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Sec. 521. Repeal of limitation on amount of financial assistance under ROTC 
scholarship programs. 
Sec. 522. Increased enrollment for eligible defense industry employees in the 
defense product development program at Naval Postgraduate 
School. 
Sec. 523. Payment of expenses to obtain professional credentials. 
Sec. 524. Authority for National Defense University award of degree of Master 
of Science in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy. 
Sec. 525. One-year extension of authority to use appropriated funds to provide 
recognition items for recruitment and retention of certain re-
serve component personnel. 
Sec. 526. Report on rationale and plans of the Navy to provide enlisted mem-
bers an opportunity to obtain graduate degrees. 
Sec. 527. Increase in annual limit on number of ROTC scholarships under 
Army Reserve and National Guard program. 
Sec. 528. Capstone overseas field studies trips to People’s Republic of China 
and Republic of China on Taiwan. 
Sec. 529. Sense of Congress concerning establishment of National College of 
Homeland Security. 
Subtitle D—General Service Requirements 
Sec. 531. Uniform enlistment standards for the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 532. Increase in maximum term of original enlistment in regular compo-
nent. 
Sec. 533. Members completing statutory initial military service obligation. 
Sec. 534. Extension of qualifying service for initial military service under Na-
tional Call to Service program. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to Casualties 
Sec. 541. Requirement for members of the Armed Forces to designate a person 
to be authorized to direct the disposition of the member’s re-
mains. 
Sec. 542. Enhanced program of Casualty Assistance Officers and Seriously In-
jured/Ill Assistance Officers. 
Sec. 543. Standards and guidelines for Department of Defense programs to as-
sist wounded and injured members. 
Sec. 544. Authority for members on active duty with disabilities to participate 
in Paralympic Games. 
Subtitle F—Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters 
Sec. 551. Clarification of authority of military legal assistance counsel to pro-
vide military legal assistance without regard to licensing re-
quirements. 
Sec. 552. Use of teleconferencing in administrative sessions of courts-martial. 
Sec. 553. Extension of statute of limitations for murder, rape, and child abuse 
offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 554. Offense of stalking under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 
Sec. 555. Rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct under Uniform 
Code of Military Justice. 
Subtitle G—Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense 
Dependents Education
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Sec. 561. Enrollment in overseas schools of Defense Dependents’ Education 
System of children of citizens or nationals of the United States 
hired in overseas areas as full-time Department of Defense em-
ployees. 
Sec. 562. Assistance to local educational agencies that benefit dependents of 
members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense ci-
vilian employees. 
Sec. 563. Continuation of impact aid assistance on behalf of dependents of cer-
tain members despite change in status of member. 
Subtitle H—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 565. Cold War Victory Medal. 
Sec. 566. Establishment of Combat Medevac Badge. 
Sec. 567. Eligibility for Operation Enduring Freedom campaign medal. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters 
Sec. 571. Extension of waiver authority of Secretary of Education with respect 
to student financial assistance during a war or other military 
operation or national emergency. 
Sec. 572. Adoption leave for members of the Armed Forces adopting children. 
Sec. 573. Report on need for a personnel plan for linguists in the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 574. Ground combat and other exclusion policies. 
Sec. 575. Eligibility of certain persons for space-available travel on military air-
craft. 
Sec. 576. Comptroller general study of military recruiting. 
Sec. 577. Addition of information concerning mental health services and treat-
ment to subjects required to be covered in mandatory 
preseparation counseling. 
Sec. 578. Improvement to Department of Defense response to sexual assault af-
fecting members of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 579. Report on employment matters for members of the National Guard 
and Reserve. 
Sec. 580. Sense of Congress that colleges and universities give equal access to 
military recruiters and ROTC in accordance with the Solomon 
amendment and requirement for report to Congress.
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Subtitle A—Officer Personnel 
Policy 
SEC. 501. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE LIMITS 
ON REDUCTION OF TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR RETIREMENT 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 sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(F) Notwithstanding subparagraph (E), during the 
period beginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on De-
cember 31, 2007, the number of lieutenant colonels and 
colonels of the Army, Marine Corps, and 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 re-
quired 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 AUTHORITY TO REDUCE 
MINIMUM 
COMMISSIONED 
SERVICE 
RE-
QUIREMENT FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT 
AS AN OFFICER. 
Sections 3911(b), 6323(a)(2), and 8911(b) of title 
10, United States Code, are amended by striking ‘‘during
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the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on 
December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘during the period be-
ginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 
2007’’. 
SEC. 503. SEPARATION AT AGE 64 FOR RESERVE COMPO-
NENT 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 fol-
lows 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. 
‘‘(B) The Chief of the Army Reserve, Chief of 
the Air Force Reserve, Director of the Army Na-
tional Guard, or Director of the Air National Guard. 
‘‘(C) An adjutant general. 
‘‘(D) If a reserve officer of the Army, the com-
manding general of the troops of a State.’’.
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SEC. 504. IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSITIONS 
INVOLVING OFFICERS IN SENIOR GENERAL 
AND FLAG OFFICER POSITIONS. 
(a) EXCLUSION FROM GRADE DISTRIBUTION LIMI-
TATIONS
FOR SENIOR OFFICERS TRANSITIONING BE-
TWEEN POSITIONS OR AWAITING RETIREMENT.—Section 
525(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(d) An officer continuing to hold the grade of gen-
eral, admiral, lieutenant general, or vice admiral under 
paragraph (2) or (4) of section 601(b) of this title shall 
not be counted for purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENTS TO POSITIONS OF IMPORTANCE 
AND RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 601 of such title is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but not for 
more than 30 days’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e)(1) If a transition period for an officer under sub-
section (b)(2) or (b)(4) exceeds the maximum period speci-
fied in that subsection, the officer shall revert to the offi-
cer’s permanent grade, effective on the day after the date 
on which that period is exceeded.
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‘‘(2) In each case in which the transition period for 
an officer under subsection (b)(2) exceeds 30 days, the 
Secretary of Defense shall promptly submit to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
a report on the matter. The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The officer’s name. 
‘‘(B) The date on which the transition period 
began and the date on which the 30-day limit was 
exceeded. 
‘‘(C) The former position of the officer and the 
position to which the officer has been ordered trans-
ferred. 
‘‘(D) The reason for extended transition to the 
position to which ordered transferred. 
‘‘(E) The date on which the officer reverted to 
the officer’s permanent grade pursuant to paragraph 
(1).’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION OF FROCKING TO GRADES ABOVE 
MAJOR GENERAL 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.
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SEC. 505. CONSOLIDATION OF GRADE LIMITATIONS ON OF-
FICER 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 captains, brigadier generals, 
and rear admirals (lower half)’’; 
(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 para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 506. AUTHORITY FOR DESIGNATION OF A GENERAL/ 
FLAG OFFICER POSITION ON THE JOINT 
STAFF TO BE HELD BY RESERVE COMPO-
NENT GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER ON AC-
TIVE 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 com-
mands’’.
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SEC. 507. AUTHORITY TO RETAIN PERMANENT PROFES-
SORS AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY BEYOND 30 
YEARS OF ACTIVE COMMISSIONED SERVICE. 
(a) WAIVER
OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT
FOR 
YEARS OF SERVICE.— 
(1) 
LIEUTENANT
COLONELS
AND
COM-
MANDERS.—Section 633 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except an’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘except as provided’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) 28 YEARS
OF ACTIVE COMMIS-
SIONED SERVICE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b) and as provided’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to 
the following: 
‘‘(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 title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Except an’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘except as provided’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘(a) 30 YEARS
OF ACTIVE COMMIS-
SIONED SERVICE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b) and as provided’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to 
the following: 
‘‘(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 573 of such title is 
amended by inserting after section 6371 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 6372. Permanent professors of the United States 
Naval Academy: retirement for years of 
service; authority for deferral 
‘‘(a) RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.—(1) Ex-
cept 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 commander or lieutenant 
colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for
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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 com-
pletes 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 pro-
fessor 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 offi-
cer 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 Sec-
retary of the Navy shall determine the period of any con-
tinuation on active duty under this section. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION.—A permanent 
professor at the Naval Academy in the grade of com-
mander or lieutenant colonel who is continued on active 
duty as a permanent professor under subsection (b) re-
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mains eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade 
of captain or colonel, as the case may be. 
‘‘(d) RETIRED GRADE AND RETIRED PAY.—Each of-
ficer retired under this section— 
‘‘(1) unless otherwise entitled to a higher grade, 
shall be retired in the grade determined under sec-
tion 1370 of this title; and 
‘‘(2) is entitled to retired pay computed under 
section 6333 of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 6371 
the following new item: 
‘‘6372. Permanent professors of the United States Naval Academy: retirement 
for years of service; authority for deferral.’’. 
(c) MANDATORY RETIREMENT AT AGE 64.— 
(1) 
REORGANIZATION
AND
STANDARDIZA-
TION.—Chapter 63 of such title is amended by in-
serting after section 1251 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1252. Age 64: permanent professors at academies 
‘‘(a) MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE.—Unless 
retired or separated earlier, each regular commissioned of-
ficer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps cov-
ered by subsection (b) shall be retired on the first day 
of the month following the month in which the officer be-
comes 64 years of age.