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for sharing information on such matters with the 
Governors of the States. 
SEC. 352. ANNUAL REPORT ON PREPOSITIONED MATERIEL 
AND EQUIPMENT. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Chapter 131 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2229a. Annual report on prepositioned materiel 
and equipment 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 
the date of the submission of the President’s budget re-
quest for a fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional de-
fense committees a report on the status of the materiel 
in the prepositioned stocks as of the end of the fiscal year 
preceding the fiscal year during which the report is sub-
mitted. Each report shall be unclassified and may contain 
a classified annex. Each report shall include the following 
information: 
‘‘(1) The level of fill for major end items of 
equipment and spare parts in each prepositioned set 
as of the end of the fiscal year covered by the report. 
‘‘(2) The material condition of equipment in the 
prepositioned stocks as of the end of such fiscal 
year, grouped by category or major end item.
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‘‘(3) A list of major end items of equipment 
drawn from the prepositioned stocks during such fis-
cal year and a description of how that equipment 
was used and whether it was returned to the stocks 
after being used. 
‘‘(4) A timeline for completely reconstituting 
any shortfall in the prepositioned stocks. 
‘‘(5) An estimate of the amount of funds re-
quired to completely reconstitute any shortfall in the 
prepositioned stocks and a description of the Sec-
retary’s plan for carrying out such complete recon-
stitution. 
‘‘(6) A list of any operations plan affected by 
any shortfall in the prepositioned stocks and a de-
scription of any action taken to mitigate any risk 
that such a shortfall may create. 
‘‘(b) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—(1) By not 
later than 120 days after the date on which a report is 
submitted under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 
shall review the report and, as the Comptroller General 
determines appropriate, submit to the congressional de-
fense committees any additional information that the 
Comptroller General determines will further inform such 
committees on issues relating to the status of the materiel 
in the prepositioned stocks.
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‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the full 
cooperation of the Department of Defense with the Comp-
troller General for purposes of the conduct of the review 
required by this subsection, both before and after each re-
port is submitted under subsection (a). The Secretary 
shall conduct periodic briefings for the Comptroller Gen-
eral on the information covered by each report required 
under subsection (a) and provide to the Comptroller Gen-
eral access to the data and preliminary results to be used 
by the Secretary in preparing each such report before the 
Secretary submits the report to enable the Comptroller 
General to conduct each review required under paragraph 
(1) in a timely manner. 
‘‘(3) The requirement to conduct a review under this 
subsection shall terminate on September 30, 2015.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2229a. Annual report on prepositioned materiel and equipment.’’. 
SEC. 353. REPORT ON INCREMENTAL COST OF EARLY 2007 
ENHANCED DEPLOYMENT. 
Section 323(b)(2) of the John Warner National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109–364; 120 Stat. 2146; 10 U.S.C. 229 note) is amend-
ed—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) each of the military departments for 
the incremental changes in reset costs resulting 
from the deployment and redeployment of 
forces to Iraq and Afghanistan above the levels 
deployed to such countries on January 1, 
2007.’’. 
SEC. 354. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS OF COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON THE READI-
NESS OF ARMY AND MARINE CORPS GROUND 
FORCES. 
(a) SUBMITTAL DATE.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 
345 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 
2156) is amended by striking ‘‘June 1, 2007’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘June 1, 2008’’. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Subsection (b) of such section is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2);
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(7) as paragraphs (4) through (8), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) An assessment of the ability of the Army 
and Marine Corps to provide trained and ready 
forces to meet the requirements of increased force 
levels in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
Operation Enduring Freedom above such force levels 
in effect on January 1, 2007, and to meet the re-
quirements of other ongoing operations simulta-
neously with such increased force levels. 
‘‘(3) An assessment of the strategic depth of 
the Army and Marine Corps and their ability to pro-
vide trained and ready forces to meet the require-
ments of the high-priority contingency war plans of 
the regional combatant commands, including an 
identification and evaluation for each such plan of— 
‘‘(A) the strategic and operational risks as-
sociated with current and projected forces of 
current and projected readiness; 
‘‘(B) the time required to make forces 
available and prepare them for deployment; and 
‘‘(C) likely strategic tradeoffs necessary to 
meet the requirements of each such plan.’’.
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(c) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE COOPERATION.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COOPERATION.— 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure the full cooperation 
of the Department of Defense with the Comptroller Gen-
eral for purposes of the preparation of the report required 
by this section.’’. 
SEC. 355. PLAN TO IMPROVE READINESS OF GROUND 
FORCES OF ACTIVE AND RESERVE COMPO-
NENTS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—At the same time that the 
budget is submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, for a fiscal year, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on improving the readiness of the ground forces 
of active and reserve components of the Armed Forces. 
Each such report shall include— 
(1) a summary of the readiness of each report-
ing unit of the ground forces of the active and re-
serve components and a summary of the readiness of
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(E) increased foreign ownership of United 
States air carriers; 
(F) increased operational costs during acti-
vation as a result of hazardous duty pay, rout-
ing delays, and inefficiencies in cargo handling 
by the Department of Defense; 
(G) the effect of policy initiatives by the 
Secretary of Transportation to encourage inter-
national code sharing and alliances; and 
(H) the effect of limitations imposed by 
the Secretary of Defense to limit commercial 
shipping options for certain routes and package 
sizes. 
(4) Recommendations for improving the Civil 
Reserve Air Fleet program, including an assessment 
of potential incentives for increasing participation in 
the Civil Reserve Air Fleet program, including estab-
lishing a minimum annual purchase amount during 
peacetime. 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Upon the comple-
tion of the assessment required under subsection (a) and 
by not later than April 1, 2008, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
assessment.
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(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 
than 90 days after the report is submitted under sub-
section (c), the Comptroller General shall conduct a review 
of the assessment required under subsection (a). 
SEC. 357. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
REPORT ON PHYSICAL SECURITY OF DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on the physical security of Department of Defense instal-
lations and resources. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An analysis of the progress in implementing 
requirements under the Physical Security Program 
as set forth in the Department of Defense Instruc-
tion 5200.08–R, Chapter 2 (C.2) and Chapter 3, 
Section 3: Installation Access (C3.3), which man-
dates the policies and minimum standards for the 
physical security of Department of Defense installa-
tions and resources. 
(2) Recommendations based on the findings of 
the Comptroller General of the United States in the 
report required by section 344 of the John Warner
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (Public Law 109–366; 120 Stat. 2155). 
(3) Recommendations based on the lessons 
learned from the thwarted plot to attack Fort Dix, 
New Jersey, in 2007. 
SEC. 358. REVIEW OF HIGH-ALTITUDE AVIATION TRAINING. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the De-
fense shall conduct a review of the training requirements 
of the Department of Defense for helicopter operations in 
high-altitude or power-limited conditions. 
(b) CONTENT.—The review required under sub-
section (a) shall include an examination of— 
(1) power-management and high-altitude train-
ing requirements by military department, helicopter, 
and crew position; 
(2) training methods and locations currently 
used by each of the military departments to fulfill 
those training requirements; 
(3) department or service regulations that pro-
hibit or inhibit joint-service or inter-service high-alti-
tude aviation training; 
(4) costs for each of the previous 5 years asso-
ciated with transporting aircraft to and from the 
High-Altitude Aviation Training Site, Gypsum, Colo-
rado, for training purposes;
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(5) potential risk avoidance and reductions in 
accident rates due to power management if training 
of the type offered at the High-Altitude Aviation 
Training Site was required training, rather than op-
tional training; and 
(6) potential cost savings and operational bene-
fits, if any, of permanently stationing no less than 
4 UH–60, 2 CH–47, and 2 LUH–72 aircraft at the 
High-Altitude Aviation Training Site, Gypsum, Colo-
rado. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
conduct and findings of the review required under sub-
section (a) along with a summary of changes to policy, 
regulation, or asset allocation necessary to ensure that De-
partment of Defense helicopter aircrews are adequately 
trained in high-altitude or power-limited flying conditions 
prior to being exposed to such conditions operationally. 
SEC. 359. REPORTS ON SAFETY MEASURES AND ENCROACH-
MENT ISSUES AND MASTER PLAN FOR WAR-
REN GROVE GUNNERY RANGE, NEW JERSEY. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON SAFETY MEASURES.—Not 
later than March 1, 2008, and annually thereafter for 2 
additional years, the Secretary of the Air Force shall sub-
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mit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
efforts made by all of the military departments utilizing 
the Warren Grove Gunnery Range, New Jersey, to provide 
the highest level of safety. 
(b) MASTER PLAN FOR WARREN GROVE GUNNERY 
RANGE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a master plan for Warren 
Grove Gunnery Range. 
(2) CONTENT.—The master plan required 
under paragraph (1) shall include measures to miti-
gate encroachment of the Warren Grove Gunnery 
Range, taking into consideration military mission re-
quirements, land use plans, the surrounding commu-
nity, the economy of the region, and protection of 
the environment and public health, safety, and wel-
fare. 
(3) INPUT.—In establishing the master plan re-
quired under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall seek 
input from relevant stakeholders at the Federal, 
State, and local level.
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SEC. 360. REPORT ON SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPABILITIES 
OF THE AIR FORCE IN THE NORTHWESTERN 
UNITED STATES. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2008, the Sec-
retary of the Air Force shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the search and res-
cue capabilities of the Air Force in the northwestern 
United States. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the search and rescue ca-
pabilities required to support Air Force operations 
and training. 
(2) A description of the compliance of the Air 
Force with the 1999 United States National Search 
and Rescue Plan (referred to hereinafter in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘NSRP’’) for Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, and Montana. 
(3) An inventory and description of the search 
and rescue assets of the Air Force that are available 
to meet the requirements of the NSRP. 
(4) A description of the use of such search and 
rescue assets during the 3-year period preceding the 
date when the report is submitted. 
(5) The plans of the Air Force to meet current 
and future search and rescue requirements in the
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northwestern United States, including plans that 
take into consideration requirements related to sup-
port for both Air Force operations and training and 
compliance with the NSRP. 
(6) An inventory of other search and rescue ca-
pabilities equivalent to such capabilities provided by 
the Air Force that may be provided by other Fed-
eral, State, or local agencies in the northwestern 
United States. 
(c) USE OF REPORT FOR PURPOSES OF CERTIFI-
CATION REGARDING SEARCH
AND RESCUE CAPABILI-
TIES.—Section 1085 of the Ronald W. Reagan National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public 
Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 2065; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘unless the Secretary first certifies’’ 
and inserting ‘‘unless the Secretary, after reviewing the 
search and rescue capabilities report prepared by the Sec-
retary of the Air Force under subsection (a), first cer-
tifies’’. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
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Transportation, the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources, and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Homeland Security, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Natural 
Resources, and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 361. REPORT AND MASTER INFRASTRUCTURE RECAPI-
TALIZATION PLAN FOR CHEYENNE MOUN-
TAIN AIR STATION, COLORADO. 
(a) REPORT ON RELOCATION OF NORTH AMERICAN 
AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND CENTER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, 
2008, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the relocation of the North Amer-
ican Aerospace Defense Command center and re-
lated functions from Cheyenne Mountain Air Sta-
tion, Colorado, to Peterson Air Force Base, Colo-
rado. 
(2) CONTENT.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) an analysis comparing the total costs 
associated with the relocation, including costs 
determined as part of ongoing security-related
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studies of the relocation, to anticipated oper-
ational benefits from the relocation; 
(B) a detailed explanation of the backup 
functions that will remain located at Cheyenne 
Mountain Air Station, and how such functions 
planned to be transferred out of Cheyenne 
Mountain Air Station, including the Space Op-
erations Center, will maintain operational 
connectivity with their related commands and 
relevant communications centers; 
(C) the final plans for the relocation of the 
North American Aerospace Defense Command 
center and related functions; and 
(D) the findings and recommendations of 
an independent security and vulnerability as-
sessment of Peterson Air Force Base carried 
out by Sandia National Laboratory for the 
United States Air Force Space Command and 
the Secretary’s plans for mitigating any secu-
rity and vulnerability risks identified as part of 
that assessment and associated cost and sched-
ule estimates. 
(b) LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PEND-
ING RECEIPT OF REPORT.—Of the funds appropriated 
pursuant to an authorization of appropriations or other-
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wise made available for fiscal year 2008 for operation and 
maintenance for the Air Force that are available for the 
Cheyenne Mountain Transformation project, $5,000,000 
may not be obligated or expended until Congress receives 
the report required under subsection (a). 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary of 
Defense submits the report required under subsection (a), 
the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a review 
of the report and the final plans of the Secretary for the 
relocation of the North American Aerospace Defense Com-
mand center and related functions. 
(d) MASTER INFRASTRUCTURE RECAPITALIZATION 
PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 16, 
2008, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to 
Congress a master infrastructure recapitalization 
plan for Cheyenne Mountain Air Station. 
(2) CONTENT.—The plan required under para-
graph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of the projects that are 
needed to improve the infrastructure required 
for supporting missions associated with Chey-
enne Mountain Air Station; and
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(B) a funding plan explaining the expected 
timetable for the Air Force to support such 
projects. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 371. ENHANCEMENT OF CORROSION CONTROL AND 
PREVENTION FUNCTIONS WITHIN DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) OFFICE
OF CORROSION POLICY
AND OVER-
SIGHT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2228 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the sec-
tion heading and subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘§ 2228. Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight 
‘‘(a) OFFICE AND DIRECTOR.—(1) There is an Office 
of Corrosion Policy and Oversight within the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, 
and Logistics. 
‘‘(2) The Office shall be headed by a Director of Cor-
rosion Policy and Oversight, who shall be assigned to such 
position by the Under Secretary from among civilian em-
ployees of the Department of Defense with the qualifica-
tions described in paragraph (3). The Director is respon-
sible in the Department of Defense to the Secretary of 
Defense (after the Under Secretary of Defense for Acqui-
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sition, Technology, and Logistics) for the prevention and 
mitigation of corrosion of the military equipment and in-
frastructure of the Department of Defense. The Director 
shall report directly to the Under Secretary. 
‘‘(3) In order to qualify to be assigned to the position 
of Director, an individual shall— 
‘‘(A) have management expertise in, and profes-
sional experience with, corrosion project and policy 
implementation, including an understanding of the 
effects of corrosion policies on infrastructure; re-
search, development, test, and evaluation; and main-
tenance; and 
‘‘(B) have an understanding of Department of 
Defense budget formulation and execution, policy 
formulation, and planning and program require-
ments. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense shall designate the po-
sition of Director as a critical acquisition position under 
section 1733(b)(1)(C) of this title.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
2228(b) of such title is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘official 
or organization designated under subsection 
(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘Director of Corrosion Policy
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and Oversight (in this section referred to as the 
‘Director’)’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), by 
striking ‘‘designated official or organization’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Director’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR DIRECTOR OF OF-
FICE.—Section 2228 of such title is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES FOR DIRECTOR.— 
The Director is authorized to— 
‘‘(1) develop, update, and coordinate corrosion 
training with the Defense Acquisition University; 
‘‘(2) participate in the process within the De-
partment of Defense for the development of relevant 
directives and instructions; and 
‘‘(3) interact directly with the corrosion preven-
tion industry, trade associations, other government 
corrosion prevention agencies, academic research 
and educational institutions, and scientific organiza-
tions engaged in corrosion prevention, including the 
National Academy of Sciences.’’.
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(c) INCLUSION OF COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AGREE-
MENTS
AS PART
OF CORROSION REDUCTION STRAT-
EGY.—Subsection (d)(2)(D) of section 2228 of such title, 
as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘operational strategies’’ the following: ‘‘, including 
through the establishment of memoranda of agreement, 
joint funding agreements, public-private partnerships, uni-
versity research and education centers, and other coopera-
tive research agreements’’. 
(d) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Section 2228 of such 
title is further amended by inserting after subsection (d) 
(as redesignated by subsection (b)) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—(1) For each budget for a fiscal year, 
beginning with the budget for fiscal year 2009, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall submit, with the defense budget 
materials, a report on the following: 
‘‘(A) Funding requirements for the long-term 
strategy developed under subsection (d). 
‘‘(B) The return on investment that would be 
achieved by implementing the strategy. 
‘‘(C) The funds requested in the budget com-
pared to the funding requirements. 
‘‘(D) An explanation if the funding require-
ments are not fully funded in the budget.
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‘‘(2) Within 60 days after submission of the budget 
for a fiscal year, the Comptroller General shall provide to 
the congressional defense committees— 
‘‘(A) an analysis of the budget submission for 
corrosion control and prevention by the Department 
of Defense; and 
‘‘(B) an analysis of the report required under 
paragraph (1).’’. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—Subsection (f) of section 2228 of 
such title, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘budget’, with respect to a fiscal 
year, means the budget for that fiscal year that is 
submitted to Congress by the President under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘defense budget materials’, with 
respect to a fiscal year, means the materials sub-
mitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in 
support of the budget for that fiscal year.’’. 
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 131 of such title is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 2228 and inserting 
the following new item: 
‘‘2228. Office of Corrosion Policy and Oversight.’’.
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SEC. 372. AUTHORITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN SPORTING 
EVENTS. 
(a) PROVISION OF SUPPORT.—Section 2564 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) A sporting event sanctioned by the United 
States Olympic Committee through the Paralympic 
Military Program. 
‘‘(5) Any national or international paralympic 
sporting event (other than a sporting event described 
in paragraphs (1) through (4))— 
‘‘(A) that— 
‘‘(i) is held in the United States or 
any of its territories or commonwealths; 
‘‘(ii) is governed by the International 
Paralympic Committee; and 
‘‘(iii) is sanctioned by the United 
States Olympic Committee; 
‘‘(B) for which participation exceeds 100 
amateur athletes; and 
‘‘(C) in which at least 10 percent of the 
athletes participating in the sporting event are 
members or former members of the armed 
forces who are participating in the sporting
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event based upon an injury or wound incurred 
in the line of duty in the armed force and vet-
erans who are participating in the sporting 
event based upon a service-connected dis-
ability.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) 
FUNDING
FOR
SUPPORT
OF
CERTAIN 
EVENTS.—(1) Amounts for the provision of support for 
a sporting event described in paragraph (4) or (5) of sub-
section (c) may be derived from the Support for Inter-
national Sporting Competitions, Defense account estab-
lished by section 5802 of the Omnibus Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208; 10 U.S.C. 
2564 note), notwithstanding any limitation under that sec-
tion relating to the availability of funds in such account 
for the provision of support for international sporting com-
petitions. 
‘‘(2) The total amount expended for any fiscal year 
to provide support for sporting events described in sub-
section (c)(5) may not exceed $1,000,000.’’. 
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Section 5802 of the Omni-
bus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 
104–208; 10 U.S.C. 2564 note) is amended—
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(1) by inserting after ‘‘international sporting 
competitions’’ the following: ‘‘and for support of 
sporting competitions authorized under section 
2564(c)(4) and (5), of title 10, United States 
Code,’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘15 
days’’. 
SEC. 373. AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE REASONABLE RESTRIC-
TIONS ON PAYMENT OF FULL REPLACEMENT 
VALUE FOR LOST OR DAMAGED PERSONAL 
PROPERTY TRANSPORTED AT GOVERNMENT 
EXPENSE. 
Section 2636a(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘The regulations may include a requirement that a mem-
ber of the armed forces or civilian employee of the Depart-
ment of Defense comply with reasonable restrictions or 
conditions prescribed by the Secretary in order to receive 
the full amount deducted under subsection (b).’’.
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SEC. 374. PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION ON DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE AIRCRAFT OF RETIRED MEM-
BERS RESIDING IN COMMONWEALTHS AND 
POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 
CERTAIN HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF TRANSPORTATION.—Chapter 
157 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by insert-
ing after section 2641a the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2641b. Space-available travel on Department of De-
fense aircraft: retired members residing 
in Commonwealths and possessions of 
the United States for certain health care 
services 
‘‘(a) PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall provide transportation on Department of 
Defense aircraft on a space-available basis for any member 
or former member of the uniformed services described in 
subsection (b), and a single dependent of the member if 
needed to accompany the member, at a priority level in 
the same category as the priority level for an unaccom-
panied dependent over the age of 18 traveling on environ-
mental and morale leave. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE
MEMBERS
AND
FORMER
MEM-
BERS.—A member or former member eligible for priority 
transport under subsection (a) is a covered beneficiary 
under chapter 55 of this title who—
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‘‘(1) is entitled to retired or retainer pay; 
‘‘(2) resides in or is located in a Commonwealth 
or possession of the United States; and 
‘‘(3) is referred by a military or civilian primary 
care provider located in that Commonwealth or pos-
session to a specialty care provider for services to be 
provided outside of that Commonwealth or posses-
sion. 
‘‘(c) SCOPE OF PRIORITY.—The increased priority for 
space-available transportation required by subsection (a) 
applies with respect to both— 
‘‘(1) the travel from the Commonwealth or pos-
session of the United States to receive the specialty 
care services; and 
‘‘(2) the return travel. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘pri-
mary care provider’ and ‘specialty care provider’ refer to 
a medical or dental professional who provides health care 
services under chapter 55 of this title. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations to implement this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 2641a the following new 
item:
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‘‘2641b. Space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft: retired mem-
bers residing in Commonwealths and possessions of the United 
States for certain health care services.’’. 
SEC. 375. RECOVERY OF MISSING MILITARY PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 165 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sections: 
‘‘§ 2788. Property accountability: regulations 
‘‘The Secretary of a military department may pre-
scribe regulations for the accounting for the property of 
that department and the fixing of responsibility for that 
property. 
‘‘§ 2789. Individual equipment: unauthorized disposi-
tion 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—No member of the armed forces 
may sell, lend, pledge, barter, or give any clothing, arms, 
or equipment furnished to such member by the United 
States to any person other than a member of the armed 
forces or an officer of the United States who is authorized 
to receive it. 
‘‘(b) SEIZURE
OF IMPROPERLY DISPOSED PROP-
ERTY.—If a member of the armed forces has disposed of 
property in violation of subsection (a) and the property 
is in the possession of a person who is neither a member 
of the armed forces nor an officer of the United States 
who is authorized to receive it, that person has no right 
to or interest in the property, and any civil or military
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officer of the United States may seize the property, wher-
ever found, subject to applicable regulations. Possession 
of such property furnished by the United States to a mem-
ber of the armed forces by a person who is neither a mem-
ber of the armed forces, nor an officer of the United 
States, is prima facie evidence that the property has been 
disposed of in violation of subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) DELIVERY OF SEIZED PROPERTY.—If an officer 
who seizes property under subsection (b) is not authorized 
to retain it for the United States, the officer shall deliver 
the property to a person who is authorized to retain it.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new items: 
‘‘2788. Property accountability: regulations. 
‘‘2789. Individual equipment: unauthorized disposition.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Such title is further amend-
ed by striking the following sections: 
(A) Section 4832. 
(B) Section 4836. 
(C) Section 9832. 
(D) Section 9836. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) CHAPTER 453.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 453 of such title is
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amended by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 4832 and 4836. 
(B) CHAPTER 953.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 953 of such title is 
amended by striking the items relating to sec-
tions 9832 and 9836. 
SEC. 376. RETENTION OF COMBAT UNIFORMS BY MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUP-
PORT OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) RETENTION OF COMBAT UNIFORMS.—Chapter 
152 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2568. Retention of combat uniforms by members 
deployed in support of contingency oper-
ations 
‘‘The Secretary of a military department may author-
ize a member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary who has been deployed in support of a 
contingency operation for at least 30 days to retain, after 
that member is no longer so deployed, the combat uniform 
issued to that member as organizational clothing and indi-
vidual equipment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:
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‘‘2568. Retention of combat uniforms by members deployed in support of contin-
gency operations.’’. 
SEC. 377. ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OF THE NAVY 
OTHER THAN TO ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of subtitle C of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 667—ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE 
MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED 
FORCES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘7911. Arms, tentage, and equipment: educational institutions not maintaining 
units of R.O.T.C. 
‘‘7912. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: educational institutions hav-
ing corps of midshipmen. 
‘‘7913. Supplies: military instruction camps. 
‘‘§ 7911. Arms, tentage, and equipment: educational 
institutions not maintaining units of 
R.O.T.C. 
‘‘Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Sec-
retary of the Navy may issue arms, tentage, and equip-
ment that the Secretary considers necessary for proper 
military training, to any educational institution at which 
no unit of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is main-
tained, but which has a course in military training pre-
scribed by the Secretary and which has at least 50 phys-
ically fit students over 14 years of age.
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‘‘§ 7912. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: 
educational institutions having corps of 
midshipmen 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO LEND.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may lend, without expense to the United States, 
magazine rifles and appendages that are not of the exist-
ing service models in use at the time and that are not 
necessary for a proper reserve supply, to any educational 
institution having a uniformed corps of midshipmen of 
sufficient number for target practice. The Secretary may 
also issue 40 rounds of ball cartridges for each mid-
shipman for each range at which target practice is held, 
but not more than 120 rounds each year for each mid-
shipman participating in target practice. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF INSTITUTIONS.—The in-
stitutions to which property is lent under subsection (a) 
shall— 
‘‘(1) use the property for target practice; 
‘‘(2) take proper care of the property; and 
‘‘(3) return the property when required. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Navy 
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section, con-
taining such other requirements as he considers necessary 
to safeguard the interests of the United States.
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‘‘§ 7913. Supplies: military instruction camps 
‘‘Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Sec-
retary of the Navy may issue, to any educational institu-
tion at which an officer of the naval service is detailed 
as professor of naval science, such supplies as are nec-
essary to establish and maintain a camp for the military 
instruction of its students. The Secretary shall require a 
bond in the value of the property issued under this section, 
for the care and safekeeping of that property and except 
for property properly expended, for its return when re-
quired.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
at the beginning of subtitle C of such title, and the table 
of chapters at the beginning of part IV of such subtitle, 
are each amended by inserting after the item relating to 
chapter 665 the following new item: 
‘‘667. Issue of serviceable material other than to Armed Forces ............. 7911.’’. 
SEC. 378. REAUTHORIZATION OF AVIATION INSURANCE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 44310 of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘March 30, 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2013’’. 
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.
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Sec. 403. Additional authority for increases of Army and Marine Corps active 
duty end strengths for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. 
Sec. 404. Increase in authorized strengths for Army officers on active duty in 
the grade of major. 
Sec. 405. Increase in authorized strengths for Navy officers on active duty in 
the grades of lieutenant commander, commander, and captain. 
Sec. 406. Increase in authorized daily average of number of members in pay 
grade E–9. 
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 2008 limitation on number of non-dual status technicians. 
Sec. 415. Maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active 
duty for operational support. 
Sec. 416. Future authorizations and accounting for certain reserve component 
personnel authorized to be on active duty or full-time National 
Guard duty to provide operational support. 
Sec. 417. Revision of variances authorized for Selected Reserve end strengths. 
Subtitle C—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 421. Military personnel. 
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, 
2008, as follows: 
(1) The Army, 525,400. 
(2) The Navy, 329,098. 
(3) The Marine Corps, 189,000. 
(4) The Air Force, 329,563. 
(b) LIMITATION.— 
(1) ARMY.—The authorized strength for the 
Army provided in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) 
for active duty personnel for fiscal year 2008 is sub-
ject to the condition that costs of active duty per-
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sonnel of the Army for that fiscal year in excess of 
489,400 shall be paid out of funds authorized to be 
appropriated for that fiscal year by section 1514. 
(2) MARINE CORPS.—The authorized strength 
for the Marine Corps provided in paragraph (3) of 
subsection (a) for active duty personnel for fiscal 
year 2008 is subject to the condition that costs of 
active duty personnel of the Marine Corps for that 
fiscal year in excess of 180,000 shall be paid out of 
funds authorized to be appropriated for that fiscal 
year by section 1514. 
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 in-
serting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) For the Army, 525,400. 
‘‘(2) For the Navy, 328,400. 
‘‘(3) For the Marine Corps, 189,000. 
‘‘(4) For the Air Force, 328,600.’’.
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SEC. 403. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR INCREASES OF 
ARMY AND MARINE CORPS ACTIVE DUTY END 
STRENGTHS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2009 AND 
2010. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ARMY ACTIVE DUTY 
END STRENGTHS.—For each of fiscal years 2009 and 
2010, the Secretary of Defense may, as the Secretary de-
termines necessary for the purposes described in sub-
section (c), establish the active-duty end strength for the 
Army at a number greater than the number otherwise au-
thorized by law up to the number equal to the fiscal-year 
2008 baseline plus 22,000. 
(b) MARINE CORPS.—For each of fiscal years 2009 
and 2010, the Secretary of Defense may, as the Secretary 
determines necessary for the purposes described in sub-
section (c), establish the active-duty end strength for the 
Marine Corps at a number greater than the number other-
wise authorized by law up to the number equal to the fis-
cal-year 2008 baseline plus 13,000. 
(c) PURPOSE
OF INCREASES.—The purposes for 
which increases may be made in Army and Marine Corps 
active duty end strengths under this section are— 
(1) to support operational missions; and 
(2) to achieve transformational reorganization 
objectives, including objectives for increased num-
bers of combat brigades and battalions, increased
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unit manning, force stabilization and shaping, and 
rebalancing of the active and reserve component 
forces. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP TO PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER AU-
THORITY.—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. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER VARIANCE AUTHOR-
ITY.—The authority under this section is in addition to 
the authority to vary authorized end strengths that is pro-
vided in subsections (e) and (f) of section 115 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(f) BUDGET TREATMENT.— 
(1) FISCAL YEARS 2009 AND 2010 BUDGETS.— 
The budget for the Department of Defense for fiscal 
years 2009 and 2010 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 this 
section, then the budget for the Department of De-
fense for that fiscal year as submitted to Congress
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shall include the amounts necessary for funding that 
active duty end strength in excess of the fiscal year 
2008 active duty end strength authorized for that 
service under section 401. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FISCAL-YEAR
2008
BASELINE.—The term 
‘‘fiscal-year 2008 baseline’’, with respect to the 
Army and Marine Corps, means the active-duty end 
strength authorized for those services in section 401. 
(2) ACTIVE-DUTY
END
STRENGTH.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘active-duty end strength’’ 
means the strength for active-duty personnel of one 
of the Armed Forces as of the last day of a fiscal 
year. 
(h) REPEAL OF OTHER DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY 
TO TEMPORARILY INCREASE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS 
ACTIVE DUTY END STRENGTHS.—Section 403 of the 
Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 10 U.S.C. 
115 note), as amended by section 403 of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 
(Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2169), is repealed.
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SEC. 404. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS FOR 
ARMY OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE 
GRADE OF MAJOR. 
The portion of the table in section 523(a)(1) of title 
10, United States Code, relating to the Army is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘Total number of commissioned officers (ex-
cluding officers in categories specified in 
subsection (b)) on active duty: 
Number of officers who may be serving 
on active duty in grade of: 
Major 
Lieutenant 
Colonel 
Colonel 
Army: 
20,000 .......................................................
7,768 
5,253 
1,613
25,000 .......................................................
8,689 
5,642 
1,796
30,000 .......................................................
9,611 
6,030 
1,980
35,000 .......................................................
10,532 
6,419 
2,163
40,000 .......................................................
11,454 
6,807 
2,347
45,000 .......................................................
12,375 
7,196 
2,530
50,000 .......................................................
13,297 
7,584 
2,713
55,000 .......................................................
14,218 
7,973 
2,897
60,000 .......................................................
15,140 
8,361 
3,080
65,000 .......................................................
16,061 
8,750 
3,264
70,000 .......................................................
16,983 
9,138 
3,447
75,000 .......................................................
17,903 
9,527 
3,631
80,000 .......................................................
18,825 
9,915 
3,814
85,000 .......................................................
19,746 
10,304 
3,997
90,000 .......................................................
20,668 
10,692 
4,181
95,000 .......................................................
21,589 
11,081 
4,364
100,000 .....................................................
22,511 
11,469 
4,548
110,000 .....................................................
24,354 
12,246 
4,915
120,000 .....................................................
26,197 
13,023 
5,281
130,000 .....................................................
28,040 
13,800 
5,648
170,000 .....................................................
35,412 
16,908 
7,116’’. 
SEC. 405. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED STRENGTHS FOR 
NAVY OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE 
GRADES OF LIEUTENANT COMMANDER, COM-
MANDER, AND CAPTAIN. 
The table in section 523(a)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘Total number of commissioned officers (ex-
cluding officers in categories specified in 
subsection (b)) on active duty: 
Number of officers who may be serving 
on active duty in grade of: 
Lieutenant 
Commander 
Commander 
Captain 
Navy: 
30,000 .......................................................
7,698 
5,269 
2,222
33,000 .......................................................
8,189 
5,501 
2,334
36,000 .......................................................
8,680 
5,733 
2,447
39,000 .......................................................
9,172 
5,965 
2,559
42,000 .......................................................
9,663 
6,197 
2,671
45,000 .......................................................
10,155 
6,429 
2,784
48,000 .......................................................
10,646 
6,660 
2,896
51,000 .......................................................
11,136 
6,889 
3,007
54,000 .......................................................
11,628 
7,121 
3,120
57,000 .......................................................
12,118 
7,352 
3,232
60,000 .......................................................
12,609 
7,583 
3,344
63,000 .......................................................
13,100 
7,813 
3,457
66,000 .......................................................
13,591 
8,044 
3,568
70,000 .......................................................
14,245 
8,352 
3,718
90,000 .......................................................
17,517 
9,890 
4,467’’. 
SEC. 406. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED DAILY AVERAGE OF 
NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN PAY GRADE E–9. 
Section 517(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘1.25 per-
cent’’. 
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, 2008, as follows: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 351,300. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 205,000. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 67,800. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 39,600.
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(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 106,700. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 67,500. 
(7) The Coast Guard Reserve, 10,000. 
(b) 
END
STRENGTH
REDUCTIONS.—The 
end 
strengths prescribed by subsection (a) for the Selected Re-
serve of any reserve component shall be proportionately 
reduced by— 
(1) the total authorized strength of units orga-
nized 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 
(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 partici-
pation in training) without their consent at the end 
of the fiscal year. 
(c) END STRENGTH INCREASES.—Whenever units or 
individual members of the Selected Reserve of any reserve 
component are released from active duty during any fiscal 
year, the end strength prescribed for such fiscal year for 
the Selected Reserve of such reserve component shall be 
increased proportionately by the total authorized strengths
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of such units and by the total number of such individual 
members. 
SEC. 412. END STRENGTHS FOR RESERVES ON ACTIVE 
DUTY IN SUPPORT 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, 2008, the following num-
ber 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, re-
cruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components: 
(1) The Army National Guard of the United 
States, 29,204. 
(2) The Army Reserve, 15,870. 
(3) The Navy Reserve, 11,579. 
(4) The Marine Corps Reserve, 2,261. 
(5) The Air National Guard of the United 
States, 13,936. 
(6) The Air Force Reserve, 2,721. 
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 2008 for the re-
serve components of the Army and the Air Force (notwith-
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standing section 129 of title 10, United States Code) shall 
be the following: 
(1) For the Army Reserve, 8,249. 
(2) For the Army National Guard of the United 
States, 26,502. 
(3) For the Air Force Reserve, 9,909. 
(4) For the Air National Guard of the United 
States, 22,553. 
SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2008 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 techni-
cians employed by the National Guard as of Sep-
tember 30, 2008, 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 technicians employed by the Army Reserve as 
of September 30, 2008, may not exceed 595. 
(3) AIR FORCE RESERVE.—The number of non- 
dual status technicians employed by the Air Force
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SEC. 416. FUTURE AUTHORIZATIONS AND ACCOUNTING 
FOR CERTAIN RESERVE COMPONENT PER-
SONNEL AUTHORIZED TO BE ON ACTIVE 
DUTY OR FULL-TIME NATIONAL GUARD DUTY 
TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT. 
(a) REVIEW OF OPERATIONAL SUPPORT MISSIONS 
PERFORMED BY CERTAIN RESERVE COMPONENT PER-
SONNEL.— 
(1) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall conduct a review of the long-term oper-
ational support missions performed by members of 
the reserve components authorized under section 
115(b) of title 10, United States Code, to be on ac-
tive duty or full-time National Guard duty for the 
purpose of providing operational support, with the 
objectives of such review being— 
(A) minimizing the number of reserve com-
ponent members who perform such service for 
a period greater than 1,095 consecutive days, 
or cumulatively for 1,095 days out of the pre-
vious 1,460 days; and 
(B) determining which long-term oper-
ational support missions being performed by 
such members would more appropriately be per-
formed by members of the Armed Forces on ac-
tive duty under other provisions of title 10,
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United States Code, or by full-time support per-
sonnel of reserve components. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—Not later than 
March 1, 2008, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress the results of the review, including a descrip-
tion of the adjustments in Department of Defense 
policy to be implemented as a result of the review 
and such recommendations for changes in statute, as 
the Secretary considers to be appropriate. 
(b) IMPROVED ACCOUNTING FOR RESERVE COMPO-
NENT
PERSONNEL
PROVIDING
OPERATIONAL
SUP-
PORT.—Section 115(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) As part of the budget justification materials sub-
mitted by the Secretary of Defense to Congress in support 
of the end strength authorizations required under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1) for fiscal year 
2009 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall 
provide the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of members, specified by re-
serve component, authorized under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) of paragraph (1) who were serving on 
active duty or full-time National Guard duty for 
operational support beyond each of the limits speci-
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fied under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 
(2) at the end of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal 
year for which the budget justification materials are 
submitted. 
‘‘(B) The number of members, specified by re-
serve component, on active duty for operational sup-
port who, at the end of the fiscal year for which the 
budget justification materials are submitted, are 
projected to be serving on active duty or full-time 
National Guard duty for operational support beyond 
such limits. 
‘‘(C) The number of members, specified by re-
serve component, on active duty or full-time Na-
tional Guard duty for operational support who are 
included in, and counted against, the end strength 
authorizations requested under subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(D) A summary of the missions being per-
formed by members identified under subparagraphs 
(A) and (B).’’. 
SEC. 417. REVISION OF VARIANCES AUTHORIZED FOR SE-
LECTED RESERVE END STRENGTHS. 
Section 115(f)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 per-
cent’’.
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Subtitle C—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 421. MILITARY PERSONNEL. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Defense for military personnel for fiscal 
year 2008 a total of $117,091,420,000. The authorization 
in the preceding sentence supersedes any other authoriza-
tion of appropriations (definite or indefinite) for such pur-
pose for fiscal year 2008. 
TITLE V—MILITARY PERSONNEL 
POLICY 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel Policy 
Sec. 501. Assignment of officers to designated positions of importance and re-
sponsibility. 
Sec. 502. Enhanced authority for Reserve general and flag officers to serve on 
active duty. 
Sec. 503. Increase in years of commissioned service threshold for discharge of 
probationary officers and for use of force shaping authority. 
Sec. 504. Mandatory retirement age for active-duty general and flag officers 
continued on active duty. 
Sec. 505. Authority for reduced mandatory service obligation for initial appoint-
ments of officers in critically short health professional special-
ties. 
Sec. 506. Expansion of authority for reenlistment of officers in their former en-
listed grade. 
Sec. 507. Increase in authorized number of permanent professors at the United 
States Military Academy. 
Sec. 508. Promotion of career military professors of the Navy. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component Management 
Sec. 511. Retention of military technicians who lose dual status in the Selected 
Reserve due to combat-related disability. 
Sec. 512. Constructive service credit upon original appointment of Reserve offi-
cers in certain health care professions. 
Sec. 513. Mandatory separation of Reserve officers in the grade of lieutenant 
general or vice admiral after completion of 38 years of commis-
sioned service. 
Sec. 514. Maximum period of temporary Federal recognition of person as Army 
National Guard officer or Air National Guard officer.
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Sec. 515. Advance notice to members of reserve components of deployment in 
support of contingency operations. 
Sec. 516. Report on relief from professional licensure and certification require-
ments for reserve component members on long-term active 
duty. 
Subtitle C—Education and Training 
Sec. 521. Revisions to authority to pay tuition for off-duty training or edu-
cation. 
Sec. 522. Reduction or elimination of service obligation in an Army Reserve or 
Army National Guard troop program unit for certain persons 
selected as medical students at Uniformed Services University 
of the Health Sciences. 
Sec. 523. Repeal of annual limit on number of ROTC scholarships under Army 
Reserve and Army National Guard financial assistance pro-
gram. 
Sec. 524. Treatment of prior active service of members in uniformed medical 
accession programs. 
Sec. 525. Repeal of post-2007–2008 academic year prohibition on phased in-
crease in cadet strength limit at the United States Military 
Academy. 
Sec. 526. National Defense University master’s degree programs. 
Sec. 527. Authority of the Air University to confer degree of master of science 
in flight test engineering. 
Sec. 528. Enhancement of education benefits for certain members of reserve 
components. 
Sec. 529. Extension of period of entitlement to educational assistance for cer-
tain members of the Selected Reserve affected by force shaping 
initiatives. 
Sec. 530. Time limit for use of educational assistance benefit for certain mem-
bers of reserve components and resumption of benefit. 
Sec. 531. Secretary of Defense evaluation of the adequacy of the degree-grant-
ing authorities of certain military universities and educational 
institutions. 
Sec. 532. Report on success of Army National Guard and Reserve Senior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps financial assistance program. 
Sec. 533. Report on utilization of tuition assistance by members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 534. Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit for Southold, 
Mattituck, and Greenport High Schools. 
Sec. 535. Report on transfer of administration of certain educational assistance 
programs for members of the reserve components. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice and Legal Assistance Matters 
Sec. 541. Authority to designate civilian employees of the Federal Government 
and dependents of deceased members as eligible for legal as-
sistance from Department of Defense legal staff resources. 
Sec. 542. Authority of judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
Armed Forces to administer oaths. 
Sec. 543. Modification of authorities on senior members of the Judge Advocate 
Generals’ Corps. 
Sec. 544. Prohibition against members of the Armed Forces participating in 
criminal street gangs.
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Subtitle E—Military Leave 
Sec. 551. Temporary enhancement of carryover of accumulated leave for mem-
bers of the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 552. Enhancement of rest and recuperation leave. 
Subtitle F—Decorations and Awards 
Sec. 561. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Leslie H. 
Sabo, Jr., for acts of valor during the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 562. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Henry 
Svehla for acts of valor during the Korean War. 
Sec. 563. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Woodrow 
W. Keeble for acts of valor during the Korean War. 
Sec. 564. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Private 
Philip G. Shadrach for acts of valor as one of Andrews’ Raid-
ers during the Civil War. 
Sec. 565. Authorization and request for award of Medal of Honor to Private 
George D. Wilson for acts of valor as one of Andrews’ Raiders 
during the Civil War. 
Subtitle G—Impact Aid and Defense Dependents Education System 
Sec. 571. Continuation of authority to assist local educational agencies that 
benefit dependents of members of the Armed Forces and De-
partment of Defense civilian employees. 
Sec. 572. Impact aid for children with severe disabilities. 
Sec. 573. Inclusion of dependents of non-department of Defense employees em-
ployed on Federal property in plan relating to force structure 
changes, relocation of military units, or base closures and re-
alignments. 
Sec. 574. Payment of private boarding school tuition for military dependents in 
overseas areas not served by defense dependents’ education sys-
tem schools. 
Subtitle H—Military Families 
Sec. 581. Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council and policy 
and plans for military family readiness. 
Sec. 582. Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program. 
Sec. 583. Study to enhance and improve support services and programs for 
families of members of regular and reserve components under-
going deployment. 
Sec. 584. Protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are mem-
bers of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency 
operation. 
Sec. 585. Family leave in connection with injured members of the Armed 
Forces. 
Sec. 586. Family care plans and deferment of deployment of single parent or 
dual military couples with minor dependents. 
Sec. 587. Education and treatment services for military dependent children 
with autism. 
Sec. 588. Commendation of efforts of Project Compassion in paying tribute to 
members of the Armed Forces who have fallen in the service 
of the United States. 
Subtitle I—Other Matters
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Sec. 590. Uniform performance policies for military bands and other musical 
units. 
Sec. 591. Transportation of remains of deceased members of the Armed Forces 
and certain other persons. 
Sec. 592. Expansion of number of academies supportable in any State under 
STARBASE program. 
Sec. 593. Gift acceptance authority. 
Sec. 594. Conduct by members of the Armed Forces and veterans out of uni-
form during hoisting, lowering, or passing of United States 
flag. 
Sec. 595. Annual report on cases reviewed by National Committee for Employer 
Support of the Guard and Reserve. 
Sec. 596. Modification of Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty 
(DD Form 214). 
Sec. 597. Reports on administrative separations of members of the Armed 
Forces for personality disorder. 
Sec. 598. Program to commemorate 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. 
Sec. 599. Recognition of members of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives 
program of the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections 
of the Armed Forces during and following World War II. 
Subtitle A—Officer Personnel 
Policy 
SEC. 501. ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS TO DESIGNATED PO-
SITIONS OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSI-
BILITY. 
(a) CONTINUATION IN GRADE WHILE AWAITING OR-
DERS.—Section 601(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4): 
‘‘(4) at the discretion of the Secretary of De-
fense, while the officer is awaiting orders after being
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relieved from the position designated under sub-
section (a) or by law to carry one of those grades, 
but not for more than 60 days beginning on the day 
the officer is relieved from the position, unless, dur-
ing such period, the officer is placed under orders to 
another position designated under subsection (a) or 
by law to carry one of those grades, in which case 
paragraph (2) will also apply to the officer; and’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING GEN-
ERAL AND FLAG OFFICER CEILINGS.—Section 525(e) of 
such title is amended by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) At the discretion of the Secretary of De-
fense, an officer of that armed force who has been 
relieved from a position designated under section 
601(a) of this title or by law to carry one of the 
grades specified in such section, but only during the 
60-day period beginning on the date on which the 
assignment of the officer to the first position is ter-
minated or until the officer is assigned to a second 
such position, whichever occurs first.’’.
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SEC. 502. ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR RESERVE GENERAL 
AND FLAG OFFICERS TO SERVE ON ACTIVE 
DUTY. 
Section 526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The limitations’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The limitations of this section also do not apply 
to a number, as specified by the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, of reserve component general or 
flag officers authorized to serve on active duty for a period 
of not more than 365 days. The number so specified for 
an armed force may not exceed the number equal to 10 
percent of the authorized number of general or flag offi-
cers, as the case may be, of that armed force under section 
12004 of this title. In determining such number, any frac-
tion shall be rounded down to the next whole number, ex-
cept that such number shall be at least one.’’. 
SEC. 503. INCREASE IN YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE 
THRESHOLD FOR DISCHARGE OF PROBA-
TIONARY OFFICERS AND FOR USE OF FORCE 
SHAPING AUTHORITY. 
(a) ACTIVE-DUTY LIST OFFICERS.—
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(1) EXTENDED PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—Para-
graph (1)(A) of section 630 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(2) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(3) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to 
such section in the table of sections at the beginning 
of subchapter III of chapter 36 of such title is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘630. Discharge of commissioned officers with less than six years of active com-
missioned service or found not qualified for promotion for first 
lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade).’’. 
(b) OFFICER FORCE SHAPING AUTHORITY.—Section 
647(b)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ 
both places it appears and inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(c) RESERVE OFFICERS.— 
(1) EXTENDED PROBATIONARY PERIOD.—Sub-
section (a)(1) of section 14503 of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and inserting ‘‘six 
years’’. 
(2) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘five years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘six years’’. 
(3) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to 
such section in the table of sections at the beginning
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of chapter 1407 of such title is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘14503. Discharge of officers with less than six years of commissioned service 
or found not qualified for promotion to first lieutenant or lieu-
tenant (junior grade).’’. 
SEC. 504. MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR ACTIVE- 
DUTY GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS CON-
TINUED ON ACTIVE DUTY. 
Section 637(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘but such period may not (except as 
provided under section 1251(b) of this title) extend beyond 
the date of the officer’s sixty-second birthday’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘except as provided under section 1251 or 1253 of 
this title’’. 
SEC. 505. AUTHORITY FOR REDUCED MANDATORY SERVICE 
OBLIGATION FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENTS OF 
OFFICERS IN CRITICALLY SHORT HEALTH 
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTIES. 
Section 651 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c)(1) For the armed forces under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary may waive the 
initial period of required service otherwise established pur-
suant to subsection (a) in the case of the initial appoint-
ment of a commissioned officer in a critically short health
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professional specialty specified by the Secretary for pur-
poses of this subsection. 
‘‘(2) The minimum period of obligated service for an 
officer under a waiver under this subsection shall be the 
greater of— 
‘‘(A) two years; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an officer who has accepted 
an accession bonus or executed a contract or agree-
ment for the multiyear receipt of special pay for 
service in the armed forces, the period of obligated 
service specified in such contract or agreement.’’. 
SEC. 506. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REENLISTMENT 
OF OFFICERS IN THEIR FORMER ENLISTED 
GRADE. 
(a) REGULAR ARMY.—Section 3258 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a Reserve officer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an officer’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a temporary appoint-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘an appointment’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Re-
serve officer’’ and inserting ‘‘an officer’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Re-
serve commission’’ and inserting ‘‘the commis-
sion’’. 
(b) REGULAR AIR FORCE.—Section 8258 of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a reserve officer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an officer’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a temporary appoint-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘an appointment’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Re-
serve officer’’ and inserting ‘‘an officer’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Re-
serve commission’’ and inserting ‘‘the commis-
sion’’. 
SEC. 507. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF PERMA-
NENT PROFESSORS AT THE UNITED STATES 
MILITARY ACADEMY. 
Paragraph (4) of section 4331(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) Twenty-eight permanent professors.’’. 
SEC. 508. PROMOTION OF CAREER MILITARY PROFESSORS 
OF THE NAVY. 
(a) PROMOTION.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 603 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating section 6970 as sec-
tion 6970a; and 
(B) by inserting after section 6969 the fol-
lowing new section 6970: 
‘‘§ 6970. Permanent professors: promotion 
‘‘(a) PROMOTION.—An officer serving as a perma-
nent professor may be recommended for promotion to the 
grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be, under reg-
ulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. The reg-
ulations shall include a competitive selection board process 
to identify those permanent professors best qualified for 
promotion. An officer so recommended shall be promoted 
by appointment to the higher grade by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTION.—If made, 
the promotion of an officer under subsection (a) shall be 
effective not earlier than three years after the selection 
of the officer as a permanent professor as described in 
that subsection.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 6970 and in-
serting the following new items: 
‘‘6970. Permanent professors: promotion.
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‘‘6970a. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for de-
ferral.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 641(2) of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and the registrar’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, the registrar’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘, and permanent professors of the Navy 
(as defined in regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Navy)’’. 
(c) COMPETITIVE SELECTION ASSESSMENT.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the 
effectiveness of the promotion system established under 
section 6970 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), for permanent professors of the United 
States Naval Academy, including an evaluation of the ex-
tent to which the implementation of the promotion system 
has resulted in a competitive environment for the selection 
of permanent professors and an evaluation of whether the 
goals of the permanent professor program have been 
achieved, including adequate career progression and pro-
motion opportunities for participating officers. Not later 
than December 31, 2009, the Secretary shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report containing 
the results of the assessment.
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(d) USE OF EXCLUSIONS FROM AUTHORIZED OFFI-
CER STRENGTHS.—Not later than March 31, 2008, the 
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report describing the plans of the 
Secretary for utilization of authorized exemptions under 
section 523(b)(8) of title 10, United States Code, and a 
discussion of the Navy’s requirement, if any, and projec-
tions for use of additional exemptions by grade. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. RETENTION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS WHO 
LOSE DUAL STATUS IN THE SELECTED RE-
SERVE 
DUE 
TO 
COMBAT-RELATED 
DIS-
ABILITY. 
Section 10216 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after subsection (f) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(g) RETENTION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS WHO 
LOSE DUAL STATUS DUE TO COMBAT-RELATED DIS-
ABILITY.—(1) Notwithstanding subsection (d) of this sec-
tion or subsections (a)(3) and (b) of section 10218 of this 
title, if a military technician (dual status) loses such dual 
status as the result of a combat-related disability (as de-
fined in section 1413a of this title), the person may be 
retained as a non-dual status technician so long as—
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‘‘(A) the combat-related disability does not pre-
vent the person from performing the non-dual status 
functions or position; and 
‘‘(B) the person, while a non-dual status techni-
cian, is not disqualified from performing the non- 
dual status functions or position because of perform-
ance, medical, or other reasons. 
‘‘(2) A person so retained shall be removed not later 
than 30 days after becoming eligible for an unreduced an-
nuity and becoming 60 years of age. 
‘‘(3) Persons retained under the authority of this sub-
section do not count against the limitations of section 
10217(c) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 512. CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE CREDIT UPON ORIGI-
NAL APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE OFFICERS 
IN CERTAIN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS. 
(a) INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL HEALTH CARE PRO-
FESSIONS.—Paragraph (2) of section 12207(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) If the Secretary of Defense determines that 
the number of officers in a health profession described in 
subparagraph (B) who are serving in an active status in 
a reserve component of the Army, Navy, or Air Force in 
grades below major or lieutenant commander is critically 
below the number needed in such health profession by
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such reserve component in such grades, the Secretary of 
Defense may authorize the Secretary of the military de-
partment concerned to credit any person who is receiving 
an original appointment as an officer for service in such 
health profession with a period of constructive credit in 
such amount (in addition to any amount credited such 
person under paragraph (1)) as will result in the grade 
of such person being that of captain or, in the case of 
the Navy Reserve, lieutenant. 
‘‘(B) The types of health professions referred to in 
subparagraph (A) include the following: 
‘‘(i) Any health profession performed by officers 
in the Medical Corps of the Army or the Navy or by 
officers of the Air Force designated as a medical of-
ficer. 
‘‘(ii) Any health profession performed by offi-
cers in the Dental Corps of the Army or the Navy 
or by officers of the Air Force designated as a den-
tal officer. 
‘‘(iii) Any health profession performed by offi-
cers in the Medical Service Corps of the Army or the 
Navy or by officers of the Air Force designated as 
a medical service officer or biomedical sciences offi-
cer.
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‘‘(iv) Any health profession performed by offi-
cers in the Army Medical Specialist Corps. 
‘‘(v) Any health profession performed by offi-
cers of the Nurse Corps of the Army or the Navy 
or by officers of the Air Force designated as a 
nurse. 
‘‘(vi) Any health profession performed by offi-
cers in the Veterinary Corps of the Army or by offi-
cers designated as a veterinary officer.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘a medical or dental 
officer’’ and inserting ‘‘officers covered by paragraph (2)’’. 
SEC. 513. MANDATORY SEPARATION OF RESERVE OFFI-
CERS IN THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT GEN-
ERAL OR VICE ADMIRAL AFTER COMPLETION 
OF 38 YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE. 
(a) MANDATORY SEPARATION.—Section 14508 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and 
(e) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE FOR LIEU-
TENANT GENERALS AND VICE ADMIRALS.—Unless re-
tired, transferred to the Retired Reserve, or discharged
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at an earlier date, each reserve officer of the Army, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps in the grade of lieutenant general 
and each reserve officer of the Navy in the grade of vice 
admiral shall be separated in accordance with section 
14514 of this title on the later of the following: 
‘‘(1) 30 days after completion of 38 years of 
commissioned service. 
‘‘(2) The fifth anniversary of the date of the of-
ficer’s appointment in the grade of lieutenant gen-
eral or vice admiral.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘FOR BRIGA-
DIER GENERALS
AND REAR ADMIRALS (LOWER 
HALF)’’ after ‘‘GRADE’’ in the subsection heading; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘FOR MAJOR 
GENERALS AND REAR ADMIRALS’’ after ‘‘GRADE’’ 
in the subsection heading.
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SEC. 514. MAXIMUM PERIOD OF TEMPORARY FEDERAL 
RECOGNITION OF PERSON AS ARMY NA-
TIONAL GUARD OFFICER OR AIR NATIONAL 
GUARD OFFICER. 
Section 308(a) of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended in the last sentence by striking ‘‘six months’’ and 
inserting ‘‘one year’’. 
SEC. 515. ADVANCE NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF RESERVE 
COMPONENTS OF DEPLOYMENT IN SUPPORT 
OF CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS. 
(a) ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
a military department shall ensure that a member of a 
reserve component under the jurisdiction of that Secretary 
who will be called or ordered to active duty for a period 
of more than 30 days in support of a contingency oper-
ation (as defined in section 101(a)(13) of title 10, United 
States Code) receives notice in advance of the mobilization 
date. In so far as is practicable, the notice shall be pro-
vided not less than 30 days before the mobilization date, 
but with a goal of 90 days before the mobilization date. 
(b) REDUCTION OR WAIVER OF NOTICE REQUIRE-
MENT.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the require-
ment of subsection (a), or authorize shorter notice than 
the minimum specified in such subsection, during a war 
or national emergency declared by the President or Con-
gress or to meet mission requirements. If the waiver or
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Sen-
ate and House of Representative a report containing the 
results of the study and such recommendations as the 
Comptroller General considers appropriate to provide fur-
ther relief for members of the reserve components from 
professional or other licensure or certification require-
ments while on active duty for an extended period of time. 
Subtitle C—Education and 
Training 
SEC. 521. REVISIONS TO AUTHORITY TO PAY TUITION FOR 
OFF-DUTY TRAINING OR EDUCATION. 
(a) INCLUSION OF COAST GUARD.—Subsection (a) of 
section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of 
a military department’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to sub-
sections (b) and (c), the Secretary concerned’’. 
(b) COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY.— 
Subsection (b) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘commissioned offi-
cer on active duty’’ the following: ‘‘(other than 
a member of the Ready Reserve)’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary of the mili-
tary department concerned’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary concerned’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘or full-time National 
Guard duty’’ both places it appears; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘the Secretary of the military 
department’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary con-
cerned’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
after ‘‘active duty service’’ the following: ‘‘for 
which the officer was ordered to active duty’’; 
and 
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary concerned’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY TO PAY TUITION ASSISTANCE TO 
MEMBERS OF THE READY RESERVE.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—Subsection 
(c) of such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c)(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (5), the Sec-
retary concerned may pay the charges of an educational 
institution for the tuition or expenses described in sub-
section (a) of a member of the Selected Reserve.
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‘‘(2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the Secretary 
concerned may pay the charges of an educational institu-
tion for the tuition or expenses described in subsection (a) 
of a member of the Individual Ready Reserve who has a 
military occupational specialty designated by the Secretary 
concerned for purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary concerned may not pay charges 
under paragraph (1) for tuition or expenses of an officer 
of the Selected Reserve unless the officer enters into an 
agreement to remain a member of the Selected Reserve 
for at least 4 years after completion of the education or 
training for which the charges are paid. 
‘‘(4) The Secretary concerned may not pay charges 
under paragraph (2) for tuition or expenses of an officer 
of the Individual Ready Reserve unless the officer enters 
into an agreement to remain in the Selected Reserve or 
Individual Ready Reserve for at least 4 years after comple-
tion of the education or training for which the charges 
are paid. 
‘‘(5) The Secretary of a military department may re-
quire an enlisted member of the Selected Reserve or Indi-
vidual Ready Reserve to enter into an agreement to serve 
for up to 4 years in the Selected Reserve or Individual 
Ready Reserve, as the case may be, after completion of
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the education or training for which tuition or expenses are 
paid under paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable.’’. 
(2) REPEAL
OF
SUPERSEDED
PROVISION.— 
Such section is further amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (d); and 
(B) by redesignating subsections (e) and 
(f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively. 
(3) REPAYMENT
OF
UNEARNED
BENEFIT.— 
Subsection (e) of such section, as redesignated by 
paragraph (2) of this subsection, is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(e)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) If a member of the Ready Reserve who enters 
into an agreement under subsection (c) does not complete 
the period of service specified in the agreement, the mem-
ber shall be subject to the repayment provisions of section 
303a(e) of title 37.’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Such section is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) This section shall be administered under regula-
tions prescribed by the Secretary of Defense or, with re-
spect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a 
service in the Navy, the Secretary of Homeland Security.’’. 
(e) STUDY.—
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(1) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall carry out a study on the tuition assist-
ance program carried out under section 2007 of title 
10, United States Code. The study shall— 
(A) identify the number of members of the 
Armed Forces eligible for assistance under the 
program, and the number who actually receive 
the assistance; 
(B) assess the extent to which the program 
affects retention rates; and 
(C) assess the extent to which State tuition 
assistance programs affect retention rates in 
those States. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months 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 containing the 
results of the study.
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SEC. 522. REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF SERVICE OBLI-
GATION IN AN ARMY RESERVE OR ARMY NA-
TIONAL GUARD TROOP PROGRAM UNIT FOR 
CERTAIN PERSONS SELECTED AS MEDICAL 
STUDENTS AT UNIFORMED SERVICES UNI-
VERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES. 
Paragraph (3) of section 2107a(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (C), in the case of 
a person described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
may, at any time and with the consent of the person, mod-
ify an agreement described in paragraph (1)(F) submitted 
by the person for the purpose of reducing or eliminating 
the troop program unit service obligation specified in the 
agreement and to establish, in lieu of that obligation, an 
active duty service obligation. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) applies with respect to the 
following persons: 
‘‘(i) A cadet under this section at a military 
junior college. 
‘‘(ii) A cadet or former cadet under this section 
who is selected under section 2114 of this title to be 
a medical student at the Uniformed Services Univer-
sity of the Health Sciences. 
‘‘(iii) A cadet or former cadet under this section 
who signs an agreement under section 2122 of this
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title for participation in the Armed Forces Health 
Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance 
program. 
‘‘(C) The modification of an agreement described in 
paragraph (1)(F) may be made only if the Secretary deter-
mines that it is in the best interests of the United States 
to do so.’’. 
SEC. 523. REPEAL OF ANNUAL LIMIT ON NUMBER OF ROTC 
SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER ARMY RESERVE AND 
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FINANCIAL ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 2107a(h) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘not more than 416 cadets each year 
under this section, to include’’ and inserting ‘‘each year 
under this section’’. 
SEC. 524. TREATMENT OF PRIOR ACTIVE SERVICE OF MEM-
BERS IN UNIFORMED MEDICAL ACCESSION 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) MEDICAL STUDENTS OF USUHS.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF STUDENTS WITH PRIOR AC-
TIVE
SERVICE.—Section 2114 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(c) 
through (h) as subsections (d) through (i), re-
spectively; and
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(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after the second sen-
tence the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) If a member of the uniformed services selected 
to be a student has prior active service in a pay grade 
and with years of service credited for pay that would enti-
tle the member, if the member remained in the former 
grade, to a rate of basic pay in excess of the rate of basic 
pay for regular officers in the grade of second lieutenant 
or ensign, the member shall be paid basic pay based on 
the former grade and years of service credited for pay. 
The amount of such basic pay for the member shall be 
increased on January 1 of each year by the percentage 
by which basic pay is increased on average on that date 
for that year, and the member shall continue to receive 
basic pay based on the former grade and years of service 
until the date, whether occurring before or after gradua-
tion, on which the basic pay for the member in the mem-
ber’s actual grade and years of service credited for pay 
exceeds the amount of basic pay to which the member is 
entitled based on the member’s former grade and years 
of service.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 
is further amended—
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(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Upon 
graduation they’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) Medical students who graduate’’; and 
(B) in subsection (i), as redesignated by 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’. 
(b) PARTICIPANTS IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS SCHOL-
ARSHIP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 
2121(c) of such title is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) If a member of the uniformed services selected 
to participate in the program as a medical student has 
prior active service in a pay grade and with years of serv-
ice credited for pay that would entitle the member, if the 
member remained in the former grade, to a rate of basic 
pay in excess of the rate of basic pay for regular officers 
in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, the member 
shall be paid basic pay based on the former grade and 
years of service credited for pay. The amount of such basic 
pay for the member shall be increased on January 1 of 
each year by the percentage by which basic pay is in-
creased on average on that date for that year, and the 
member shall continue to receive basic pay based on the
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former grade and years of service until the date, whether 
occurring before or after the conclusion of such participa-
tion, on which the basic pay for the member in the mem-
ber’s actual grade and years of service credited for pay 
exceeds the amount of basic pay to which the member is 
entitled based on the member’s former grade and years 
of service.’’. 
(c) OFFICERS DETAILED AS STUDENTS AT MEDICAL 
SCHOOLS.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT AND TREATMENT OF PRIOR 
ACTIVE
SERVICE.—Section 2004a of such title is 
amended— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(e) 
through (h) as subsections (f) through (i), re-
spectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (d) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) APPOINTMENT AND TREATMENT OF PRIOR AC-
TIVE SERVICE.—(1) A commissioned officer detailed as a 
student at a medical school under subsection (a) shall be 
appointed as a regular officer in the grade of second lieu-
tenant or ensign and shall serve on active duty in that 
grade with full pay and allowances of that grade. 
‘‘(2) If an officer detailed to be a medical student 
has prior active service in a pay grade and with years of
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service credited for pay that would entitle the officer, if 
the officer remained in the former grade, to a rate of basic 
pay in excess of the rate of basic pay for regular officers 
in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign, the officer 
shall be paid basic pay based on the former grade and 
years of service credited for pay. The amount of such basic 
pay for the officer shall be increased on January 1 of each 
year by the percentage by which basic pay is increased 
on average on that date for that year, and the officer shall 
continue to receive basic pay based on the former grade 
and years of service until the date, whether occurring be-
fore or after graduation, on which the basic pay for the 
officer in the officer’s actual grade and years of service 
credited for pay exceeds the amount of basic pay to which 
the officer is entitled based on the officer’s former grade 
and years of service.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c) 
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘subsection 
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’. 
SEC. 525. REPEAL OF POST-2007–2008 ACADEMIC YEAR PRO-
HIBITION ON PHASED INCREASE IN CADET 
STRENGTH LIMIT AT THE UNITED STATES 
MILITARY ACADEMY. 
Section 4342(j)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking the last sentence.
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SEC. 526. NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY MASTER’S DE-
GREE PROGRAMS. 
(a) MASTER OF ARTS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—Sec-
tion 2163 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or master of 
arts’’ after ‘‘master of science’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) MASTER OF ARTS IN STRATEGIC SECURITY 
STUDIES.—The degree of master of arts in strategic 
security studies, to graduates of the University who 
fulfill the requirements of the program at the School 
for National Security Executive Education.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 
section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 2163. National Defense University: master’s degree 
programs’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 108 of such title 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 
2163 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2163. National Defense University: master’s degree programs.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY
TO 2006–2007 GRADUATES.— 
Paragraph (4) of section 2163(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section,
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applies with respect to any person who becomes a graduate 
of the National Defense University on or after September 
6, 2006, and fulfills the requirements of the program re-
ferred to in such paragraph (4). 
SEC. 527. AUTHORITY OF THE AIR UNIVERSITY TO CONFER 
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN FLIGHT 
TEST ENGINEERING. 
Section 9317(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) The degree of master of science in flight 
test engineering upon graduates of the Air Force 
Test Pilot School who fulfill the requirements for 
that degree in a manner consistent with the rec-
ommendations of the Department of Education and 
the principles of the regional accrediting body for 
the Air University.’’. 
SEC. 528. ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BENEFITS FOR 
CERTAIN MEMBERS OF RESERVE COMPO-
NENTS. 
(a) ACCELERATED PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE.—
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and recovery of overpayment of an accelerated payment 
of educational assistance allowance under this section. The 
regulations may include such elements of the regulations 
prescribed under section 3014A of title 38 as the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs considers appropriate for pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘(g) The aggregate amount of educational assistance 
payable under this section in any fiscal year for enroll-
ments covered by subsection (b)(1) may not exceed 
$4,000,000.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1606 of such title 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 16131 the following new item: 
‘‘16131a. Accelerated payment of educational assistance.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on October 1, 
2008, and shall only apply to initial enrollments in 
approved programs of education after such date. 
(b) ACCELERATED PAYMENT OF EDUCATIONAL AS-
SISTANCE FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS SUP-
PORTING CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS AND OTHER OPER-
ATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1607 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 16162 the following new section:
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‘‘§ 16162a. Accelerated payment of educational assist-
ance 
‘‘(a) PAYMENT ON ACCELERATED BASIS.—The edu-
cational assistance allowance payable under section 16162 
of this title with respect to an eligible member described 
in subsection (b) may, upon the election of such eligible 
member, be paid on an accelerated basis in accordance 
with this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—An eligible member de-
scribed in this subsection is a member of a reserve compo-
nent entitled to educational assistance under this chapter 
who is— 
‘‘(1) enrolled in an approved program of edu-
cation not exceeding two years in duration and not 
leading to an associate, bachelors, masters, or other 
degree, subject to subsection (g); and 
‘‘(2) charged tuition and fees for the program 
of education that, when divided by the number of 
months (and fractions thereof) in the enrollment pe-
riod, exceeds the amount equal to 200 percent of the 
monthly rate of educational assistance allowance 
otherwise payable with respect to the member under 
section 16162 of this title. 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF ACCELERATED PAYMENT.—(1) The 
amount of the accelerated payment of educational assist-
ance payable with respect to an eligible member making
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an election under subsection (a) for a program of edu-
cation shall be the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) the amount equal to 60 percent of the es-
tablished charges for the program of education; or 
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount of educational as-
sistance allowance to which the member remains en-
titled under this chapter at the time of the payment. 
‘‘(2)(A) In this subsection, except as provided in sub-
paragraph (B), the term ‘established charges’, in the case 
of a program of education, means the actual charges (as 
determined pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs) for tuition and fees which simi-
larly circumstanced individuals who are not eligible for 
benefits under this chapter and who are enrolled in the 
program of education would be required to pay. Estab-
lished charges shall be determined on the following basis: 
‘‘(i) In the case of an individual enrolled in a 
program of education offered on a term, quarter, or 
semester basis, the tuition and fees charged the indi-
vidual for the term, quarter, or semester. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of an individual enrolled in a 
program of education not offered on a term, quarter, 
or semester basis, the tuition and fees charged the 
individual for the entire program of education.
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‘‘(B) In this subsection, the term ‘established 
charges’ does not include any fees or payments attrib-
utable to the purchase of a vehicle. 
‘‘(3) The educational institution providing the pro-
gram of education for which an accelerated payment of 
educational assistance allowance is elected by an eligible 
member under subsection (a) shall certify to the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs the amount of the established charges 
for the program of education. 
‘‘(d) TIME OF PAYMENT.—An accelerated payment 
of educational assistance allowance made with respect to 
an eligible member under this section for a program of 
education shall be made not later than the last day of the 
month immediately following the month in which the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs receives a certification from the 
educational institution regarding— 
‘‘(1) the member’s enrollment in and pursuit of 
the program of education; and 
‘‘(2) the amount of the established charges for 
the program of education. 
‘‘(e) CHARGE AGAINST ENTITLEMENT.—(1) Except 
as provided in paragraph (2), for each accelerated pay-
ment of educational assistance allowance made with re-
spect to an eligible member under this section, the mem-
ber’s entitlement to educational assistance under this
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chapter shall be charged the number of months (and any 
fraction thereof) determined by dividing the amount of the 
accelerated payment by the full-time monthly rate of edu-
cational assistance allowance otherwise payable with re-
spect to the member under section 16162 of this title as 
of the beginning date of the enrollment period for the pro-
gram of education for which the accelerated payment is 
made. 
‘‘(2) If the monthly rate of educational assistance al-
lowance otherwise payable with respect to an eligible mem-
ber under section 16162 of this title increases during the 
enrollment period of a program of education for which an 
accelerated payment of educational assistance allowance is 
made under this section, the charge to the member’s enti-
tlement to educational assistance under this chapter shall 
be determined by prorating the entitlement chargeable, in 
the manner provided for under paragraph (1), for the peri-
ods covered by the initial rate and increased rate, respec-
tively, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
The regulations shall include requirements, conditions, 
and methods for the request, issuance, delivery, certifi-
cation of receipt and use, and recovery of overpayment of
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an accelerated payment of educational assistance allow-
ance under this section. The regulations may include such 
elements of the regulations prescribed under section 
3014A of title 38 as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs con-
siders appropriate for purposes of this section. 
‘‘(g) LIMITATION.—The aggregate amount of edu-
cational assistance payable under this section in any fiscal 
year for enrollments covered by subsection (b)(1) may not 
exceed $3,000,000.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1607 of such title 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 16162 the following new item: 
‘‘16162a. Accelerated payment of educational assistance.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect on October 1, 
2008, and shall only apply to initial enrollments in 
approved programs of education after such date. 
(c) ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE 
FOR RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS SUPPORTING CON-
TINGENCY OPERATIONS AND OTHER OPERATIONS.— 
(1) ASSISTANCE
FOR
THREE
YEARS
CUMU-
LATIVE
SERVICE.—Subsection (c)(4)(C) of section 
16162 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘for two continuous years or more.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for—
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‘‘(i) two continuous years or more; or 
‘‘(ii) an aggregate of three years or 
more.’’. 
(2) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INCREASED AMOUNT 
OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(f) CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INCREASED AMOUNT OF 
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—(1)(A) Any individual eligi-
ble for educational assistance under this section may con-
tribute amounts for purposes of receiving an increased 
amount of educational assistance as provided for in para-
graph (2). 
‘‘(B) An individual covered by subparagraph (A) may 
make the contributions authorized by that subparagraph 
at any time while a member of a reserve component, but 
not more frequently than monthly. 
‘‘(C) The total amount of the contributions made by 
an individual under subparagraph (A) may not exceed 
$600. Such contributions shall be made in multiples of 
$20. 
‘‘(D) Contributions under this subsection shall be 
made to the Secretary concerned. Such Secretary shall de-
posit any amounts received as contributions under this 
subsection into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
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‘‘(2) Effective as of the first day of the enrollment 
period following the enrollment period in which an indi-
vidual makes contributions under paragraph (1), the 
monthly amount of educational assistance allowance appli-
cable to such individual under this section shall be the 
monthly rate otherwise provided for under subsection (c) 
increased by— 
‘‘(A) an amount equal to $5 for each $20 con-
tributed by such individual under paragraph (1) for 
an approved program of education pursued on a full- 
time basis; or 
‘‘(B) an appropriately reduced amount based on 
the amount so contributed as determined under reg-
ulations that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
prescribe, for an approved program of education 
pursued on less than a full-time basis.’’. 
SEC. 529. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF ENTITLEMENT TO 
EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN 
MEMBERS OF THE SELECTED RESERVE AF-
FECTED BY FORCE SHAPING INITIATIVES. 
Section 16133(b)(1)(B) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or the period beginning 
on October 1, 2007, and ending on September 30, 2014,’’ 
after ‘‘December 31, 2001,’’.
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SEC. 530. TIME LIMIT FOR USE OF EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-
ANCE BENEFIT FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF 
RESERVE COMPONENTS AND RESUMPTION 
OF BENEFIT. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF TIME LIMIT FOR USE OF BEN-
EFIT.— 
(1) MODIFICATION.—Section 16164(a) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘this chapter while serving—’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘this chapter— 
‘‘(1) while the member is serving— 
‘‘(A) in the Selected Reserve of the Ready 
Reserve, in the case of a member called or or-
dered to active service while serving in the Se-
lected Reserve; or 
‘‘(B) in the Ready Reserve, in the case of 
a member ordered to active duty while serving 
in the Ready Reserve (other than the Selected 
Reserve); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of a person who separates from 
the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve after 
completion of a period of active service described in 
section 16163 of this title and completion of a serv-
ice contract under other than dishonorable condi-
tions, during the 10-year period beginning on the
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date on which the person separates from the Se-
lected Reserve.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (2) 
of section 16165(a) of such title is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(2) when the member separates from the 
Ready Reserve as provided in section 16164(a)(1) of 
this title, or upon completion of the period provided 
for in section 16164(a)(2) of this title, as applica-
ble.’’. 
(b) RECLAIMING BENEFIT
FOR MEMBERS REEN-
TERING SERVICE.—Section 16165(b) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘of not more than 90 days’’ after 
‘‘who incurs a break in service in the Selected Reserve’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as of October 28, 2004, as 
if included in the enactment of the Ronald W. Reagan Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 
(Public Law 108–375), to which such amendments relate. 
SEC. 531. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE EVALUATION OF THE 
ADEQUACY OF THE DEGREE-GRANTING AU-
THORITIES OF CERTAIN MILITARY UNIVER-
SITIES AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall carry out an evaluation of the degree-granting
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authorities provided by title 10, United States Code, to 
the academic institutions specified in subsection (b). The 
evaluation shall assess whether the current process, under 
which each degree conferred by each institution must have 
a statutory authorization, remains adequate, appropriate, 
and responsive enough to meet emerging military service 
education requirements. 
(b) SPECIFIED INSTITUTIONS.—The academic insti-
tutions covered by subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) The National Defense University. 
(2) The Army War College and the United 
States Army Command and General Staff College. 
(3) The United States Naval War College. 
(4) The United States Naval Postgraduate 
School. 
(5) Air University and the United States Air 
Force Institute of Technology. 
(6) The Marine Corps University. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than April 1, 2008, the Sec-
retary 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 evaluation. 
The report shall include the results of the evaluation and 
any recommendations for changes to policy or law that 
the Secretary considers appropriate.
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SEC. 532. REPORT ON SUCCESS OF ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
AND RESERVE SENIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ 
TRAINING CORPS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 150 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
a report on the success of the financial assistance program 
of the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps under sec-
tion 2107a of title 10, United States Code, in securing 
the appointment of second lieutenants in the Army Re-
serve and Army National Guard. The report shall include 
detailed information on the appointment of cadets under 
the financial assistance program who are enrolled in an 
educational institution described in subsection (b) and ad-
dress the efforts of the Secretary to increase awareness 
of the availability and advantages of appointment in the 
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at these institu-
tions and to increase the number of cadets at these institu-
tions. 
(b) COVERED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—The 
educational institutions referred to in subsection (a) are 
the following: 
(1) An historically Black college or university 
that is a part B institution, as defined in section
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number of members of the reserve components of 
the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such 
military department whose requests for tuition as-
sistance during that fiscal year were unfunded. 
(2) Information on the policies of such military 
department for fiscal year 2007 regarding funding 
of tuition assistance for each of the regular compo-
nents of the Armed Forces and each of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces under the jurisdic-
tion of such military department. 
SEC. 534. NAVY JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING 
CORPS UNIT FOR SOUTHOLD, MATTITUCK, 
AND GREENPORT HIGH SCHOOLS. 
For purposes of meeting the requirements of section 
2031(b) of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of 
the Navy may and, to the extent the schools request, shall 
treat any two or more of the following schools (all in 
Southold, Suffolk County, New York) as a single institu-
tion: 
(1) Southold High School. 
(2) Mattituck High School. 
(3) Greenport High School.
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SEC. 535. REPORT ON TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION OF 
CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE 
COMPONENTS. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than September 
1, 2008, the Secretary of Defense, in cooperation with the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees and the Committees on Vet-
erans Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives 
a report on the feasibility and merits of transferring the 
administration of the educational assistance programs for 
members of the reserve components contained in chapters 
1606 and 1607 of title 10, United States Code, from the 
Department of Defense to the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report shall spe-
cifically address the following: 
(1) A discussion of the history and purpose of 
the educational assistance benefits under chapters 
1606 and 1607 of title 10, United States Code, and 
the data most recently available, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, relating to the cost of 
providing such benefits and the projected costs of 
providing such benefits over the ten-year period be-
ginning on the such date.
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(2) The effect of a transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction on the delivery of educational assistance 
benefits to members of the reserve components. 
(3) The effect of a transfer of administrative 
jurisdiction on Department of Defense efforts relat-
ing to recruiting, retention, and compensation, in-
cluding bonuses, special pays, and incentive pays. 
(4) The extent to which educational assistance 
benefits influence the decision of a person to join a 
reserve component. 
(5) The extent to which the educational assist-
ance benefits available under chapter 1606 of title 
10, United States Code, affect retention rates, in-
cluding statistics showing how many members re-
main in the reserve components in order to continue 
to receive education benefits under such chapter. 
(6) The extent to which the educational assist-
ance benefits available under chapter 1607 of title 
10, United States Code, affect retention rates, in-
cluding statistics showing how many members re-
main in the reserve components in order to continue 
to receive education benefits under such chapter. 
(7) The practical and budgetary issues involved 
in a transfer of administrative jurisdiction, including 
a discussion of the cost of equating the educational
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assistance benefits for members of the active and re-
serve components. 
(8) Any recommendations of the Secretary for 
legislation to enhance or improve the delivery of edu-
cational assistance benefits for members of the re-
serve components. 
(9) The feasibility and likely effects of transfer-
ring the administration of the educational assistance 
programs for members of the reserve components 
contained in chapters 1606 and 1607 of title 10, 
United States Code, from the Department of De-
fense to the Department of Veterans Affairs through 
the recodification of such chapters in title 38, 
United States Code, as proposed in section 525 of 
H.R. 1585 of the 110th Congress, as passed by the 
House of Representatives, together with any rec-
ommendations of the Secretary for improving that 
section. 
(10) A discussion of the effects and impact of 
the amendments to chapter 1607 of title 10, United 
States Code, made by section 530 of this Act, relat-
ing to the extension of the time limit for the use of 
educational assistance benefits under that chapter. 
(c) REVIEWS OF REPORT.—Before submission of the 
report to Congress, the Secretary of Defense shall secure
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the review of the report by the Defense Business Board, 
in cooperation with the Reserve Forces Policy Board. The 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall secure the review of 
the report by the Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on 
Education. The results of such reviews shall be included 
as an appendix to the report. 
(d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 
than November 1, 2008, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the congressional committees referred to in sub-
section (a) an assessment of the report, including a review 
of the costs inherent in the transfer of administrative ju-
risdiction and the recruiting and retention data and other 
assumptions used by the Secretary of Defense in pre-
paring the report. As part of the assessment, the Comp-
troller General shall solicit responses from the Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.