PERMANENT PROFESSORS AT THE 
NAVAL ACADEMY BEYOND 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COMMIS-
SIONED SERVICE. 
(a) WAIVER
OF
MANDATORY
RETIREMENT
FOR
YEARS
OF 
SERVICE.—
(1) LIEUTENANT COLONELS AND COMMANDERS.—Section 633 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Except an’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘except as provided’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 28 YEARS OF ACTIVE 
COMMISSIONED SERVICE.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b) and as provided’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who is an 
officer designated for limited duty to whom section 5596(e) 
or 6383 of this title applies. 
‘‘(2) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who is a 
permanent professor at the United States Naval Academy.’’. 
(2) COLONELS AND NAVY CAPTAINS.—Section 634 of such 
title is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Except an’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘except as provided’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE 
COMMISSIONED SERVICE.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b) and as provided’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) An officer of the Navy who is designated for limited 
duty to whom section 6383(a)(4) of this title applies. 
‘‘(2) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who is a 
permanent professor at the United States Naval Academy.’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY
FOR RETENTION
OF PERMANENT PROFESSORS 
BEYOND 30 YEARS.—
(1) AUTHORITY.—Chapter 603 of such title is amended by 
inserting after section 6969 the following new section:
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‘‘§ 6970. Permanent professors: retirement for years of 
service; authority for deferral 
‘‘(a) RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.—(1) Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps 
serving as a permanent professor at the Naval Academy in the 
grade of commander or lieutenant colonel who is not on a list 
of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of captain 
or colonel, as the case may be, shall, if not earlier retired, be 
retired on the first day of the month after the month in which 
the officer completes 28 years of active commissioned service. 
‘‘(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), an officer of the 
Navy or Marine Corps serving as a permanent professor at the 
Naval Academy in the grade of captain or colonel who is not 
on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of 
rear admiral (lower half) or brigadier general, as the case may 
be, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the 
month after the month in which the officer completes 30 years 
of active commissioned service. 
‘‘(b) CONTINUATION ON ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) An officer subject 
to retirement under subsection (a) may have his retirement deferred 
and be continued on active duty by the Secretary of the Navy. 
‘‘(2) Subject to section 1252 of this title, the Secretary of the 
Navy shall determine the period of any continuation on active 
duty under this section. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION.—A permanent professor at 
the Naval Academy in the grade of commander or lieutenant colonel 
who is continued on active duty as a permanent professor under 
subsection (b) remains eligible for consideration for promotion to 
the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be. 
‘‘(d) RETIRED GRADE AND RETIRED PAY.—Each officer retired 
under this section—
‘‘(1) unless otherwise entitled to a higher grade, shall be 
retired in the grade determined under section 1370 of this 
title; and 
‘‘(2) is entitled to retired pay computed under section 6333 
of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 6969 the following new item:
‘‘6970. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for defer-
ral.’’.
(c) MANDATORY RETIREMENT AT AGE 64.—
(1) REORGANIZATION AND STANDARDIZATION.—Chapter 63 
of such title is amended by inserting after section 1251 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 1252. Age 64: permanent professors at academies 
‘‘(a) MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE.—Unless retired or sepa-
rated earlier, each regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, 
Air Force, or Marine Corps covered by subsection (b) shall be 
retired on the first day of the month following the month in which 
the officer becomes 64 years of age. 
‘‘(b) COVERED OFFICERS.—This section applies to the following 
officers: 
‘‘(1) An officer who is a permanent professor or the director 
of admissions of the United States Military Academy.
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‘‘(2) An officer who is a permanent professor at the United 
States Naval Academy. 
‘‘(3) An officer who is a permanent professor or the registrar 
of the United States Air Force Academy.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 1251 the following new item:
‘‘1252. Age 64: permanent professors at academies.’’.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1251(a) of such title 
is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘, a permanent 
professor at the United States Naval Academy,’’ after ‘‘Air 
Force Academy’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO COMPUTATION OF 
RETIRED PAY.—
(1) AGE
RETIREMENT.—Chapter 71 of such title is 
amended—
(A) in the table in section 1401(a), by inserting at 
the bottom of the column under the heading ‘‘For sections’’, 
in the entry for Formula Number 5, the following: ‘‘1252’’; 
and 
(B) in the table in section 1406(b)(1), by inserting at 
the bottom of the first column the following: ‘‘1252’’. 
(2) YEARS-OF-SERVICE
RETIREMENT.—Section 6333(a) of 
such title is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding the table, by inserting 
‘‘6970 or’’ after ‘‘section’’; and 
(B) in the table, by inserting ‘‘6970’’ immediately below 
‘‘6325(b)’’ in the column under the heading ‘‘For sections’’, 
in the entry for Formula B. 
SEC. 510. AUTHORITY FOR DESIGNATION OF A GENERAL/FLAG 
OFFICER POSITION ON THE JOINT STAFF TO BE HELD 
BY RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER 
ON ACTIVE DUTY. 
Section 526(b)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, and a general and flag officer position on the Joint 
Staff,’’ after ‘‘combatant commands’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. SEPARATION AT AGE 64 FOR RESERVE COMPONENT SENIOR 
OFFICERS. 
Section 14512(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Unless retired,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘who is Chief’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘of a State,’’ and inserting ‘‘who is specified in paragraph (2)’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a reserve officer of the Army 
or Air Force who is any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
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‘‘(B) The Chief of the Army Reserve, Chief of the Air 
Force Reserve, Director of the Army National Guard, or Director 
of the Air National Guard. 
‘‘(C) An adjutant general. 
‘‘(D) If a reserve officer of the Army, the commanding 
general of the troops of a State.’’. 
SEC. 512. MODIFICATION OF STRENGTH-IN-GRADE LIMITATIONS 
APPLICABLE TO RESERVE FLAG OFFICERS IN ACTIVE 
STATUS. 
(a) LINE OFFICERS.—The table in paragraph (1) of section 
12004(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘28’’ in the item relating to Line officers and inserting ‘‘33’’. 
(b) MEDICAL DEPARTMENT STAFF CORPS OFFICERS.—Such table 
is further amended by striking ‘‘9’’ in the item relating to Medical 
Department staff corps officers and inserting ‘‘5’’. 
(c) SUPPLY CORPS OFFICERS.—Paragraph (2)(A) of such section 
is amended by striking ‘‘seven’’ and inserting ‘‘six’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1) of such section 
is further amended in the matter preceding the table by striking 
‘‘39’’ and inserting ‘‘40’’. 
SEC. 513. MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS) MANDATORY SEPA-
RATION. 
(a) DEFERRAL OF SEPARATION.—Section 10216 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) DEFERRAL OF MANDATORY SEPARATION.—The Secretary of 
the Army shall implement personnel policies so as to allow a mili-
tary technician (dual status) who continues to meet the require-
ments of this section for dual status to continue to serve beyond 
a mandatory removal date for officers, and any applicable maximum 
years of service limitation, until the military technician (dual status) 
reaches age 60 and attains eligibility for an unreduced annuity 
(as defined in section 10218(c) of this title).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary of the Army shall imple-
ment subsection (f) of section 10216 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 514. MILITARY RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN SERVICE BY 
NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS PERFORMED WHILE IN A 
STATE DUTY STATUS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TER-
RORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. 
(a) RETIREMENT CREDIT.—Service of a member of the Ready 
Reserve of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard 
described in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be service creditable 
under section 12732(a)(2)(A)(i) of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) COVERED SERVICE.—Service referred to in subsection (a) 
is full-time State active duty service that a member of the National 
Guard performed on or after September 11, 2001, and before October 
1, 2002, in any of the counties specified in subsection (c) to support 
a Federal declaration of emergency following the terrorist attacks 
on the United States of September 11, 2001. 
(c) COVERED COUNTIES.—The counties referred to in subsection 
(b) are the following: 
(1) In the State of New York: Bronx, Kings, New York 
(boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan), Queens, Richmond,
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Delaware, Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suf-
folk, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester. 
(2) In the State of Virginia: Arlington. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall take effect as of Sep-
tember 11, 2001. 
SEC. 515. REDESIGNATION OF THE NAVAL RESERVE AS THE NAVY 
RESERVE. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF RESERVE COMPONENT.—
(1) REDESIGNATION.—The reserve component of the Armed 
Forces known as the Naval Reserve is redesignated as the 
Navy Reserve. 
(2) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 517 of the Ronald W. 
Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1884; 10 U.S.C. 10101 
note) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—
(1) TEXT AMENDMENTS.—Title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it appears 
in the following provisions and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’: 
(A) Section 513(a). 
(B) Section 516. 
(C) Section 526(b)(2)(C)(i). 
(D) Section 971(a). 
(E) Section 5001(a)(1). 
(F) Section 5143. 
(G) Section 5596(c). 
(H) Section 6323(f). 
(I) Section 6327. 
(J) Section 6330(b). 
(K) Section 6331(a)(2). 
(L) Section 6336. 
(M) Section 6389. 
(N) Section 6911(c)(1). 
(O) Section 6913(a). 
(P) Section 6915. 
(Q) Section 6954(b)(3). 
(R) Section 6956(a)(2). 
(S) Section 6959. 
(T) Section 7225. 
(U) Section 7226. 
(V) Section 7605(1). 
(W) Section 7852. 
(X) Section 7853. 
(Y) Section 7854. 
(Z) Section 10101(3). 
(AA) Section 10108. 
(BB) Section 10172. 
(CC) Section 10301(a)(7). 
(DD) Section 10303. 
(EE) Section 12004(e)(2). 
(FF) Section 12005. 
(GG) Section 12010. 
(HH) Section 12011(a)(2). 
(II) Section 12012(a). 
(JJ) Section 12103.
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(KK) Section 12205. 
(LL) Section 12207(b)(2). 
(MM) Section 12732. 
(NN) Section 12774(b) (other than the first place it 
appears). 
(OO) Section 14002(b). 
(PP) Section 14101(a)(1). 
(QQ) Section 14107(d). 
(RR) Section 14302(a)(1)(A). 
(SS) Section 14313(b). 
(TT) Section 14501(a). 
(UU) Section 14512(b). 
(VV) Section 14705(a). 
(WW) Section 16201(d)(1)(B)(ii). 
(2) SUBSECTION CAPTION AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur-
ther amended in sections 971(a) and 5143(a) by striking ‘‘NAVAL 
RESERVE’’ and inserting ‘‘NAVY RESERVE’’. 
(3) SECTION HEADING AMENDMENTS.—Such title is further 
amended as follows: 
(A) The heading of section 5143 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 5143. Office of Navy Reserve: appointment of Chief’’. 
(B) The heading of section 6327 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 6327. Officers and enlisted members of the Navy Reserve 
and Marine Corps Reserve: 30 years; 20 years; 
retired pay’’. 
(C) The heading of section 6389 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 6389. Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve; officers: 
elimination from active status; computation of 
total commissioned service’’. 
(D) The heading of section 7225 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 7225. Navy Reserve flag’’. 
(E) The heading of section 7226 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 7226. Navy Reserve yacht pennant’’. 
(F) The heading of section 10108 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 10108. Navy Reserve: administration’’. 
(G) The heading of section 10172 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 10172. Navy Reserve Force’’. 
(H) The heading of section 10303 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 10303. Navy Reserve Policy Board’’. 
(I) The heading of section 12010 is amended to read 
as follows:
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‘‘§ 12010. Computations for Navy Reserve and Marine Corps 
Reserve: rule when fraction occurs in final 
result’’. 
(J) The heading of section 14306 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 14306. Establishment of promotion zones: Navy Reserve 
and Marine Corps Reserve running mate system’’. 
(4) TABLES OF SECTIONS AMENDMENTS.—Such title is fur-
ther amended as follows: 
(A) The item relating to section 5143 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 513 is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘5143. Office of Navy Reserve: appointment of Chief.’’.
(B) The item relating to section 6327 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 571 is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘6327. Officers and enlisted members of the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Re-
serve: 30 years; 20 years; retired pay.’’.
(C) The item relating to section 6389 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 573 is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘6389. Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve; officers: elimination from active 
status; computation of total commissioned service.’’.
(D) The items relating to sections 7225 and 7226 in 
the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 631 are 
amended to read as follows:
‘‘7225. Navy Reserve flag. 
‘‘7226. Navy Reserve yacht pennant.’’.
(E) The item relating to section 10108 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 1003 is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘10108. Navy Reserve: administration.’’.
(F) The item relating to section 10172 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 1006 is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘10172. Navy Reserve Force.’’.
(G) The item relating to section 10303 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 1009 is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘10303. Navy Reserve Policy Board.’’.
(H) The item relating to section 12010 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 1201 is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘12010. Computations for Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve: rule when frac-
tion occurs in final result.’’.
(I) The item relating to section 14306 in the table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 1405 is amended 
to read as follows:
‘‘14306. Establishment of promotion zones: Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve 
running mate system.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT
TO TITLE 14, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Section 705 of title 14, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Navy Reserve’’. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 37, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—
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(1) TEXT AMENDMENTS.—Title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it appears 
in the following provisions and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’: 
(A) Section 101(24)(C). 
(B) Section 201(d). 
(C) Section 205(a)(2)(I). 
(D) Section 301c(d). 
(E) Section 319(a). 
(F) Section 905. 
(2) SUBSECTION CAPTION AMENDMENT.—Section 301c(d) of 
such title is further amended by striking ‘‘NAVAL RESERVE’’ 
and inserting ‘‘NAVY RESERVE’’. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 38, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Naval 
Reserve’’ each place it appears in the following provisions and 
inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’: 
(1) Section 101(27)(B). 
(2) Section 3002(6)(C). 
(3) Section 3202(1)(C)(iii). 
(4) Section 3452(a)(3)(C). 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER CODIFIED TITLES.—
(1) TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 2108(1)(B) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Naval 
Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’. 
(2) TITLE 18, UNITED
STATES
CODE.—Section 2387(b) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Naval 
Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’. 
(3) TITLE 46, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 46, United States 
Code, is amended as follows: 
(A) Sections 8103(g) and 8302(g) are amended by 
striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’. 
(B) The heading of section 8103 is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘§ 8103. Citizenship and Navy Reserve requirements’’. 
(C) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
81 is amended by striking the item relating to section 
8103 and inserting the following new item:
‘‘8103. Citizenship and Navy Reserve requirements.’’.
(g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS.—
(1) Section 2301(4)(C) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6671(4)(C)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’. 
(2) The Merchant Marine Act, 1936 is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Naval Reserve’’ each place it appears 
in sections 301(b) (46 U.S.C. App. 1131(b)), 1303 (46 U.S.C. 
App. 1295b), and 1304 (46 U.S.C. App. 1295c) and inserting 
‘‘Navy Reserve’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘NAVAL RESERVE’’ in sections 1303(c) 
and 1304(h) and inserting ‘‘NAVY RESERVE’’: 
(3) The Military Selective Service Act is amended—
(A) in section 6(a)(1) (50 U.S.C. App. 456(a)(1)), by 
striking ‘‘United States Naval Reserves’’ and inserting 
‘‘members of the United States Navy Reserve’’; and 
(B) in section 16(i) (50 U.S.C. App. 466(i)), by striking 
‘‘Naval Reserve’’ and inserting ‘‘Navy Reserve’’.
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(h) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law, regulation, 
document, record, or other paper of the United States to the Naval 
Reserve, other than a reference to the Naval Reserve regarding 
the United States Naval Reserve Retired List, shall be considered 
to be a reference to the Navy Reserve. 
SEC. 516. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 
THE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL GUARD AND 
RESERVES. 
(a) NATURE OF COMMISSION.—Subsection (a) of section 513 of 
the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1880) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘in the legislative branch’’ after ‘‘There is established’’. 
(b) PAY
OF MEMBERS.—Subsection (e)(1) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that follows through 
the end and inserting ‘‘except that—
‘‘(A) in applying the first sentence of subsection (a) of 
section 957 of such Act to the Commission, ‘may’ shall be 
substituted for ‘shall’; and 
‘‘(B) in applying subsections (a), (c)(2), and (e) of section 
957 of such Act to the Commission, ‘level IV of the Executive 
Schedule’ shall be substituted for ‘level V of the Executive 
Schedule’.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c)(2)(C) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘section 404(a)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
416(a)(4)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on October 28, 2004, as if included in the enactment 
of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2005. 
SEC. 517. REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT MATTERS FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
RESERVE COMPONENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit to Congress a report on problems faced by members 
of the reserve components with respect to employment as a result 
of being ordered to perform full-time National Guard duty or being 
ordered to active duty. 
(b) SPECIFIC MATTERS.—In preparing the report under sub-
section (a), the Comptroller General shall include the following: 
(1) TYPE OF EMPLOYERS.—An estimate of the number of 
employers of members of the reserve components who are pri-
vate-sector employers and the number who are public-sector 
employers. 
(2) SIZE OF EMPLOYERS.—An estimate of the number of 
employers of members of the reserve components who employ 
fewer than 50 full-time employees. 
(3) SELF-EMPLOYED.—An estimate of the number of mem-
bers of the reserve components who are self-employed. 
(4) NATURE OF BUSINESS.—A description of the nature of 
the business of employers of members of the reserve compo-
nents. 
(5) REEMPLOYMENT DIFFICULTIES.—A description of difficul-
ties faced by members of the reserve components in gaining 
reemployment after having performed full-time National Guard 
duty or active duty, including difficulties faced by members 
who are disabled as a result of their service.
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SEC. 518. DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD STUDY ON DEPLOYMENT OF MEM-
BERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES IN THE 
GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Defense Science Board shall conduct 
a study on the length and frequency of the deployment of members 
of the National Guard and the Reserves as a result of the global 
war on terrorism. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The study required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An identification of the current range of lengths and 
frequencies of deployments of members of the National Guard 
and the Reserves. 
(2) An assessment of the consequences for force structure, 
morale, and mission capability of deployments of members of 
the National Guard and the Reserves in the course of the 
global war on terrorism that are lengthy, frequent, or both. 
(3) An identification of the optimal length and frequency 
of deployments of members of the National Guard and the 
Reserves during the global war on terrorism. 
(4) An identification of mechanisms to reduce the length, 
frequency, or both of deployments of members of the National 
Guard and the Reserves during the global war on terrorism. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 2006, the Defense Science 
Board shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives a report on the study required by subsection (a). 
The report shall include the results of the study and such rec-
ommendations as the Defense Science Board considers appropriate 
in light of the study. 
SEC. 519. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO 
THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES. 
It is the sense of Congress—
(1) to recognize the important and integral role played 
by members of the Active Guard and Reserve and military 
technicians (dual status) in the efforts of the Armed Forces; 
and 
(2) to urge the Secretary of Defense to promptly resolve 
issues relating to appropriate authority for payment of reenlist-
ment bonuses stemming from reenlistment contracts entered 
into between January 14, 2005, and April 17, 2005, involving 
members of the Army National Guard and military technicians 
(dual status). 
SEC. 520. PILOT PROGRAM ON ENHANCED QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMY RESERVE AND THEIR FAMILIES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall carry 
out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability 
of using a coalition of military and civilian community personnel 
in order to enhance the quality of life for members of the 
Army Reserve and their families. 
(2) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall carry out the pilot 
program in areas of the United States in which members of 
the Army Reserve and their families are concentrated. The 
Secretary shall select one area in two States for purposes 
of the pilot program.
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(b) PARTICIPATING PERSONNEL.—A coalition of personnel under 
the pilot program shall include—
(1) military personnel; and 
(2) appropriate members of the civilian community, such 
as clinicians and teachers, who volunteer for participation in 
the coalition. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2007, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
a report on the pilot program carried out under this section. The 
report shall include—
(1) a description of the pilot program; 
(2) an assessment of the benefits of using a coalition of 
military and civilian community personnel in order to enhance 
the quality of life for members of the Army Reserve and their 
families; and 
(3) such recommendations for legislative or administrative 
action as the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the 
pilot program. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
PART I—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS 
GENERALLY 
SEC. 521. AUTHORITY FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY AWARD 
OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN JOINT CAMPAIGN 
PLANNING AND STRATEGY. 
(a) JOINT FORCES STAFF COLLEGE PROGRAM.—Section 2163 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2163. National Defense University: master of science 
degrees 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD SPECIFIED DEGREES.—The President 
of the National Defense University, upon the recommendation of 
the faculty of the respective college or other school within the 
University, may confer the master of science degrees specified in 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED DEGREES.—The following degrees may be 
awarded under subsection (a): 
‘‘(1) MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY.—
The degree of master of science in national security strategy, 
to graduates of the University who fulfill the requirements 
of the program of the National War College. 
‘‘(2) 
MASTER
OF
SCIENCE
IN
NATIONAL
RESOURCE 
STRATEGY.—The degree of master of science in national resource 
strategy, to graduates of the University who fulfill the require-
ments of the program of the Industrial College of the Armed 
Forces. 
‘‘(3) MASTER OF SCIENCE IN JOINT CAMPAIGN PLANNING AND 
STRATEGY.—The degree of master of science in joint campaign 
planning and strategy, to graduates of the University who 
fulfill the requirements of the program of the Joint Advanced 
Warfighting School at the Joint Forces Staff College.
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‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The authority provided by this section shall 
be exercised under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
Defense.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 2163 
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 108 of such 
title is amended to read as follows:
‘‘2163. National Defense University: master of science degrees.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (3) of section 2163(b) of title 
10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), shall take 
effect for degrees awarded after May 2005. 
SEC. 522. AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDU-
CATION SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE FACULTY RESEARCH 
GRANTS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. 
(a) NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY.—Section 2165 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) ACCEPTANCE OF FACULTY RESEARCH GRANTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense may authorize the President of the National 
Defense University to accept qualifying research grants. Any such 
grant may only be accepted if the work under the grant is to 
be carried out by a professor or instructor of one of the institutions 
comprising the University for a scientific, literary, or educational 
purpose. 
‘‘(2) A qualifying research grant under this subsection is a 
grant that is awarded on a competitive basis by an entity referred 
to in paragraph (3) for a research project with a scientific, literary, 
or educational purpose. 
‘‘(3) A grant may be accepted under this subsection only from 
a corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar 
entity that is organized and operated primarily for scientific, lit-
erary, or educational purposes. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall establish an account for administering 
funds received as research grants under this subsection. The Presi-
dent of the University shall use the funds in the account in accord-
ance with applicable provisions of the regulations and the terms 
and condition of the grants received. 
‘‘(5) Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropria-
tions Acts, appropriations available for the National Defense 
University may be used to pay expenses incurred by the University 
in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying 
research grants. 
‘‘(6) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the adminis-
tration of this subsection.’’. 
(b) ARMY WAR COLLEGE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 407 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 4417. United States Army War College: acceptance of 
grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, 
and educational purposes 
‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary of the 
Army may authorize the Commandant of the United States Army 
War College to accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant 
may only be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried 
out by a professor or instructor of the College for a scientific, 
literary, or educational purpose.
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‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GRANTS.—A qualifying research grant under 
this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis 
by an entity referred to in subsection (c) for a research project 
with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 
‘‘(c) ENTITIES FROM WHICH GRANTS MAY BE ACCEPTED.—A 
grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, 
fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is 
organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or edu-
cational purposes. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 
establish an account for administering funds received as research 
grants under this section. The Commandant shall use the funds 
in the account in accordance with applicable provisions of the regu-
lations and the terms and condition of the grants received. 
‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limitations as may 
be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for 
the Army War College may be used to pay expenses incurred 
by the College in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award 
of qualifying research grants. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations 
for the administration of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item:
‘‘4417. United States Army War College: acceptance of grants for faculty research 
for scientific, literary, and educational purposes.’’.
(c) UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 605 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 7050. Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, 
and educational purposes: acceptance; author-
ized grantees 
‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may authorize the President of the Naval Postgraduate School 
to accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant may only 
be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by 
a professor or instructor of the School for a scientific, literary, 
or educational purpose. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GRANTS.—A qualifying research grant under 
this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis 
by an entity referred to in subsection (c) for a research project 
with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 
‘‘(c) ENTITIES FROM WHICH GRANTS MAY BE ACCEPTED.—A 
grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, 
fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is 
organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or edu-
cational purposes. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 
establish an account for administering funds received as research 
grants under this section. The President of the Naval Postgraduate 
School shall use the funds in the account in accordance with 
applicable provisions of the regulations and the terms and condition 
of the grants received. 
‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limitations as may 
be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for 
the Naval Postgraduate School may be used to pay expenses
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incurred by the School in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, 
the award of qualifying research grants. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations 
for the administration of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item:
‘‘7050. Grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes: 
acceptance, authorized grantees.’’.
(d) NAVAL WAR COLLEGE AND MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 609 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sections: 
‘‘§ 7103. Naval War College: acceptance of grants for faculty 
research for scientific, literary, and educational 
purposes 
‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may authorize the President of the Naval War College to 
accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant may only be 
accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by a 
professor or instructor of the College for a scientific, literary, or 
educational purpose. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GRANTS.—A qualifying research grant under 
this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis 
by an entity referred to in subsection (c) for a research project 
with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 
‘‘(c) ENTITIES FROM WHICH GRANTS MAY BE ACCEPTED.—A 
grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, 
fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is 
organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or edu-
cational purposes. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 
establish an account for administering funds received as research 
grants under this section. The President of the Naval War College 
shall use the funds in the account in accordance with applicable 
provisions of the regulations and the terms and condition of the 
grants received. 
‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limitations as may 
be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for 
the Naval War College may be used to pay expenses incurred 
by the College in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award 
of qualifying research grants. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations 
for the administration of this section. 
‘‘§ 7104. Marine Corps University: acceptance of grants for 
faculty research for scientific, literary, and edu-
cational purposes 
‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may authorize the President of the Marine Corps University 
to accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant may only 
be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by 
a professor or instructor of one of the institutions comprising the 
University for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GRANTS.—A qualifying research grant under 
this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis
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by an entity referred to in subsection (c) for a research project 
with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 
‘‘(c) ENTITIES FROM WHICH GRANTS MAY BE ACCEPTED.—A 
grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, 
fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is 
organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or edu-
cational purposes. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 
establish an account for administering funds received as research 
grants under this section. The President of the Marine Corps 
University shall use the funds in the account in accordance with 
applicable provisions of the regulations and the terms and condition 
of the grants received. 
‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limitations as may 
be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for 
the Marine Corps University may be used to pay expenses incurred 
by the University in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the 
award of qualifying research grants. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations 
for the administration of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new items:
‘‘7103. Naval War College: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, 
literary, and educational purposes. 
‘‘7104. Marine Corps University: acceptance of grants for faculty research for sci-
entific, literary, and educational purposes.’’.
(e) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.—
Section 9314 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ACCEPTANCE
OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—(1) The Secretary 
of the Air Force may authorize the Commandant of the United 
States Air Force Institute of Technology to accept qualifying 
research grants. Any such grant may only be accepted if the work 
under the grant is to be carried out by a professor or instructor 
of the Institute for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 
‘‘(2) A qualifying research grant under this subsection is a 
grant that is awarded on a competitive basis by an entity referred 
to in paragraph (3) for a research project with a scientific, literary, 
or educational purpose. 
‘‘(3) A grant may be accepted under this subsection only from 
a corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar 
entity that is organized and operated primarily for scientific, lit-
erary, or educational purposes. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall establish an account for administering 
funds received as research grants under this section. The Com-
mandant of the Institute shall use the funds in the account in 
accordance with applicable provisions of the regulations and the 
terms and condition of the grants received. 
‘‘(5) Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropria-
tions Acts, appropriations available for the Institute may be used 
to pay expenses incurred by the Institute in applying for, and 
otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying research grants. 
‘‘(6) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the adminis-
tration of this subsection.’’. 
(f) AIR WAR COLLEGE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 907 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:
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‘‘§ 9417. Air War College: acceptance of grants for faculty 
research for scientific, literary, and educational 
purposes 
‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary of the 
Air Force may authorize the Commandant of the Air War College 
to accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant may only 
be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by 
a professor or instructor of the College for a scientific, literary, 
or educational purpose. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GRANTS.—A qualifying research grant under 
this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis 
by an entity referred to in subsection (c) for a research project 
with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. 
‘‘(c) ENTITIES FROM WHICH GRANTS MAY BE ACCEPTED.—A 
grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, 
fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is 
organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or edu-
cational purposes. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 
establish an account for administering funds received as research 
grants under this section. The Commandant shall use the funds 
in the account in accordance with applicable provisions of the regu-
lations and the terms and condition of the grants received. 
‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limitations as may 
be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for 
the Air War College may be used to pay expenses incurred by 
the College in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award 
of qualifying research grants. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations 
for the administration of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item:
‘‘9417. Air War College: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, lit-
erary, and educational purposes.’’.
PART II—UNITED STATES NAVAL 
POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL 
SEC. 523. REVISION TO MISSION OF THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE 
SCHOOL. 
(a) INCLUSION
OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
AND RESEARCH 
OPPORTUNITIES.—The text of section 7041 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘There is a United States Naval Postgraduate School, the pri-
mary function of which is to provide advanced instruction and 
professional and technical education and research opportunities 
for commissioned officers of the naval service in—
‘‘(1) their practical and theoretical duties; 
‘‘(2) the science, physics, and systems engineering of current 
and future naval warfare doctrine, operations, and systems; 
and 
‘‘(3) the integration of naval operations and systems into 
joint, combined, and multinational operations.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7042(b)(1) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘and technical education of students’’ and
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inserting ‘‘and professional and technical education of students and 
the provision of research opportunities for students’’. 
SEC. 524. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POSITION OF PRESI-
DENT OF THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. 
Subsection (a) of section 7042 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a)(1) The President of the Naval Postgraduate School shall 
be one of the following: 
‘‘(A) An officer of the Navy in a grade not below the grade 
of captain who is detailed to such position. 
‘‘(B) A civilian individual having qualifications appropriate 
to the position of President of the Naval Postgraduate School 
who is assigned to such position. 
‘‘(2) The President of the Naval Postgraduate School shall be 
detailed or assigned to such position by the Secretary of the Navy, 
upon the recommendation of the Chief of Naval Operations. 
‘‘(3) An individual assigned to the position of President of 
the Naval Postgraduate School under paragraph (1)(B) shall serve 
in that position for a term of not more than five years and may 
be reassigned to that position for an additional term of up to 
five years. 
‘‘(4) The qualifications appropriate for selection for detail or 
assignment to the position of President of the Naval Postgraduate 
School include the following: 
‘‘(A) A doctorate degree in a field of study relevant to 
the mission and function of the Naval Postgraduate School, 
in the case of a civilian, or a doctorate or master’s degree 
in such a field of study, in the case of an officer of the Navy. 
‘‘(B) A comprehensive understanding of the Navy, the 
Department of Defense, and joint and combined operations. 
‘‘(C) Leadership experience at the senior level in a large 
and diverse organization. 
‘‘(D) Demonstrated ability to foster and encourage a pro-
gram of research in order to sustain academic excellence. 
‘‘(E) Other qualifications, as determined by the Secretary 
of the Navy.’’. 
SEC. 
525. 
INCREASED 
ENROLLMENT 
FOR 
ELIGIBLE 
DEFENSE 
INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES IN THE DEFENSE PRODUCT 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT NAVAL POSTGRADUATE 
SCHOOL. 
Section 7049(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and systems engineering’’ after ‘‘cur-
riculum related to defense product development’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘25’’. 
SEC. 526. INSTRUCTION FOR ENLISTED PERSONNEL BY THE NAVAL 
POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL. 
(a) EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR INSTRUCTION.—Section 7045 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)—
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (D); 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following 
new subparagraph (C):
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‘‘(C) The Secretary may permit an eligible enlisted member 
of the Navy or Marine Corps to receive instruction from the Post-
graduate School in certificate programs and courses required for 
the performance of the member’s duties.’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking 
‘‘(A) and (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A), (B), and (C)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘(a)(2)(C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a)(2)(D)’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON DEGREE AWARDS.—Such section is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) The Secretary may not award a baccalaureate, masters, 
or doctorate degree to an enlisted member based upon instruction 
received at the Postgraduate School under subsection (a)(2)(C).’’. 
(c) REPORT ON RATIONALE AND PLANS OF THE NAVY TO PROVIDE 
ENLISTED
MEMBERS
AN
OPPORTUNITY
TO
OBTAIN
GRADUATE 
DEGREES.—The Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the 
plans, if any, of the Secretary, and the rationale for those plans, 
for a program to provide enlisted members of the Navy with 
opportunities to pursue graduate degree programs either through 
Navy schools or paid for by the Navy in return for an additional 
service obligation. The report shall include the following: 
(1) The underlying philosophy and objectives supporting 
a decision to provide opportunities for graduate degrees to 
enlisted members of the Navy. 
(2) An overall description of how the award of a graduate 
degree to an enlisted member would fit in an integrated, 
progressive, coordinated, and systematic way into the goals 
and requirements of the Navy for enlisted career development 
and for professional education, together with a discussion of 
a wider requirement, if any, for programs for the award of 
associate and baccalaureate degrees to enlisted members, 
particularly in the career fields under consideration for the 
pilot program referred to in subsection (d). 
(3) A discussion of the scope and details of the plan to 
ensure that Navy enlisted members have the requisite academic 
baccalaureate degrees as a prerequisite for undertaking grad-
uate-level work. 
(4) Identification of the specific enlisted career fields for 
which the Secretary has determined that a graduate degree 
should be a requirement, as well as the rationale for that 
determination. 
(5) A description of the concept of the Secretary for the 
process and mechanism of providing graduate degrees to 
enlisted members, including, at a minimum, the Secretary’s 
plan for whether the degree programs would be provided 
through civilian or military degree-granting institutions and 
whether through in-resident or distance learning or some com-
bination thereof. 
(6) A description of the plan to ensure proper and effective 
utilization of enlisted members following the award of a grad-
uate degree. 
(d) PLAN FOR PILOT PROGRAM.—In addition to the report under 
subsection (c), the Secretary of the Navy may submit a plan for 
a pilot program to make available opportunities to pursue graduate 
degree programs to a limited number of Navy enlisted members
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in a specific, limited set of critical career fields. Such a plan shall 
include, as a minimum, the following: 
(1) The specific objectives of the pilot program. 
(2) An identification of the specific enlisted career fields 
from which candidates for the program would be drawn, the 
numbers and prerequisite qualifications of initial candidates, 
and the process for selecting the enlisted members who would 
initially participate. 
(3) The process and mechanism for providing the degrees, 
described in the same manner as specified under subsection 
(c)(5), and a general description of course content. 
(4) An analysis of the cost effectiveness of using Navy, 
other service, or civilian degree granting institutions in the 
program. 
(5) The plan for post-graduation utilization of the enlisted 
members who obtain graduate degrees under the program. 
(6) The criteria and plan for assessing whether the objec-
tives of the program are met. 
PART III—RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING 
CORPS 
SEC. 531. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE UNDER ROTC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS. 
(a) GENERAL ROTC PROGRAM.—Section 2107(c) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘, (3), or (4)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or (3)’’. 
(b) ARMY RESERVE AND ARMY NATIONAL GUARD PROGRAM.—
Section 2107a(c) of such title is amended by striking paragraph 
(3). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (4) of section 2107(c) of title 
10, United States Code, and paragraph (3) of section 2107a(c) of 
such title, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, shall continue to apply in the case of any individual 
selected before the date of the enactment of this Act for appointment 
as a cadet or midshipman under section 2107 or 2107a of such 
title. 
SEC. 532. INCREASE IN ANNUAL LIMIT ON NUMBER OF ROTC SCHOLAR-
SHIPS UNDER ARMY RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD 
PROGRAM. 
Section 2107a(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘208’’ and inserting ‘‘416’’. 
SEC. 533. PROCEDURES FOR SUSPENDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE FOR SENIOR ROTC 
CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN ON THE BASIS OF HEALTH-
RELATED CONDITIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2107 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j)(1) Payment of financial assistance under this section for, 
and payment of a monthly subsistence allowance under section 
209 of title 37 to, a cadet or midshipman appointed under this 
section may be suspended on the basis of health-related incapacity
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of the cadet or midshipman only in accordance with regulations 
prescribed under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations 
the policies and procedures for suspending payments under para-
graph (1). The regulations shall apply uniformly to all of the military 
departments. The regulations shall include the following matters: 
‘‘(A) The standards of health-related fitness that are to 
be applied. 
‘‘(B) Requirements for—
‘‘(i) the health-related condition and prognosis of a 
cadet or midshipman to be determined, in relation to the 
applicable standards prescribed under subparagraph (A), 
by a health care professional on the basis of a medical 
examination of the cadet or midshipman; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary concerned to take into consideration 
the determinations made under clause (i) with respect to 
such condition in deciding whether to suspend payment 
in the case of such cadet or midshipman on the basis 
of that condition. 
‘‘(C) A requirement for the Secretary concerned to transmit 
to a cadet or midshipman proposed for suspension under this 
subsection a notification of the proposed suspension together 
with the determinations made under subparagraph (B)(i) in 
the case of the proposed suspension. 
‘‘(D) A procedure for a cadet or midshipman proposed for 
suspension under this subsection to submit a written response 
to the proposal for suspension, including any supporting 
information. 
‘‘(E) Requirements for—
‘‘(i) one or more health-care professionals to review, 
in the case of such a response of a cadet or midshipman, 
each health-related condition and prognosis addressed in 
the response, taking into consideration the matters sub-
mitted in such response; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary concerned to take into consideration 
the determinations made under clause (i) with respect to 
such condition in making a final decision regarding whether 
to suspend payment in the case of such cadet or mid-
shipman on the basis of that condition, and the conditions 
under which such suspension may be lifted.’’. 
(b) TIME FOR PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall prescribe the regulations required under subsection 
(j) of section 2107 of title 10, United States Code (as added by 
subsection (a)), not later than May 1, 2006. 
SEC. 534. ELIGIBILITY OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS FOR APPOINT-
MENT TO THE SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING 
CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2107(b)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or national’’ after ‘‘citizen’’. 
(b) ARMY RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 
2107a(b)(1)(A) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘or national’’ 
after ‘‘citizen’’. 
(c) ELIGIBILITY
FOR APPOINTMENT
AS COMMISSIONED OFFI-
CERS.—Section 532(f) of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘, or 
for a United States national otherwise eligible for appointment 
as a cadet or midshipman under section 2107(a) of this title or
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as a cadet under section 2107a of this title,’’ after ‘‘for permanent 
residence’’. 
SEC. 535. PROMOTION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS AMONG MEM-
BERS OF THE RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall support the 
acquisition of foreign language skills among cadets and midshipmen 
in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, including through the 
development and implementation of—
(1) incentives for cadets and midshipmen to participate 
in study of a foreign language, including special emphasis for 
Arabic, Chinese, and other ‘‘strategic languages’’, as defined 
by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with other relevant 
agencies; and 
(2) a recruiting strategy to target foreign language 
speakers, including members of heritage communities, to 
participate in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Armed Services the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the 
actions taken to carry out this section. 
SEC. 536. DESIGNATION OF IKE SKELTON EARLY COMMISSIONING PRO-
GRAM SCHOLARSHIPS. 
Section 2107a of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) Financial assistance provided under this section to a cadet 
appointed at a military junior college is designated as, and shall 
be known as, an ‘Ike Skelton Early Commissioning Program Schol-
arship’.’’. 
PART IV—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 537. ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT 
AUTHORITIES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL LOANS ELIGIBLE FOR REPAYMENT.—Paragraph 
(1) of section 2171(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) any loan incurred for educational purposes made by 
a lender that is—
‘‘(i) an agency or instrumentality of a State; 
‘‘(ii) a financial or credit institution (including an insur-
ance company) that is subject to examination and super-
vision by an agency of the United States or any State; 
‘‘(iii) a pension fund approved by the Secretary for 
purposes of this section; or 
‘‘(iv) a non-profit private entity designated by a State, 
regulated by such State, and approved by the Secretary 
for purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY OF OFFICERS.—Paragraph (2) of such section 
is amended by striking ‘‘an enlisted member in a military specialty’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a member in an officer program or military specialty’’.
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SEC. 538. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES TO OBTAIN PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 101 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2015. Payment of expenses to obtain professional creden-
tials 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast Guard when it 
is not operating as a service in the Navy, may pay for—
‘‘(1) expenses for members of the armed forces to obtain 
professional credentials, including expenses for professional 
accreditation, State-imposed and professional licenses, and 
professional certification; and 
‘‘(2) examinations to obtain such credentials. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The authority under subsection (a) may not 
be used to pay the expenses of a member to obtain professional 
credentials that are a prerequisite for appointment in the armed 
forces.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item:
‘‘2015. Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials.’’.
SEC. 539. USE OF RESERVE MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS AND 
BENEFITS FOR MOBILIZED MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED 
RESERVE AND NATIONAL GUARD FOR PAYMENTS FOR 
LICENSING OR CERTIFICATION TESTS. 
(a) CHAPTER 1606.—Section 16131 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of educational 
assistance payable under this chapter for a licensing or certification 
test described in section 3452(b) of title 38 is the lesser of $2,000 
or the fee charged for the test. 
‘‘(2) The number of months of entitlement charged in the case 
of any individual for such licensing or certification test is equal 
to the number (including any fraction) determined by dividing the 
total amount of educational assistance paid such individual for 
such test by the full-time monthly institutional rate of educational 
assistance which, but for paragraph (1), such individual would 
otherwise be paid under subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) In no event shall payment of educational assistance under 
this subsection for such a test exceed the amount of the individual’s 
available entitlement under this chapter.’’. 
(b) CHAPTER 1607.—Section 16162 of such title is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE FOR LICENSING AND CERTIFI-
CATION TESTS.—The provisions of section 16131(j) of this title shall 
apply to the provision of educational assistance under this chapter, 
except that, in applying such section under this chapter, the ref-
erence to subsection (b) in paragraph (2) of such section is deemed 
to be a reference to subsection (c) of this section.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to a licensing or certification test administered on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 
540. 
MODIFICATION 
OF 
EDUCATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
RESERVES SUPPORTING CONTINGENCY AND OTHER 
OPERATIONS. 
(a) OFFICIAL
RECEIVING
ELECTIONS
OF
BENEFITS.—Section 
16163(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘Secretary concerned’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Veterans Affairs’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION TO IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—
Section 16165 of such title is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Educational assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 
IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), educational 
assistance’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 
of Defense, educational assistance may be provided under this 
chapter to a member of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve 
who incurs a break in service in the Selected Reserve of not more 
than 90 days if the member continues to serve in the Ready Reserve 
during and after such break in service.’’. 
Subtitle D—General Service Requirements 
SEC. 541. GROUND COMBAT AND OTHER EXCLUSION POLICIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) Chapter 37 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after section 651 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 652. Notice to Congress of proposed changes in units, 
assignments, etc. to which female members may 
be assigned 
‘‘(a) RULE FOR GROUND COMBAT PERSONNEL POLICY.—(1) If 
the Secretary of Defense proposes to make any change described 
in paragraph (2)(A) or (2)(B) to the ground combat exclusion policy 
or proposes to make a change described in paragraph (2)(C), the 
Secretary shall, before any such change is implemented, submit 
to Congress a report providing notice of the proposed change. Such 
a change may then be implemented only after the end of a period 
of 30 days of continuous session of Congress (excluding any day 
on which either House of Congress is not in session) following 
the date on which the report is received. 
‘‘(2) A change referred to in paragraph (1) is a change that—
‘‘(A) closes to female members of the armed forces 
any category of unit or position that at that time is open 
to service by such members; 
‘‘(B) opens to service by female members of the armed 
forces any category of unit or position that at that time 
is closed to service by such members; or 
‘‘(C) opens or closes to the assignment of female mem-
bers of the armed forces any military career designator 
as described in paragraph (6). 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall include in any report under paragraph 
(1)—
‘‘(A) a detailed description of, and justification for, the 
proposed change; and 
‘‘(B) a detailed analysis of legal implication of the pro-
posed change with respect to the constitutionality of the
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application of the Military Selective Service Act (50 App. 
U.S.C. 451 et seq.) to males only. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘ground combat exclusion policy’ 
means the military personnel policies of the Department of Defense 
and the military departments, as in effect on October 1, 1994, 
by which female members of the armed forces are restricted from 
assignment to units and positions below brigade level whose pri-
mary mission is to engage in direct combat on the ground. 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the continuity of a session 
of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress 
sine die. 
‘‘(6) For purposes of this subsection, a military career designator 
is one that is related to military operations on the ground as 
of May 18, 2005, and applies—
‘‘(A) for enlisted members and warrant officers, to military 
occupational specialties, specialty codes, enlisted designators, 
enlisted classification codes, additional skill identifiers, and 
special qualification identifiers; and 
‘‘(B) for officers (other than warrant officers), to officer 
areas of concentration, occupational specialties, specialty codes, 
designators, additional skill identifiers, and special qualification 
identifiers. 
‘‘(b) OTHER PERSONNEL POLICY CHANGES.—(1) Except in a case 
covered by section 6035 of this title or by subsection (a), whenever 
the Secretary of Defense proposes to make a change to military 
personnel policies described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, 
not less than 30 days before such change is implemented, submit 
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives notice, 
in writing, of the proposed change. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a proposed military personnel 
policy change, other than a policy change covered by subsection 
(a), that would make available to female members of the armed 
forces assignment to any of the following that, as of the date 
of the proposed change, is closed to such assignment: 
‘‘(A) Any type of unit not covered by subsection (a). 
‘‘(B) Any class of combat vessel. 
‘‘(C) Any type of combat platform.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 651 
the following new item:
‘‘652. Notice to Congress of proposed changes in units, assignments, etc. to which 
female members may be assigned.’’.
(b) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
POLICIES WITH REGARD TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF WOMEN.—Not later 
than March 31, 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report of 
the Secretary’s review of the current and future implementation 
of the policy regarding the assignment of women as articulated 
in the Secretary of Defense memorandum, dated January 13, 1994, 
and entitled, ‘‘Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment 
Rule’’. In conducting that review, the Secretary shall closely 
examine Army unit modularization efforts, and associated personnel 
assignment policies, to ensure their compliance with the Depart-
ment of Defense policy articulated in the January 1994 memo-
randum.
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(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 542 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
repealed. 
SEC. 542. UNIFORM CITIZENSHIP OR RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR 
ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 504 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) INSANITY, DESERTION, FELONS,
ETC.—’’ before ‘‘No person’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) CITIZENSHIP OR RESIDENCY.—(1) A person may be enlisted 
in any armed force only if the person is one of the following: 
‘‘(A) A national of the United States, as defined in section 
101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(22)). 
‘‘(B) An alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence, as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)). 
‘‘(C) A person described in section 341 of one of the following 
compacts: 
‘‘(i) The Compact of Free Association between the Fed-
erated States of Micronesia and the United States (section 
201(a) of Public Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2784; 48 U.S.C. 
1921 note)). 
‘‘(ii) The Compact of Free Association between the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands and the United States 
(section 201(b) of Public Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2823; 
48 U.S.C. 1921 note)). 
‘‘(iii) The Compact of Free Association between Palau 
and the United States (section 201 of Public Law 99–
658 (100 Stat. 3678; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note)). 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned 
may authorize the enlistment of a person not described in paragraph 
(1) if the Secretary determines that such enlistment is vital to 
the national interest.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED LIMITATIONS FOR THE ARMY AND 
AIR FORCE.—
(1) REPEAL.—Sections 3253 and 8253 of such title are 
repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 333 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 3253. The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 833 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 8253. 
SEC. 543. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM AGE FOR ENLISTMENT. 
Section 505(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘thirty-five years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘forty-two years 
of age’’. 
SEC. 544. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM TERM OF ORIGINAL ENLISTMENT 
IN REGULAR COMPONENT. 
Section 505(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting ‘‘eight years’’.
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SEC. 545. NATIONAL CALL TO SERVICE PROGRAM. 
(a) LIMITATION TO DOMESTIC NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.—
Subsection (c)(3)(D) of section 510 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘in the Peace Corps, Americorps, or another 
national service program’’ and inserting ‘‘in Americorps or another 
domestic national service program’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR INITIAL MILITARY 
SERVICE UNDER PROGRAM.—Subsection (d) of such title section is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘and shall include military occupational specialties for enlistments 
for officer training and subsequent service as an officer, in cases 
in which the reason for the enlistment and entry into an agreement 
under subsection (b) is to enter an officer training program’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION INCENTIVES BY SECRETARY 
OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Paragraph (2) of subsection (h) of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) Educational assistance under paragraphs (3) or (4) of 
subsection (e) shall be provided through the Department of Veterans 
Affairs under an agreement to be entered into by the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The agreements 
shall include administrative procedures to ensure the prompt and 
timely transfer of funds from the Secretary concerned to the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs for the making of payments under this 
section. 
‘‘(B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions 
of sections 503, 511, 3470, 3471, 3474, 3476, 3482(g), 3483, and 
3485 of title 38 and the provisions of subchapters I and II of 
chapter 36 of such title (with the exception of sections 3686(a), 
3687, and 3692) shall be applicable to the provision of educational 
assistance under this chapter. The term ‘eligible veteran’ and the 
term ‘person’, as used in those provisions, shall be deemed for 
the purpose of the application of those provisions to this section 
to refer to a person eligible for educational assistance under para-
graph (3) or (4) of subsection (e).’’. 
SEC. 546. REPORTS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED TO POTENTIAL 
RECRUITS AND TO NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE ARMED 
FORCES ON ‘‘STOP LOSS’’ AUTHORITIES AND INITIAL 
PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION. 
(a) 
REPORT
ON
INFORMATION
PROVIDED
TO
POTENTIAL 
RECRUITS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the actions being taken to ensure 
that each individual being recruited for service in the Armed 
Forces is provided, before making a formal enlistment in the 
Armed Forces, precise and detailed information on the period 
or periods of service to which such individual may be obligated 
by reason of enlistment in the Armed Forces, including any 
revisions to Department of Defense Form 4/1. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall 
include—
(A) a description of how the Department informs 
enlistees in the Armed Forces on—
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(i) the so-called ‘‘stop loss’’ authority and the 
manner in which exercise of such authority could affect 
the duration of an individual’s service on active duty 
in the Armed Forces; 
(ii) the authority for the call or order to active 
duty of members of the Individual Ready Reserve and 
the manner in which such a call or order to active 
duty could affect an individual following the completion 
of the individual’s expected period of service on active 
duty or in the Individual Ready Reserve; and 
(iii) any other authorities applicable to the call 
or order to active duty of the Reserves, or of the reten-
tion of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, 
that could affect the period of service of an individual 
on active duty or in the Armed Forces; and 
(B) such other information as the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
(b) REPORT ON INFORMATION PROVIDED TO NEW ENTRANTS AND 
OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the actions being taken to ensure 
that each individual covered by section 651(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is provided, upon commencing that person’s initial 
period of service as a member of the Armed Forces and at 
other points during a military career, precise information 
regarding the date on which the initial service obligation of 
that person under such section ends. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(A) A description of how the Department notifies mem-
bers of the Armed Forces of—
(i) the completion date of their military service 
obligation upon entry in the Armed Forces; 
(ii) the expiration of their military service obliga-
tion; and 
(iii) before the expiration of a member’s military 
service obligation, the opportunity, if the member is 
qualified and serving in the Individual Ready Reserve, 
to continue voluntarily in the Ready Reserve or to 
transfer to an active component. 
(B) A description of the policy and procedures of the 
Department of Defense regarding the involuntary recall 
or mobilization of members serving in the Individual Ready 
Reserve beyond the date of expiration of their military 
service obligation. 
(C) Such other information as the Secretary considers 
appropriate.
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Subtitle E—Military Justice and Legal 
Assistance Matters 
SEC. 551. OFFENSE OF STALKING UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILI-
TARY JUSTICE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFENSE.—
(1) NEW PUNITIVE ARTICLE.—Subchapter X of chapter 47 
of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), is amended by inserting after section 920 (article 
120) the following new section: 
‘‘§ 920a. Art. 120a. Stalking 
‘‘(a) Any person subject to this section—
‘‘(1) who wrongfully engages in a course of conduct directed 
at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person 
to fear death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to him-
self or herself or a member of his or her immediate family; 
‘‘(2) who has knowledge, or should have knowledge, that 
the specific person will be placed in reasonable fear of death 
or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself or herself 
or a member of his or her immediate family; and 
‘‘(3) whose acts induce reasonable fear in the specific person 
of death or bodily harm, including sexual assault, to himself 
or herself or to a member of his or her immediate family; 
is guilty of stalking and shall be punished as a court-martial may 
direct. 
‘‘(b) In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘course of conduct’ means—
‘‘(A) a repeated maintenance of visual or physical prox-
imity to a specific person; or 
‘‘(B) a repeated conveyance of verbal threat, written 
threats, or threats implied by conduct, or a combination 
of such threats, directed at or toward a specific person. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘repeated’, with respect to conduct, means 
two or more occasions of such conduct. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘immediate family’, in the case of a specific 
person, means a spouse, parent, child, or sibling of the person, 
or any other family member, relative, or intimate partner of 
the person who regularly resides in the household of the person 
or who within the six months preceding the commencement 
of the course of conduct regularly resided in the household 
of the person.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 920 the following new item:
‘‘920a. 120a. Stalking.’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 920a of title 10, United States Code 
(article 120a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as added 
by subsection (a), applies to offenses committed after the date 
that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 552. RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND OTHER SEXUAL MISCONDUCT 
UNDER UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) REVISION TO UCMJ.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 920 of title 10, United States 
Code (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 920. Art. 120. Rape, sexual assault, and other sexual mis-
conduct 
‘‘(a) RAPE.—Any person subject to this chapter who causes 
another person of any age to engage in a sexual act by—
‘‘(1) using force against that other person; 
‘‘(2) causing grievous bodily harm to any person; 
‘‘(3) threatening or placing that other person in fear that 
any person will be subjected to death, grievous bodily harm, 
or kidnaping; 
‘‘(4) rendering another person unconscious; or 
‘‘(5) administering to another person by force or threat 
of force, or without the knowledge or permission of that person, 
a drug, intoxicant, or other similar substance and thereby 
substantially impairs the ability of that other person to appraise 
or control conduct; 
is guilty of rape and shall be punished as a court-martial may 
direct. 
‘‘(b) RAPE OF A CHILD.—Any person subject to this chapter 
who—
‘‘(1) engages in a sexual act with a child who has not 
attained the age of 12 years; or 
‘‘(2) engages in a sexual act under the circumstances 
described in subsection (a) with a child who has attained the 
age of 12 years; 
is guilty of rape of a child and shall be punished as a court-
martial may direct. 
‘‘(c) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.—Any person subject to this 
chapter who—
‘‘(1) causes another person of any age to engage in a sexual 
act by—
‘‘(A) threatening or placing that other person in fear 
(other than by threatening or placing that other person 
in fear that any person will be subjected to death, grievous 
bodily harm, or kidnapping); or 
‘‘(B) causing bodily harm; or 
‘‘(2) engages in a sexual act with another person of any 
age if that other person is substantially incapacitated or 
substantially incapable of—
‘‘(A) appraising the nature of the sexual act; 
‘‘(B) declining participation in the sexual act; or 
‘‘(C) communicating unwillingness to engage in the 
sexual act; 
is guilty of aggravated sexual assault and shall be punished as 
a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(d) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD.—Any person 
subject to this chapter who engages in a sexual act with a child 
who has attained the age of 12 years is guilty of aggravated sexual 
assault of a child and shall be punished as a court-martial may 
direct. 
‘‘(e) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL CONTACT.—Any person subject to this 
chapter who engages in or causes sexual contact with or by another 
person, if to do so would violate subsection (a) (rape) had the
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sexual contact been a sexual act, is guilty of aggravated sexual 
contact and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(f) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD.—Any person sub-
ject to this chapter who engages in a lewd act with a child is 
guilty of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and shall be punished 
as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(g) AGGRAVATED SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A CHILD.—Any person 
subject to this chapter who engages in or causes sexual contact 
with or by another person, if to do so would violate subsection 
(b) (rape of a child) had the sexual contact been a sexual act, 
is guilty of aggravated sexual contact with a child and shall be 
punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(h) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT.—Any person subject to this 
chapter who engages in or causes sexual contact with or by another 
person, if to do so would violate subsection (c) (aggravated sexual 
assault) had the sexual contact been a sexual act, is guilty of 
abusive sexual contact and shall be punished as a court-martial 
may direct. 
‘‘(i) ABUSIVE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH
A CHILD.—Any person 
subject to this chapter who engages in or causes sexual contact 
with or by another person, if to do so would violate subsection 
(d) (aggravated sexual assault of a child) had the sexual contact 
been a sexual act, is guilty of abusive sexual contact with a child 
and shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(j) INDECENT LIBERTY WITH
A CHILD.—Any person subject 
to this chapter who engages in indecent liberty in the physical 
presence of a child—
‘‘(1) with the intent to arouse, appeal to, or gratify the 
sexual desire of any person; or 
‘‘(2) with the intent to abuse, humiliate, or degrade any 
person; 
is guilty of indecent liberty with a child and shall be punished 
as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(k) INDECENT ACT.—Any person subject to this chapter who 
engages in indecent conduct is guilty of an indecent act and shall 
be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(l) FORCIBLE PANDERING.—Any person subject to this chapter 
who compels another person to engage in an act of prostitution 
with another person to be directed to said person is guilty of 
forcible pandering and shall be punished as a court-martial may 
direct. 
‘‘(m) WRONGFUL SEXUAL CONTACT.—Any person subject to this 
chapter who, without legal justification or lawful authorization, 
engages in sexual contact with another person without that other 
person’s permission is guilty of wrongful sexual contact and shall 
be punished as a court-martial may direct. 
‘‘(n) INDECENT EXPOSURE.—Any person subject to this chapter 
who intentionally exposes, in an indecent manner, in any place 
where the conduct involved may reasonably be expected to be viewed 
by people other than members of the actor’s family or household, 
the genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple is guilty 
of indecent exposure and shall by punished as a court-martial 
may direct. 
‘‘(o) AGE OF CHILD.—
‘‘(1) TWELVE
YEARS.—In a prosecution under subsection 
(b) (rape of a child), subsection (g) (aggravated sexual contact 
with a child), or subsection (j) (indecent liberty with a child),
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it need not be proven that the accused knew that the other 
person engaging in the sexual act, contact, or liberty had not 
attained the age of 12 years. It is not an affirmative defense 
that the accused reasonably believed that the child had attained 
the age of 12 years. 
‘‘(2) SIXTEEN YEARS.—In a prosecution under subsection 
(d) (aggravated sexual assault of a child), subsection (f) (aggra-
vated sexual abuse of a child), subsection (i) (abusive sexual 
contact with a child), or subsection (j) (indecent liberty with 
a child), it need not be proven that the accused knew that 
the other person engaging in the sexual act, contact, or liberty 
had not attained the age of 16 years. Unlike in paragraph 
(1), however, it is an affirmative defense that the accused 
reasonably believed that the child had attained the age of 
16 years. 
‘‘(p) PROOF OF THREAT.—In a prosecution under this section, 
in proving that the accused made a threat, it need not be proven 
that the accused actually intended to carry out the threat. 
‘‘(q) MARRIAGE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In a prosecution under paragraph (2) 
of subsection (c) (aggravated sexual assault), or under sub-
section (d) (aggravated sexual assault of a child), subsection 
(f) (aggravated sexual abuse of a child), subsection (i) (abusive 
sexual contact with a child), subsection (j) (indecent liberty 
with a child), subsection (m) (wrongful sexual contact), or sub-
section (n) (indecent exposure), it is an affirmative defense 
that the accused and the other person when they engaged 
in the sexual act, sexual contact, or sexual conduct are married 
to each other. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this subsection, a mar-
riage is a relationship, recognized by the laws of a competent 
State or foreign jurisdiction, between the accused and the other 
person as spouses. A marriage exists until it is dissolved in 
accordance with the laws of a competent State or foreign juris-
diction. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the 
accused’s intent at the time of the sexual conduct is to abuse, 
humiliate, or degrade any person. 
‘‘(r) CONSENT AND MISTAKE OF FACT AS TO CONSENT.—Lack 
of permission is an element of the offense in subsection (m) (wrong-
ful sexual contact). Consent and mistake of fact as to consent 
are not an issue, or an affirmative defense, in a prosecution under 
any other subsection, except they are an affirmative defense for 
the sexual conduct in issue in a prosecution under subsection (a) 
(rape), subsection (c) (aggravated sexual assault), subsection (e) 
(aggravated sexual contact), and subsection (h) (abusive sexual con-
tact). 
‘‘(s) OTHER
AFFIRMATIVE
DEFENSES
NOT
PRECLUDED.—The 
enumeration in this section of some affirmative defenses shall not 
be construed as excluding the existence of others. 
‘‘(t) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) SEXUAL ACT.—The term ‘sexual act’ means—
‘‘(A) contact between the penis and the vulva, and 
for purposes of this subparagraph contact involving the 
penis occurs upon penetration, however slight; or 
‘‘(B) the penetration, however slight, of the genital 
opening of another by a hand or finger or by any object,
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with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, or degrade 
any person or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of 
any person. 
‘‘(2) SEXUAL CONTACT.—The term ‘sexual contact’ means 
the intentional touching, either directly or through the clothing, 
of the genitalia, anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks 
of another person, or intentionally causing another person to 
touch, either directly or through the clothing, the genitalia, 
anus, groin, breast, inner thigh, or buttocks of any person, 
with an intent to abuse, humiliate, or degrade any person 
or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. 
‘‘(3) GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM.—The term ‘grievous bodily 
harm’ means serious bodily injury. It includes fractured or 
dislocated bones, deep cuts, torn members of the body, serious 
damage to internal organs, and other severe bodily injuries. 
It does not include minor injuries such as a black eye or 
a bloody nose. It is the same level of injury as in section 
928 (article 128) of this chapter, and a lesser degree of injury 
than in section 2246(4) of title 18. 
‘‘(4) DANGEROUS WEAPON OR OBJECT.—The term ‘dangerous 
weapon or object’ means—
‘‘(A) any firearm, loaded or not, and whether operable 
or not; 
‘‘(B) any other weapon, device, instrument, material, 
or substance, whether animate or inanimate, that in the 
manner it is used, or is intended to be used, is known 
to be capable of producing death or grievous bodily harm; 
or 
‘‘(C) any object fashioned or utilized in such a manner 
as to lead the victim under the circumstances to reasonably 
believe it to be capable of producing death or grievous 
bodily harm. 
‘‘(5) FORCE.—The term ‘force’ means action to compel 
submission of another or to overcome or prevent another’s 
resistance by—
‘‘(A) the use or display of a dangerous weapon or object; 
‘‘(B) the suggestion of possession of a dangerous weapon 
or object that is used in a manner to cause another to 
believe it is a dangerous weapon or object; or 
‘‘(C) physical violence, strength, power, or restraint 
applied to another person, sufficient that the other person 
could not avoid or escape the sexual conduct. 
‘‘(6) THREATENING
OR
PLACING
THAT
OTHER
PERSON
IN 
FEAR.—The term ‘threatening or placing that other person in 
fear’ under paragraph (3) of subsection (a) (rape), or under 
subsection (e) (aggravated sexual contact), means a communica-
tion or action that is of sufficient consequence to cause a reason-
able fear that non-compliance will result in the victim or 
another person being subjected to death, grievous bodily harm, 
or kidnapping. 
‘‘(7) THREATENING
OR
PLACING
THAT
OTHER
PERSON
IN 
FEAR.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘threatening or placing 
that other person in fear’ under paragraph (1)(A) of sub-
section (c) (aggravated sexual assault), or under subsection 
(h) (abusive sexual contact), means a communication or
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action that is of sufficient consequence to cause a reason-
able fear that non-compliance will result in the victim 
or another being subjected to a lesser degree of harm 
than death, grievous bodily harm, or kidnapping. 
‘‘(B) 
INCLUSIONS.—Such 
lesser 
degree 
of 
harm 
includes—
‘‘(i) physical injury to another person or to another 
person’s property; or 
‘‘(ii) a threat—
‘‘(I) to accuse any person of a crime; 
‘‘(II) to expose a secret or publicize an asserted 
fact, whether true or false, tending to subject some 
person to hatred, contempt or ridicule; or 
‘‘(III) through the use or abuse of military 
position, rank, or authority, to affect or threaten 
to affect, either positively or negatively, the mili-
tary career of some person. 
‘‘(8) BODILY
HARM.—The term ‘bodily harm’ means any 
offensive touching of another, however slight. 
‘‘(9) CHILD.—The term ‘child’ means any person who has 
not attained the age of 16 years. 
‘‘(10) LEWD ACT.—The term ‘lewd act’ means—
‘‘(A) the intentional touching, not through the clothing, 
of the genitalia of another person, with an intent to abuse, 
humiliate, or degrade any person, or to arouse or gratify 
the sexual desire of any person; or 
‘‘(B) intentionally causing another person to touch, not 
through the clothing, the genitalia of any person with an 
intent to abuse, humiliate or degrade any person, or to 
arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. 
‘‘(11) INDECENT
LIBERTY.—The term ‘indecent liberty’ 
means indecent conduct, but physical contact is not required. 
It includes one who with the requisite intent exposes one’s 
genitalia, anus, buttocks, or female areola or nipple to a child. 
An indecent liberty may consist of communication of indecent 
language as long as the communication is made in the physical 
presence of the child. If words designed to excite sexual desire 
are spoken to a child, or a child is exposed to or involved 
in sexual conduct, it is an indecent liberty; the child’s consent 
is not relevant. 
‘‘(12) INDECENT
CONDUCT.—The term ‘indecent conduct’ 
means that form of immorality relating to sexual impurity 
which is grossly vulgar, obscene, and repugnant to common 
propriety, and tends to excite sexual desire or deprave morals 
with respect to sexual relations. Indecent conduct includes 
observing, or making a videotape, photograph, motion picture, 
print, negative, slide, or other mechanically, electronically, or 
chemically reproduced visual material, without another person’s 
consent, and contrary to that other person’s reasonable expecta-
tion of privacy, of—
‘‘(A) that other person’s genitalia, anus, or buttocks, 
or (if that other person is female) that person’s areola 
or nipple; or 
‘‘(B) that other person while that other person is 
engaged in a sexual act, sodomy (under section 925 (article 
125)), or sexual contact.
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‘‘(13) ACT OF PROSTITUTION.—The term ‘act of prostitution’ 
means a sexual act, sexual contact, or lewd act for the purpose 
of receiving money or other compensation. 
‘‘(14) CONSENT.—The term ‘consent’ means words or overt 
acts indicating a freely given agreement to the sexual conduct 
at issue by a competent person. An expression of lack of consent 
through words or conduct means there is no consent. Lack 
of verbal or physical resistance or submission resulting from 
the accused’s use of force, threat of force, or placing another 
person in fear does not constitute consent. A current or previous 
dating relationship by itself or the manner of dress of the 
person involved with the accused in the sexual conduct at 
issue shall not constitute consent. A person cannot consent 
to sexual activity if—
‘‘(A) under 16 years of age; or 
‘‘(B) substantially incapable of—
‘‘(i) appraising the nature of the sexual conduct 
at issue due to—
‘‘(I) mental impairment or unconsciousness 
resulting from consumption of alcohol, drugs, a 
similar substance, or otherwise; or 
‘‘(II) mental disease or defect which renders 
the person unable to understand the nature of 
the sexual conduct at issue; 
‘‘(ii) physically declining participation in the sexual 
conduct at issue; or 
‘‘(iii) physically communicating unwillingness to 
engage in the sexual conduct at issue. 
‘‘(15) MISTAKE OF FACT AS TO CONSENT.—The term ‘mistake 
of fact as to consent’ means the accused held, as a result 
of ignorance or mistake, an incorrect belief that the other 
person engaging in the sexual conduct consented. The ignorance 
or mistake must have existed in the mind of the accused 
and must have been reasonable under all the circumstances. 
To be reasonable the ignorance or mistake must have been 
based on information, or lack of it, which would indicate to 
a reasonable person that the other person consented. Addition-
ally, the ignorance or mistake cannot be based on the negligent 
failure to discover the true facts. Negligence is the absence 
of due care. Due care is what a reasonably careful person 
would do under the same or similar circumstances. The 
accused’s state of intoxication, if any, at the time of the offense 
is not relevant to mistake of fact. A mistaken belief that the 
other person consented must be that which a reasonably careful, 
ordinary, prudent, sober adult would have had under the cir-
cumstances at the time of the offense. 
‘‘(16) 
AFFIRMATIVE
DEFENSE.—The 
term 
‘affirmative 
defense’ means any special defense which, although not denying 
that the accused committed the objective acts constituting the 
offense charged, denies, wholly, or partially, criminal responsi-
bility for those acts. The accused has the burden of proving 
the affirmative defense by a preponderance of evidence. After 
the defense meets this burden, the prosecution shall have the 
burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the affirma-
tive defense did not exist.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to section 
920 (article 120) in the table of sections at the beginning
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of subchapter X of chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code 
(the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended to read 
as follows:
‘‘920. 120. Rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct.’’.
(b) INTERIM MAXIMUM PUNISHMENTS.—Until the President 
otherwise provides pursuant to section 856 of title 10, United States 
Code (article 56 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), the 
punishment which a court-martial may direct for an offense under 
section 920 of such title (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military 
Justice), as amended by subsection (a), may not exceed the following 
limits: 
(1) SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b).—For an offense under sub-
section (a) (rape) or subsection (b) (rape of a child), death 
or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct. 
(2) SUBSECTION (c).—For an offense under subsection (c) 
(aggravated sexual assault), dishonorable discharge, forfeiture 
of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 30 years. 
(3) SUBSECTIONS (d) AND (e).—For an offense under sub-
section (d) (aggravated sexual assault of a child) or subsection 
(e) (aggravated sexual contact), dishonorable discharge, for-
feiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for 20 years. 
(4) SUBSECTIONS (f) AND (g).—For an offense under sub-
section (f) (aggravated sexual abuse of a child) or subsection 
(g) (aggravated sexual contact with a child), dishonorable dis-
charge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement 
for 15 years. 
(5) SUBSECTIONS (h) THROUGH (j).—For an offense under 
subsection (h) (abusive sexual contact), subsection (i) (abusive 
sexual contact with a child), or subsection (j) (indecent liberty 
with a child), dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and 
allowances, and confinement for 7 years. 
(6) SUBSECTIONS (k) AND (l).—For an offense under sub-
section (k) (indecent act) or subsection (l) (forcible pandering), 
dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, 
and confinement for 5 years. 
(7) SUBSECTIONS (m) AND (n).—For an offense under sub-
section (m) (wrongful sexual contact) or subsection (n) (indecent 
exposure), dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and 
allowances, and confinement for one year. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 920 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as amended 
by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to offenses committed 
on or after the effective date specified in subsection (f). 
(d) AGGRAVATING FACTORS FOR OFFENSE OF MURDER.—Section 
918 of title 10, United States Code (article 118 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), is amended in paragraph (4) by striking 
‘‘rape,’’ and inserting ‘‘rape, rape of a child, aggravated sexual 
assault, aggravated sexual assault of a child, aggravated sexual 
contact, aggravated sexual abuse of a child, aggravated sexual 
contact with a child,’’. 
(e) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Section 843(a) of title 10, United 
States Code (article 843(a) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
as amended by section 553(a), is amended by striking ‘‘or rape,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, rape, or rape of a child,’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on October 1, 2007.
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SEC. 553. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR MURDER, 
RAPE, AND CHILD ABUSE OFFENSES UNDER THE UNI-
FORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 
(a) NO LIMITATION FOR MURDER OR RAPE.—Subsection (a) of 
section 843 of title 10, United States Code (article 43 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking ‘‘or with any 
offense punishable by death’’ and inserting ‘‘with murder or rape, 
or with any other offense punishable by death’’. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES FOR CHILD ABUSE OFFENSES.—Subsection 
(b)(2) of such section (article) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘before the child attains 
the age of 25 years’’ and inserting ‘‘during the life of the 
child or within five years after the date on which the offense 
was committed, whichever provides a longer period,’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
‘‘sexual or physical’’; 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Rape or carnal knowledge’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Any offense’’; and 
(C) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘Indecent assault,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Kidnaping; indecent assault;’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) In subparagraph (A), the term ‘child abuse offense’ includes 
an act that involves abuse of a person who has not attained the 
age of 18 years and would constitute an offense under chapter 
110 or 117, or under section 1591, of title 18.’’. 
SEC. 554. REPORTS BY OFFICERS AND SENIOR ENLISTED MEMBERS 
OF CONVICTION OF CRIMINAL LAW. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REPORTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
in regulations a requirement that each covered member of 
the Armed Forces shall submit to an authority in the military 
department concerned designated pursuant to such regulations 
a timely report of any conviction of such member by any law 
enforcement authority of the United States for a violation of 
a criminal law of the United States, whether or not the member 
is on active duty at the time of the conduct that provides 
the basis for the conviction. The regulations shall apply uni-
formly throughout the military departments. 
(2) COVERED MEMBERS.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 
member of the Armed Forces’’ means a member of the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who is on the active-duty 
list or the reserve active-status list and who is—
(A) an officer; or 
(B) an enlisted member in a pay grade above pay 
grade E–6. 
(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES.—
For purposes of this section, a law enforcement authority of the 
United States includes—
(1) a military or other Federal law enforcement authority; 
(2) a State or local law enforcement authority; and 
(3) such other law enforcement authorities within the 
United States as the Secretary shall specify in the regulations 
prescribed pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) CRIMINAL LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), for 
purposes of this section, a criminal law of the United States 
includes—
(A) any military or other Federal criminal law; 
(B) any State, county, municipal, or local criminal law 
or ordinance; and 
(C) such other criminal laws and ordinances of jurisdic-
tions within the United States as the Secretary shall specify 
in the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of this section, a criminal 
law of the United States shall not include a law or ordinance 
specifying a minor traffic offense (as determined by the Sec-
retary for purposes of such regulations). 
(d) TIMELINESS OF REPORTS.—The regulations prescribed pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall establish requirements for the timeliness 
of reports under this section. 
(e) FORWARDING OF INFORMATION.—The regulations prescribed 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall provide that, in the event a military 
department receives information that a covered member of the 
Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of another military department 
has become subject to a conviction for which a report is required 
by this section, the Secretary of the military department receiving 
such information shall, in accordance with such procedures as the 
Secretary of Defense shall establish in such regulations, forward 
such information to the authority in the military department having 
jurisdiction over such member designated pursuant to such regula-
tions. 
(f) CONVICTIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘conviction’’ includes 
any plea of guilty or nolo contendere. 
(g) DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS.—The regulations required by 
subsection (a), including the requirement in subsection (e), shall 
go into effect not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(h) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT.—The requirement under 
the regulations required by subsection (a) that a covered member 
of the Armed Forces submit notice of a conviction shall apply 
only to a conviction that becomes final after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 555. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF MILITARY LEGAL ASSIST-
ANCE COUNSEL TO PROVIDE MILITARY LEGAL ASSIST-
ANCE WITHOUT REGARD TO LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 1044 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new sub-
section (d): 
‘‘(d)(1) Notwithstanding any law regarding the licensure of 
attorneys, a judge advocate or civilian attorney who is authorized 
to provide military legal assistance is authorized to provide that 
assistance in any jurisdiction, subject to such regulations as may 
be prescribed by the Secretary concerned. 
‘‘(2) Military legal assistance may be provided only by a judge 
advocate or a civilian attorney who is a member of the bar of 
a Federal court or of the highest court of a State. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘military legal assistance’ 
includes—
‘‘(A) legal assistance provided under this section; and
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‘‘(B) legal assistance contemplated by sections 1044a, 
1044b, 1044c, and 1044d of this title.’’. 
SEC. 556. USE OF TELECONFERENCING IN ADMINISTRATIVE SESSIONS 
OF COURTS-MARTIAL. 
Section 839 of title 10, United States Code (article 39 of the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); 
(2) by designating the matter following paragraph (4) of 
subsection (a) as subsection (b); and 
(3) in subsection (b), as so redesignated—
(A) by striking ‘‘These proceedings shall be conducted’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Proceedings under subsection (a) shall be 
conducted’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘If authorized by regulations of the Secretary concerned, 
and if at least one defense counsel is physically in the 
presence of the accused, the presence required by this 
subsection may otherwise be established by audiovisual 
technology (such as videoteleconferencing technology).’’. 
SEC. 557. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON APPLICABILITY OF UNIFORM CODE 
OF MILITARY JUSTICE TO RESERVES ON INACTIVE-DUTY 
TRAINING OVERSEAS. 
It is the sense of Congress that—
(1) there should be no ambiguity about the applicability 
of the Uniform Code of Military Justice to members of the 
reserve components of the Armed Forces while such members 
are serving overseas under inactive-duty training orders for 
any period of time under such orders; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense should—
(A) take action, not later than February 1, 2006, to 
clarify jurisdictional issues relating to such applicability 
under section 802 of title 10, United States Code (article 
2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice); and 
(B) if necessary, submit to Congress a proposal for 
legislative action to ensure the applicability of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice to such members. 
Subtitle F—Matters Relating to Casualties 
SEC. 561. AUTHORITY FOR MEMBERS ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH DISABIL-
ITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN PARALYMPIC GAMES. 
Section 717(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘participate in—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(2) 
any other’’ and inserting ‘‘participate in any of the following sports 
competitions: 
‘‘(1) The Pan-American Games and the Olympic Games, 
and qualifying events and preparatory competition for those 
games. 
‘‘(2) The Paralympic Games, if eligible to participate in 
those games, and qualifying events and preparatory competition 
for those games. 
‘‘(3) Any other’’.
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SEC. 562. POLICY AND PROCEDURES ON CASUALTY ASSISTANCE TO 
SURVIVORS OF MILITARY DECEDENTS. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON CASUALTY ASSISTANCE.—
(1) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than August 1, 2006, the 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a comprehensive policy 
for the Department of Defense on the provision of casualty 
assistance to survivors and next of kin of members of the 
Armed Forces who die during military service (in this section 
referred to as ‘‘military decedents’’). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall develop the policy 
under paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretaries of 
the military departments, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the 
Coast Guard. 
(3) INCORPORATION OF PAST EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE.—
The policy developed under paragraph (1) shall be based on—
(A) the experience and best practices of the military 
departments; 
(B) the recommendations of nongovernment organiza-
tions with demonstrated expertise in responding to the 
needs of survivors of military decedents; and 
(C) such other matters as the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate. 
(4) PROCEDURES.—The policy shall include procedures to 
be followed by the military departments in the provision of 
casualty assistance to survivors and next of kin of military 
decedents. The procedures shall be uniform across the military 
departments except to the extent necessary to reflect the tradi-
tional practices or customs of a particular military department. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF POLICY.—The comprehensive policy developed 
under subsection (a) shall address the following matters: 
(1) The initial notification of primary and secondary next 
of kin of the deaths of military decedents and any subsequent 
notifications of next of kin warranted by circumstances. 
(2) The transportation and disposition of remains of mili-
tary decedents, including notification of survivors of the 
performance of autopsies. 
(3) The qualifications, assignment, training, duties, super-
vision, and accountability for the performance of casualty assist-
ance responsibilities. 
(4) The relief or transfer of casualty assistance officers, 
including notification to survivors and next of kin of the 
reassignment of such officers to other duties. 
(5) Centralized, short-term and long-term case-manage-
ment procedures for casualty assistance by each military 
department, including rapid access by survivors of military 
decedents and casualty assistance officers to expert case man-
agers and counselors. 
(6) The provision, through a computer accessible Internet 
website and other means and at no cost to survivors of military 
decedents, of personalized, integrated information on the bene-
fits and financial assistance available to such survivors from 
the Federal Government. 
(7) The provision, at no cost to survivors of military 
decedents, of legal assistance by military attorneys on matters 
arising from the deaths of such decedents, including tax mat-
ters, on an expedited, prioritized basis.
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(8) The provision of financial counseling to survivors of 
military decedents, particularly with respect to appropriate dis-
position of death gratuity and insurance proceeds received by 
surviving spouses, minor dependent children, and their rep-
resentatives. 
(9) The provision of information to survivors and next 
of kin of military decedents on mechanisms for registering 
complaints about, or requests for, additional assistance related 
to casualty assistance. 
(10) Liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
the Social Security Administration in order to ensure prompt 
and accurate resolution of issues relating to benefits adminis-
tered by those agencies for survivors of military decedents. 
(11) Data collection regarding the incidence and quality 
of casualty assistance provided to survivors of military 
decedents, including surveys of such survivors and military 
and civilian members assigned casualty assistance duties. 
(c) ADOPTION
BY MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—Not later than 
November 1, 2006, the Secretary of each military department shall 
prescribe regulations, or modify current regulations, on the policies 
and procedures of such military department on the provision of 
casualty assistance to survivors and next of kin of military 
decedents in order to conform such policies and procedures to the 
policy developed under subsection (a). 
(d) REPORT ON IMPROVEMENT OF CASUALTY ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS.—Not later than December 1, 2006, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representa-
tives a report that includes—
(1) the assessment of the Secretary of the adequacy and 
sufficiency of the current casualty assistance programs of the 
military departments; 
(2) a plan for a system for the uniform provision to sur-
vivors of military decedents of personalized, accurate, and 
integrated information on the benefits and financial assistance 
available to such survivors through the casualty assistance 
programs of the military departments under subsection (c); 
and 
(3) such recommendations for other legislative or adminis-
trative action as the Secretary considers appropriate to enhance 
and improve such programs to achieve their intended purposes. 
(e) GAO REPORT.—
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than July 1, 2006, the 
Comptroller General shall submit to the committees specified 
in subsection (d) a report on the evaluation by the Comptroller 
General of the casualty assistance programs of the Department 
of Defense and of such other departments and agencies of 
the Federal Government as provide casualty assistance to sur-
vivors and next of kin of military decedents. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—The report shall include the assessment 
of the Comptroller General of the adequacy of the current 
policies and procedures of, and funding for, the casualty assist-
ance programs covered by the report to achieve their intended 
purposes.
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SEC. 563. POLICY AND PROCEDURES ON ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY 
WOUNDED OR INJURED SERVICE MEMBERS. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE POLICY.—
(1) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than June 1, 2006, the 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a comprehensive policy 
for the Department of Defense on the provision of assistance 
to members of the Armed Forces who incur severe wounds 
or injuries in the line of duty (in this section referred to as 
‘‘severely wounded or injured servicemembers’’). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall develop the policy 
required by paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretaries 
of the military departments, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
and the Secretary of Labor. 
(3) INCORPORATION OF PAST EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE.—
The policy required by paragraph (1) shall be based on—
(A) the experience and best practices of the military 
departments, including the Army Wounded Warrior Pro-
gram, the Marine Corps Marine for Life Injured Support 
Program, the Air Force Palace HART program, and the 
Navy Wounded Marines and Sailors Initiative; 
(B) the recommendations of nongovernment organiza-
tions with demonstrated expertise in responding to the 
needs of severely wounded or injured servicemembers; and 
(C) such other matters as the Secretary of Defense 
considers appropriate. 
(4) PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS.—The policy shall include 
guidelines to be followed by the military departments in the 
provision of assistance to severely wounded or injured 
servicemembers. The procedures and standards shall be uni-
form across the military departments except to the extent nec-
essary to reflect the traditional practices or customs of a par-
ticular military department. The procedures and standards 
shall establish a minimum level of support and shall specify 
the duration of programs. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF POLICY.—The comprehensive policy developed 
under subsection (a) shall address the following matters: 
(1) Coordination with the Severely Injured Joint Support 
Operations Center of the Department of Defense. 
(2) Promotion of a seamless transition to civilian life for 
severely wounded or injured servicemembers who are or are 
likely to be separated on account of their wound or injury. 
(3) Identification and resolution of special problems or 
issues related to the transition to civilian life of severely 
wounded or injured servicemembers who are members of the 
reserve components. 
(4) The qualifications, assignment, training, duties, super-
vision, and accountability for the performance of responsibilities 
for the personnel providing assistance to severely wounded 
or injured servicemembers. 
(5) Centralized, short-term and long-term case-manage-
ment procedures for assistance to severely wounded or injured 
servicemembers by each military department, including rapid 
access for severely wounded or injured servicemembers to case 
managers and counselors. 
(6) The provision, through a computer accessible Internet 
website and other means and at no cost to severely wounded
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or injured servicemembers, of personalized, integrated informa-
tion on the benefits and financial assistance available to such 
members from the Federal Government. 
(7) The provision of information to severely wounded or 
injured servicemembers on mechanisms for registering com-
plaints about, or requests for, additional assistance. 
(8) Participation of family members. 
(9) Liaison with the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
the Department of Labor in order to ensure prompt and 
accurate resolution of issues relating to benefits administered 
by 
those 
agencies 
for 
severely 
wounded 
or 
injured 
servicemembers. 
(10) Data collection regarding the incidence and quality 
of assistance provided to severely wounded or injured 
servicemembers, including surveys of such servicemembers and 
military and civilian personnel whose assigned duties include 
assistance to severely wounded or injured servicemembers. 
(c) ADOPTION BY MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.—Not later than Sep-
tember 1, 2006, the Secretary of each military department shall 
prescribe regulations, or modify current regulations, on the policies 
and procedures of such military department on the provision of 
assistance to severely wounded or injured servicemembers in order 
to conform such policies and procedures to the policy prescribed 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 564. DESIGNATION BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF 
PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO DIRECT THE DISPOSITION OF 
MEMBER REMAINS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2006, the Secretary 
of Defense shall complete, and the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments shall implement, Department of Defense Instruction 1300.18, 
including interim policy guidance, regarding the requirement to 
have service members designate a person authorized to direct dis-
position of their remains should they become a casualty. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 2006, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the actions 
taken by the Secretary, and by the Secretaries of the military 
departments, to carry out the requirement in subsection (a). 
Subtitle 
G—Assistance 
to 
Local 
Edu-
cational Agencies for Defense Depend-
ents Education 
SEC. 571. EXPANSION OF AUTHORIZED ENROLLMENT IN DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE DEPENDENTS SCHOOLS OVERSEAS. 
The Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978 (20 U.S.C. 
931 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1404 the following 
new section: 
‘‘ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL CHILDREN ON TUITION-FREE 
BASIS 
‘‘SEC. 1404A. (a) ENROLLMENT AUTHORIZED.—Under regulations 
to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary may
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authorize the enrollment in schools of the defense dependents’ edu-
cation system on a tuition-free basis of the children of full-time, 
locally-hired employees of the Department of Defense in an overseas 
area if such employees are citizens or nationals of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds available for the 
defense dependents’ education system to provide for the education 
of children enrolled in the defense dependents’ education system 
under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 572. ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BEN-
EFIT DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF 
MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—
(1) ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide financial assistance to an eligible local educational 
agency described in paragraph (2) if, without such assistance, 
the local educational agency will be unable (as determined 
by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Secretary 
of Education) to provide the students in the schools of the 
local educational agency with a level of education that is equiva-
lent to the minimum level of education available in the schools 
of the other local educational agencies in the same State. 
(2) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—A local edu-
cational agency is eligible for assistance under this subsection 
for a fiscal year if at least 20 percent (as rounded to the 
nearest whole percent) of the students in average daily attend-
ance in the schools of the local educational agency during 
the preceding school year were military dependent students 
counted under section 8003(a)(1) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)). 
(b) ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH ENROLLMENT CHANGES DUE 
TO
BASE
CLOSURES, FORCE
STRUCTURE
CHANGES, OR
FORCE 
RELOCATIONS.—
(1) ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—To assist communities in 
making adjustments resulting from changes in the size or loca-
tion of the Armed Forces, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency 
described in paragraph (2) if, during the period between the 
end of the school year preceding the fiscal year for which 
the assistance is authorized and the beginning of the school 
year immediately preceding that school year, the local edu-
cational agency had (as determined by the Secretary of Defense 
in consultation with the Secretary of Education) an overall 
increase or reduction of—
(A) not less than five percent in the average daily 
attendance of military dependent students in the schools 
of the local educational agency; or 
(B) not less than 250 military dependent students in 
average daily attendance in the schools of the local edu-
cational agency. 
(2) ELIGIBLE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—A local edu-
cational agency is eligible for assistance under this subsection 
for a fiscal year if—
(A) the local educational agency is eligible for assist-
ance under subsection (a) for the same fiscal year, or would
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have been eligible for such assistance if not for the reduc-
tion in military dependent students in schools of the local 
educational agency; and 
(B) the overall increase or reduction in military 
dependent students in schools of the local educational 
agency is the result of one or more of the following: 
(i) The global rebasing plan of the Department 
of Defense. 
(ii) The official creation or activation of one or 
more new military units. 
(iii) The realignment of forces as a result of the 
base closure process. 
(iv) A change in the number of housing units on 
a military installation. 
(3) CALCULATION OF AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—
(A) PRO RATA DISTRIBUTION.—The amount of the assist-
ance provided under this subsection to a local educational 
agency that is eligible for such assistance for a fiscal year 
shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the per-student rate determined under subpara-
graph (B) for that fiscal year; by 
(ii) the net of the overall increases and reductions 
in the number of military dependent students in 
schools of the local educational agency, as determined 
under paragraph (1). 
(B) PER-STUDENT RATE.—For purposes of subparagraph 
(A)(i), the per-student rate for a fiscal year shall be equal 
to the dollar amount obtained by dividing—
(i) the total amount of funds made available for 
that fiscal year to provide assistance under this sub-
section; by 
(ii) the sum of the overall increases and reductions 
in the number of military dependent students in 
schools of all eligible local educational agencies for 
that fiscal year under this subsection. 
(C) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—A local edu-
cational agency may not receive more than $1,000,000 in 
assistance under this subsection for any fiscal year. 
(4) DURATION.—Assistance may not be provided under this 
subsection after September 30, 2010. 
(c) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than June 30, 2006, and June 
30 of each fiscal year thereafter for which funds are made available 
to carry out this section, the Secretary of Defense shall notify 
each local educational agency that is eligible for assistance under 
this section for that fiscal year of—
(1) the eligibility of the local educational agency for the 
assistance, including whether the agency is eligible for assist-
ance under either subsection (a) or (b) or both subsections; 
and 
(2) the amount of the assistance for which the local edu-
cational agency is eligible. 
(d) DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
disburse assistance made available under this section for a fiscal 
year not later than 30 days after the date on which notification 
to the eligible local educational agencies is provided pursuant to 
subsection (c) for that fiscal year.
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(e) FINDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006.—Of the amount authorized 
to be appropriated pursuant to section 301(5) for operation and 
maintenance for Defense-wide activities—
(1) $30,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose 
of providing assistance to local educational agencies under sub-
section (a); and 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be available only for the purpose 
of providing assistance to local educational agencies under sub-
section (b). 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘base closure process’’ means the 2005 base 
closure and realignment process authorized by Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX 
of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) or any base 
closure and realignment process conducted after the date of 
the enactment of this Act under section 2687 of title 10, United 
States Code, or any other similar law enacted after that date. 
(2) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 8013(9) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)). 
(3) The term ‘‘military dependent students’’ refers to—
(A) elementary and secondary school students who are 
dependents of members of the Armed Forces; and 
(B) elementary and secondary school students who are 
dependents of civilian employees of the Department of 
Defense. 
(4) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States and 
the District of Columbia. 
(g) REPEAL OF FORMER AUTHORITY.—Section 386 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–
484; 20 U.S.C. 7703 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 573. IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES. 
Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to sec-
tion 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activi-
ties, $5,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 363 
of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–398; 
114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 
SEC. 574. CONTINUATION OF IMPACT AID ASSISTANCE ON BEHALF 
OF 
DEPENDENTS 
OF 
CERTAIN 
MEMBERS 
DESPITE 
CHANGE IN STATUS OF MEMBER. 
(a) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of computing the amount 
of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under sub-
section (a) of section 8003 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703) for school year 2005–2006, 
the Secretary of Education shall continue to count as a child enrolled 
in a school of such agency under such subsection any child who—
(1) would be counted under paragraph (1)(B) of such sub-
section to determine the number of children who were in aver-
age daily attendance in the school; but 
(2) due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians 
of the child, the deployment of a parent or legal guardian 
having sole custody of the child, or the death of a military 
parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as the 
child resides on Federal property (as defined in section 8013(5) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7713(5))), is not eligible to be so counted.
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(b) TERMINATION.—The special rule provided under subsection 
(a) applies only so long as the children covered by such subsection 
remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same local 
educational agency they attended before their change in eligibility 
status. 
Subtitle H—Decorations and Awards 
SEC. 576. ELIGIBILITY FOR OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM CAM-
PAIGN MEDAL. 
For purposes of eligibility for the campaign medal for Operation 
Enduring Freedom established pursuant to Public Law 108–234 
(10 U.S.C. 1121 note), the beginning date of Operation Enduring 
Freedom is September 11, 2001. 
Subtitle I—Consumer Protection Matters 
SEC. 577. REQUIREMENT FOR REGULATIONS ON POLICIES AND PROCE-
DURES ON PERSONAL COMMERCIAL SOLICITATIONS ON 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—As soon as practicable after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and not later than March 31, 2006, 
the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations, or modify 
existing regulations, on the policies and procedures relating to 
personal commercial solicitations, including the sale of life insur-
ance and securities, on Department of Defense installations. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED LIMITATIONS.—The following provi-
sions of law are repealed: 
(1) Section 586 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1493). 
(2) Section 8133 of the Department of Defense Appropria-
tions Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 118 Stat. 1002). 
SEC. 578. CONSUMER EDUCATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND THEIR SPOUSES ON INSURANCE AND 
OTHER FINANCIAL SERVICES. 
(a) EDUCATION AND COUNSELING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 50 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 992. Consumer education: financial services 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT FOR CONSUMER EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR 
MEMBERS.—(1) The Secretary concerned shall carry out a program 
to provide comprehensive education to members of the armed forces 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary on—
‘‘(A) financial services that are available under law to mem-
bers; 
‘‘(B) financial services that are routinely offered by private 
sector sources to members; 
‘‘(C) practices relating to the marketing of private sector 
financial services to members; 
‘‘(D) such other matters relating to financial services avail-
able to members, and the marketing of financial services to 
members, as the Secretary considers appropriate; and