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SEC. 886. ENHANCED AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE PRODUCTS AND SERV-
ICES PRODUCED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a product or service to be 
acquired in support of military operations or stability operations 
in Iraq or Afghanistan (including security, transition, reconstruc-
tion, and humanitarian relief activities) for which the Secretary 
of Defense makes a determination described in subsection (b), the 
Secretary may conduct a procurement in which— 
(1) competition is limited to products or services that are 
from Iraq or Afghanistan; 
(2) procedures other than competitive procedures are used 
to award a contract to a particular source or sources from 
Iraq or Afghanistan; or 
(3) a preference is provided for products or services that 
are from Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(b) DETERMINATION.—A determination described in this sub-
section is a determination by the Secretary that— 
(1) the product or service concerned is to be used only 
by the military forces, police, or other security personnel of 
Iraq or Afghanistan; or 
(2) it is in the national security interest of the United 
States to limit competition, use procedures other than competi-
tive procedures, or provide a preference as described in sub-
section (a) because— 
(A) such limitation, procedure, or preference is nec-
essary to provide a stable source of jobs in Iraq or Afghani-
stan; and 
(B) such limitation, procedure, or preference will not 
adversely affect— 
(i) military operations or stability operations in 
Iraq or Afghanistan; or 
(ii) the United States industrial base. 
(c) PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND SOURCES FROM IRAQ OR AFGHANI-
STAN.—For the purposes of this section: 
(1) A product is from Iraq or Afghanistan if it is mined, 
produced, or manufactured in Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(2) A service is from Iraq or Afghanistan if it is performed 
in Iraq or Afghanistan by citizens or permanent resident aliens 
of Iraq or Afghanistan. 
(3) A source is from Iraq or Afghanistan if it— 
(A) is located in Iraq or Afghanistan; and 
(B) offers products or services that are from Iraq or 
Afghanistan. 
SEC. 887. DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE 
POLICIES 
AND 
PROCEDURES 
FOR 
THE 
ACQUISITION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 
(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall direct 
the Defense Science Board to carry out a review of Department 
of Defense policies and procedures for the acquisition of information 
technology. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE ADDRESSED.—The matters addressed by 
the review required by subsection (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Department of Defense policies and procedures for 
acquiring national security systems, business information sys-
tems, and other information technology.
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(2) The roles and responsibilities in implementing such 
policies and procedures of— 
(A) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics; 
(B) the Chief Information Officer of the Department 
of Defense; 
(C) the Director of the Business Transformation 
Agency; 
(D) the service acquisition executives; 
(E) the chief information officers of the military depart-
ments; 
(F) Defense Agency acquisition officials; 
(G) the information officers of the Defense Agencies; 
and 
(H) the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation 
and the heads of the operational test organizations of the 
military departments and the Defense Agencies. 
(3) The application of such policies and procedures to 
information technologies that are an integral part of weapons 
or weapon systems. 
(4) The requirements of subtitle III of title 40, United 
States Code, and chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
regarding performance-based and results-based management, 
capital planning, and investment control in the acquisition 
of information technology. 
(5) Department of Defense policies and procedures for maxi-
mizing the usage of commercial information technology while 
ensuring the security of the microelectronics, software, and 
networks of the Department. 
(6) The suitability of Department of Defense acquisition 
regulations, including Department of Defense Directive 5000.1 
and the accompanying milestones, to the acquisition of informa-
tion technology systems. 
(7) The adequacy and transparency of metrics used by 
the Department of Defense for the acquisition of information 
technology systems. 
(8) The effectiveness of existing statutory and regulatory 
reporting requirements for the acquisition of information tech-
nology systems. 
(9) The adequacy of operational and development test 
resources (including infrastructure and personnel), policies, and 
procedures to ensure appropriate testing of information tech-
nology systems both during development and before operational 
use. 
(10) The appropriate policies and procedures for technology 
assessment, development, and operational testing for purposes 
of the adoption of commercial technologies into information 
technology systems. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congres-
sional defense committees a report on the results of the review 
required by subsection (a). The report shall include the findings 
and recommendations of the Defense Science Board pursuant to 
the review, including such recommendations for legislative or 
administrative action as the Board considers appropriate, together 
with any comments the Secretary considers appropriate.
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SEC. 888. GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY. 
(a) SENSE
OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that 
the Department of Defense should establish a system to document 
and track the use of environmentally preferable products and serv-
ices. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress a report on a plan to increase the usage of environmentally 
friendly products that minimize potential impacts to human health 
and the environment at all Department of Defense facilities inside 
and outside the United States, including through the direct pur-
chase of products and the purchase of products by facility mainte-
nance contractors. The report shall also cover consideration of the 
budgetary impact of implementation of the plan. 
SEC. 889. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF USE OF AUTHORITY 
UNDER THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950. 
(a) THOROUGH REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Comptroller’’) 
shall conduct a thorough review of the application of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950, covering the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of the Defense Production Act Reauthorization 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–195) and ending on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the review required by 
this section, the Comptroller shall examine— 
(1) the relevance and utility of the authorities provided 
under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to meet the security 
challenges of the 21st Century; 
(2) the manner in which the authorities provided under 
such Act have been used by the Federal Government— 
(A) to meet security challenges; 
(B) to meet current and future defense requirements; 
(C) to meet current and future energy requirements; 
(D) to meet current and future domestic emergency 
and disaster response and recovery requirements; 
(E) to reduce the interruption of critical infrastructure 
operations during a terrorist attack, natural catastrophe, 
or other similar national emergency; and 
(F) to safeguard critical components of the United 
States industrial base, including American aerospace and 
shipbuilding industries; 
(3) the economic impact of foreign offset contracts; 
(4) the relative merit of developing rapid and standardized 
systems for use of the authorities provided under the Defense 
Production Act of 1950, by any Federal agency; and 
(5) such other issues as the Comptroller determines rel-
evant. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 150 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller shall submit 
to the Committees on Armed Services and on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on Armed 
Services and on Financial Services of the House of Representatives 
a report on the review conducted under this section. 
(d) RULES
OF CONSTRUCTION
ON PROTECTION
OF INFORMA-
TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
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(1) the provisions of section 705(d) of the Defense Produc-
tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. App. 2155(d)) shall not apply to 
information sought or obtained by the Comptroller for purposes 
of the review required by this section; and 
(2) provisions of law pertaining to the protection of classi-
fied information or proprietary information otherwise applicable 
to information sought or obtained by the Comptroller in car-
rying out this section shall not be affected by any provision 
of this section. 
SEC. 890. PREVENTION OF EXPORT CONTROL VIOLATIONS. 
(a) PREVENTION OF EXPORT CONTROL VIOLATIONS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations requiring any con-
tractor under a contract with the Department of Defense to provide 
goods or technology that is subject to export controls under the 
Arms Export Control Act or the Export Administration of 1979 
(as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act) to comply with those Acts and applicable regulations 
with respect to such goods and technology, including the Inter-
national Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export Administration 
Regulations. Regulations prescribed under this subsection shall 
include a contract clause enforcing such requirement. 
(b) TRAINING ON EXPORT CONTROLS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that any contractor under a contract with the Depart-
ment of Defense to provide goods or technology that is subject 
to export controls under the Arms Export Control Act or the Export 
Administration of 1979 (as continued in effect under the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act) is made aware of any 
relevant resources made available by the Department of State and 
the Department of Commerce to assist in compliance with the 
requirement established by subsection (a) and the need for a cor-
porate compliance plan and periodic internal audits of corporate 
performance under such plan. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report 
assessing the utility of— 
(1) requiring defense contractors (or subcontractors at any 
tier) to periodically report on measures taken to ensure compli-
ance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and 
the Export Administration Regulations; 
(2) requiring periodic audits of defense contractors (or sub-
contractors at any tier) to ensure compliance with all provisions 
of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Export 
Administration Regulations; 
(3) requiring defense contractors to maintain a corporate 
training plan to disseminate information to appropriate con-
tractor personnel regarding the applicability of the Arms Export 
Control Act and the Export Administration Act of 1979; and 
(4) requiring a designated corporate liaison, available for 
training provided by the United States Government, whose 
primary responsibility would be contractor compliance with 
the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Administration 
Act of 1979. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) EXPORT
ADMINISTRATION
REGULATIONS.—The term 
‘‘Export Administration Regulations’’ means those regulations 
contained in sections 730 through 774 of title 15, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 
(2) INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS.—The 
term ‘‘International Traffic in Arms Regulations’’ means those 
regulations contained in sections 120 through 130 of title 22, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations). 
SEC. 891. PROCUREMENT GOAL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN-SERVING 
INSTITUTIONS AND ALASKA NATIVE-SERVING INSTITU-
TIONS. 
Section 2323 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph 
(D) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(E) Native Hawaiian-serving institutions and Alaska 
Native-serving institutions (as defined in section 317 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965).’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting after ‘‘Hispanic-serving 
institutions,’’ the following: ‘‘Native Hawaiian-serving institu-
tions and Alaska Native-serving institutions,’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting after ‘‘Hispanic-serving 
institutions,’’ the following: ‘‘Native Hawaiian-serving institu-
tions and Alaska Native-serving institutions,’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting after ‘‘Hispanic-serving 
institutions,’’ the following: ‘‘to Native Hawaiian-serving institu-
tions and Alaska Native-serving institutions,’’. 
SEC. 892. COMPETITION FOR PROCUREMENT OF SMALL ARMS SUP-
PLIED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. 
(a) COMPETITION REQUIREMENT.—For the procurement of pistols 
and other weapons described in subsection (b), the Secretary of 
Defense shall ensure, consistent with the provisions of section 2304 
of title 10, United States Code, that— 
(1) full and open competition is obtained to the maximum 
extent practicable; 
(2) no responsible United States manufacturer is excluded 
from competing for such procurements; and 
(3) products manufactured in the United States are not 
excluded from the competition. 
(b) PROCUREMENTS COVERED.—This section applies to the 
procurement of the following: 
(1) Pistols and other weapons less than 0.50 caliber for 
assistance to the Army of Iraq, the Iraqi Police Forces, and 
other Iraqi security organizations. 
(2) Pistols and other weapons less than 0.50 caliber for 
assistance to the Army of Afghanistan, the Afghani Police 
Forces, and other Afghani security organizations.
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TITLE IX—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT 
Subtitle A—Department of Defense Management 
Sec. 901. Repeal of limitation on major Department of Defense headquarters activi-
ties personnel and related report. 
Sec. 902. Flexibility to adjust the number of deputy chiefs and assistant chiefs. 
Sec. 903. Change in eligibility requirements for appointment to Department of De-
fense leadership positions. 
Sec. 904. Management of the Department of Defense. 
Sec. 905. Revision in guidance relating to combatant command acquisition author-
ity. 
Sec. 906. Department of Defense Board of Actuaries. 
Sec. 907. Modification of background requirement of individuals appointed as 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. 
Sec. 908. Assistant Secretaries of the military departments for acquisition matters; 
principal military deputies. 
Sec. 909. Sense of Congress on term of Office of the Director of Operational Test 
and Evaluation. 
Subtitle B—Space Activities 
Sec. 911. Space protection strategy. 
Sec. 912. Biennial report on management of space cadre within the Department of 
Defense. 
Sec. 913. Additional report on oversight of acquisition for defense space programs. 
Subtitle C—Chemical Demilitarization Program 
Sec. 921. Chemical demilitarization citizens advisory commissions. 
Sec. 922. Sense of Congress on completion of destruction of United States chemical 
weapons stockpile. 
Sec. 923. Repeal of certain qualifications requirement for director of chemical de-
militarization management organization. 
Sec. 924. Modification of termination of assistance to State and local governments 
after completion of the destruction of the United States chemical weap-
ons stockpile. 
Subtitle D—Intelligence-Related Matters 
Sec. 931. Technical amendments to title 10, United States Code, arising from en-
actment of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 
2004. 
Subtitle E—Roles and Missions Analysis 
Sec. 941. Requirement for quadrennial roles and missions review. 
Sec. 942. Joint Requirements Oversight Council additional duties relating to core 
mission areas. 
Sec. 943. Requirement for certification of major systems prior to technology devel-
opment. 
Sec. 944. Presentation of future-years mission budget by core mission area. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 951. Department of Defense consideration of effect of climate change on De-
partment facilities, capabilities, and missions. 
Sec. 952. Interagency policy coordination. 
Sec. 953. Expansion of employment creditable under service agreements under Na-
tional Security Education Program. 
Sec. 954. Board of Regents for the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences. 
Sec. 955. Establishment of Department of Defense School of Nursing. 
Sec. 956. Inclusion of commanders of Western Hemisphere combatant commands in 
Board of Visitors of Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Coopera-
tion. 
Sec. 957. Comptroller General assessment of reorganization of the Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. 
Sec. 958. Report on foreign language proficiency.
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Subtitle A—Department of Defense 
Management 
SEC. 901. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON MAJOR DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE HEADQUARTERS ACTIVITIES PERSONNEL AND 
RELATED REPORT. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITATION.— 
(1) REPEAL.—Section 130a of title 10, United States Code, 
is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 130a. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall include 
a report with the defense budget materials for each fiscal year 
that includes the following information: 
(1) The average number of military personnel and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense assigned to major 
Department of Defense headquarters activities for each compo-
nent of the Department of Defense during the preceding fiscal 
year. 
(2) The total increase in personnel assigned to major head-
quarters activities, if any, during the preceding fiscal year— 
(A) attributable to the replacement of contract per-
sonnel with military personnel or civilian employees of 
the Department of Defense, including the number of posi-
tions associated with the replacement of contract personnel 
performing inherently governmental functions; and 
(B) attributable to reasons other than the replacement 
of contract personnel with military personnel or civilian 
employees of the Department, such as workload or oper-
ational demand increases. 
(3) An estimate of the cost savings, if any, associated with 
the elimination of contracts for the performance of major head-
quarters activities. 
(4) The number of military personnel and civilian 
employees of the Department of Defense assigned to major 
headquarters activities for each component of the Department 
of Defense as of October 1 of the preceding fiscal year. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DEFENSE
BUDGET
MATERIALS.—The term ‘‘defense 
budget materials’’, with respect to a fiscal year, means the 
materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense 
in support of the budget for that fiscal year that is submitted 
to Congress by the President under section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(2) CONTRACT PERSONNEL.—The term ‘‘contract personnel’’ 
means persons hired under a contract with the Department 
of Defense for the performance of major Department of Defense 
headquarters activities. 
SEC. 902. FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST THE NUMBER OF DEPUTY CHIEFS 
AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS. 
(a) ARMY.—Section 3035(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Army shall prescribe the number 
of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff, for a total 
of not more than eight positions.’’. 
(b) NAVY.— 
(1) DEPUTY CHIEFS OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.—Section 5036(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There are in the Office of the Chief 
of Naval Operations not more than five Deputy Chiefs 
of Naval Operations,’’ and inserting ‘‘There are Deputy 
Chiefs of Naval Operations in the Office of the Chief of 
Naval Operations,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary 
of the Navy shall prescribe the number of Deputy Chiefs 
of Naval Operations under this section and Assistant Chiefs 
of Naval Operations under section 5037 of this title, for 
a total of not more than eight positions.’’. 
(2) ASSISTANT
CHIEFS
OF
NAVAL
OPERATIONS.—Section 
5037(a) of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There are in the Office of the Chief 
of Naval Operations not more than three Assistant Chiefs 
of Naval Operations,’’ and inserting ‘‘There are Assistant 
Chiefs of Naval Operations in the Office of the Chief of 
Naval Operations,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary 
of the Navy shall prescribe the number of Assistant Chiefs 
of Naval Operations in accordance with section 5036(a) 
of this title.’’. 
(c) AIR FORCE.—Section 8035(b) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) The Secretary of the Air Force shall prescribe the number 
of Deputy Chiefs of Staff and Assistant Chiefs of Staff, for a total 
of not more than eight positions.’’. 
SEC. 903. CHANGE IN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT 
TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. 
(a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—Section 113(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’. 
(b) DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.—Section 132(a) of such 
title is amended by striking ‘‘ten’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’. 
(c) UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY.—Section 134(a) 
of such title is amended by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘seven’’. 
SEC. 904. MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) ASSIGNMENT OF MANAGEMENT DUTIES AND DESIGNATION 
OF A CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER AND DEPUTY CHIEF MANAGE-
MENT OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.—Section 132 of title 10, 
United States Code is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); 
and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) The Deputy Secretary serves as the Chief Management 
Officer of the Department of Defense. The Deputy Secretary shall 
be assisted in this capacity by a Deputy Chief Management Officer, 
who shall be appointed from civilian life by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.’’. 
(2) ASSIGNMENT OF DUTIES.—
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(A) The Secretary of Defense shall assign duties and 
authorities relating to the management of the business 
operations of the Department of Defense. 
(B) The Secretary shall assign such duties and authori-
ties to the Chief Management Officer as are necessary 
for that official to effectively and efficiently organize the 
business operations of the Department of Defense. 
(C) The Secretary shall assign such duties and authori-
ties to the Deputy Chief Management Officer as are nec-
essary for that official to assist the Chief Management 
Officer to effectively and efficiently organize the business 
operations of the Department of Defense. 
(D) The Deputy Chief Management Officer shall per-
form the duties and have the authorities assigned by the 
Secretary under subparagraph (C) and perform such duties 
and have such authorities as are delegated by the Chief 
Management Officer. 
(3) EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE LEVEL III.—Section 5314 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 
the following new item: 
‘‘Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of 
Defense.’’. 
(4) PLACEMENT IN OSD.—Section 131(b)(2) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as 
paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph (3): 
‘‘(3) The Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Depart-
ment of Defense.’’. 
(b) ASSIGNMENT OF MANAGEMENT DUTIES AND DESIGNATION 
OF THE CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICERS OF THE MILITARY DEPART-
MENTS.— 
(1) The Secretary of a military department shall assign 
duties and authorities relating to the management of the busi-
ness operations of such military department. 
(2) The Secretary of a military department, in assigning 
duties and authorities under paragraph (1) shall designate 
the Under Secretary of such military department to have the 
primary management responsibility for business operations, to 
be known in the performance of such duties as the Chief 
Management Officer. 
(3) The Secretary shall assign such duties and authorities 
to the Chief Management Officer as are necessary for that 
official to effectively and efficiently organize the business oper-
ations of the military department concerned. 
(4) The Chief Management Officer of each military depart-
ment shall promptly provide such information relating to the 
business operations of such department to the Chief Manage-
ment Officer and Deputy Chief Management Officer of the 
Department of Defense as is necessary to assist those officials 
in the performance of their duties. 
(c) MANAGEMENT
OF
DEFENSE
BUSINESS
TRANSFORMATION 
AGENCY.—Section 192(e)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘that the Agency’’ and all that follows and 
inserting ‘‘that the Director of the Agency shall report directly
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to the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of 
Defense.’’. 
(d) STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PLAN REQUIRED.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense, acting 
through the Chief Management Officer of the Department of 
Defense, shall develop a strategic management plan for the 
Department of Defense. 
(2) MATTERS COVERED.—Such plan shall include, at a min-
imum, detailed descriptions of— 
(A) performance goals and measures for improving and 
evaluating the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the 
business operations of the Department of Defense and 
achieving an integrated management system for business 
support areas within the Department of Defense; 
(B) key initiatives to be undertaken by the Department 
of Defense to achieve the performance goals under subpara-
graph (A), together with related resource needs; 
(C) procedures to monitor the progress of the Depart-
ment of Defense in meeting performance goals and meas-
ures under subparagraph (A); 
(D) procedures to review and approve plans and 
budgets for changes in business operations, including any 
proposed changes to policies, procedures, processes, and 
systems, to ensure the compatibility of such plans and 
budgets with the strategic management plan of the Depart-
ment of Defense; and 
(E) procedures to oversee the development of, and 
review and approve, all budget requests for defense busi-
ness systems. 
(3) UPDATES.—The Secretary of Defense, acting through 
the Chief Management Officer, shall update the strategic 
management plan no later than July 1, 2009, and every two 
years thereafter and provide a copy to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report on the implementation of this section 
and a copy of the strategic management plan required by subsection 
(d). 
SEC. 905. REVISION IN GUIDANCE RELATING TO COMBATANT COM-
MAND ACQUISITION AUTHORITY. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 905(b)(1) of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2353) is amended by striking ‘‘and mutually 
supportive of’’. 
SEC. 906. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BOARD OF ACTUARIES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 7 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 182 the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 183. Department of Defense Board of Actuaries 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Department of Defense 
a Department of Defense Board of Actuaries (hereinafter in this 
section referred to as the ‘Board’).
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‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—(1) The Board shall consist of three members 
who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Defense from among 
qualified professional actuaries who are members of the Society 
of Actuaries. 
‘‘(2) The members of the Board shall serve for a term of 15 
years, except that a member of the Board appointed to fill a vacancy 
occurring before the end of the term for which the member’s prede-
cessor was appointed shall only serve until the end of such term. 
A member may serve after the end of the member’s term until 
the member’s successor takes office. 
‘‘(3) A member of the Board may be removed by the Secretary 
of Defense only for misconduct or failure to perform functions 
vested in the Board. 
‘‘(4) A member of the Board who is not an employee of the 
United States is entitled to receive pay at the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay of the highest rate of basic pay 
then currently being paid under the General Schedule of subchapter 
III of chapter 53 of title 5 for each day the member is engaged 
in the performance of the duties of the Board and is entitled 
to travel expenses, including a per diem allowance, in accordance 
with section 5703 of that title in connection with such duties. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Board shall have the following duties: 
‘‘(1) To review valuations of the Department of Defense 
Military Retirement Fund in accordance with section 1465(c) 
of this title and submit to the President and Congress, not 
less often than once every four years, a report on the status 
of that Fund, including such recommendations for modifications 
to the funding or amortization of that Fund as the Board 
considers appropriate and necessary to maintain that Fund 
on a sound actuarial basis. 
‘‘(2) To review valuations of the Department of Defense 
Education Benefits Fund in accordance with section 2006(e) 
of this title and make recommendations to the President and 
Congress on such modifications to the funding or amortization 
of that Fund as the Board considers appropriate to maintain 
that Fund on a sound actuarial basis. 
‘‘(3) To review valuations of such other funds as the Sec-
retary of Defense shall specify for purposes of this section 
and make recommendations to the President and Congress 
on such modifications to the funding or amortization of such 
funds as the Board considers appropriate to maintain such 
funds on a sound actuarial basis. 
‘‘(d) RECORDS.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
the Board has access to such records regarding the funds referred 
to in subsection (c) as the Board shall require to determine the 
actuarial status of such funds. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—(1) The Board shall submit to the Secretary 
of Defense on an annual basis a report on the actuarial status 
of each of the following: 
‘‘(A) The Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund. 
‘‘(B) The Department of Defense Education Benefits Fund. 
‘‘(C) Each other fund specified by Secretary under sub-
section (c)(3). 
‘‘(2) The Board shall also furnish its advice and opinion on 
matters referred to it by the Secretary.’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 182 the following new item: 
‘‘183. Department of Defense Board of Actuaries’’. 
(3) INITIAL SERVICE AS BOARD MEMBERS.—Each member 
of the Department of Defense Retirement Board of Actuaries 
or the Department of Defense Education Benefits Board of 
Actuaries as of the date of the enactment of this Act shall 
serve as an initial member of the Department of Defense Board 
of Actuaries under section 183 of title 10, United States Code 
(as added by paragraph (1)), from that date until the date 
otherwise provided for the completion of such individual’s term 
as a member of the Department of Defense Retirement Board 
of Actuaries or the Department of Defense Education Benefits 
Board of Actuaries, as the case may be, unless earlier removed 
by the Secretary of Defense. 
(b) TERMINATION OF EXISTING BOARDS OF ACTUARIES.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RETIREMENT BOARD OF ACTU-
ARIES.—(A) Section 1464 of title 10, United States Code, is 
repealed. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 74 
of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 
1464. 
(2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION BENEFITS BOARD 
OF ACTUARIES.—Section 2006 of such title is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (e); 
(C) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as 
subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; 
(D) in subsection (e), as redesignated by subparagraph 
(C), by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ in paragraph (5) and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; and 
(E) in subsection (f), as so redesignated— 
(i) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(f)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(3)’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘subsection 
(f)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(4)’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1175(h)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Retirement’’ the first place it appears. 
(2) Section 1460(b) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘Retirement’’. 
(3) Section 1466(c)(3) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘Retirement’’. 
(4) Section 12521(6) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘Department of Defense Education Benefits Board of Actuaries 
referred to in section 2006(e)(1) of this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘Department of Defense Board of Actuaries under section 183 
of this title’’. 
SEC. 907. MODIFICATION OF BACKGROUND REQUIREMENT OF INDIVID-
UALS APPOINTED AS UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
FOR ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY, AND LOGISTICS. 
Section 133(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘in the private sector’’.
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SEC. 908. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS 
FOR 
ACQUISITION 
MATTERS; 
PRINCIPAL 
MILITARY 
DEPUTIES. 
(a) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.—Section 3016(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(5)(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. 
The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall 
supervision of acquisition, technology, and logistics matters of the 
Department of the Army. 
‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary shall have a Principal Military 
Deputy, who shall be a lieutenant general of the Army on active 
duty. The Principal Military Deputy shall be appointed from among 
officers who have significant experience in the areas of acquisition 
and program management. The position of Principal Military 
Deputy shall be designated as a critical acquisition position under 
section 1733 of this title.’’. 
(b) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY.—Section 5016(b) of such title 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition. 
The principal duty of the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall 
supervision of research, development, and acquisition matters of 
the Department of the Navy. 
‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary shall have a Principal Military 
Deputy, who shall be a vice admiral of the Navy or a lieutenant 
general of the Marine Corps on active duty. The Principal Military 
Deputy shall be appointed from among officers who have significant 
experience in the areas of acquisition and program management. 
The position of Principal Military Deputy shall be designated as 
a critical acquisition position under section 1733 of this title.’’. 
(c) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.—Section 8016(b) of such 
title is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) One of the Assistant Secretaries shall be the Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. The principal duty of 
the Assistant Secretary shall be the overall supervision of acquisi-
tion matters of the Department of the Air Force. 
‘‘(B) The Assistant Secretary shall have a Principal Military 
Deputy, who shall be a lieutenant general of the Air Force on 
active duty. The Principal Military Deputy shall be appointed from 
among officers who have significant experience in the areas of 
acquisition and program management. The position of Principal 
Military Deputy shall be designated as a critical acquisition position 
under section 1733 of this title.’’. 
(d) DUTY OF PRINCIPAL MILITARY DEPUTIES TO INFORM SERVICE 
CHIEFS ON MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.—Each Prin-
cipal Military Deputy to a service acquisition executive shall be 
responsible for keeping the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces 
concerned informed of the progress of major defense acquisition 
programs. 
SEC. 909. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TERM OF OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
OF OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that the term of office of the 
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department 
of Defense should be not less than five years.
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Subtitle B—Space Activities 
SEC. 911. SPACE PROTECTION STRATEGY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Congress that 
the United States should place greater priority on the protection 
of national security space systems. 
(b) STRATEGY.—The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with 
the Director of National Intelligence, shall develop a strategy, to 
be known as the Space Protection Strategy, for the development 
and fielding by the United States of the capabilities that are nec-
essary to ensure freedom of action in space for the United States. 
(c) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The strategy required by subsection 
(b) shall include each of the following: 
(1) 
An 
identification 
of 
the 
threats 
to, 
and 
the 
vulnerabilities of, the national security space systems of the 
United States. 
(2) A description of the capabilities currently contained 
in the program of record of the Department of Defense and 
the intelligence community that ensure freedom of action in 
space. 
(3) For each period covered by the strategy, a description 
of the capabilities that are needed for the period, including— 
(A) the hardware, software, and other materials or 
services to be developed or procured; 
(B) the management and organizational changes to 
be achieved; and 
(C) concepts of operations, tactics, techniques, and 
procedures to be employed. 
(4) For each period covered by the strategy, an assessment 
of the gaps and shortfalls between the capabilities that are 
needed for the period and the capabilities currently contained 
in the program of record. 
(5) For each period covered by the strategy, a comprehen-
sive plan for investment in capabilities that identifies specific 
program and technology investments to be made in that period. 
(6) A description of the current processes by which the 
systems protection requirements of the Department of Defense 
and the intelligence community are addressed in space acquisi-
tion programs and during key milestone decisions, an assess-
ment of the adequacy of those processes, and an identification 
of the actions of the Department and the intelligence commu-
nity for addressing any inadequacies in those processes. 
(7) A description of the current processes by which the 
Department of Defense and the intelligence community program 
and budget for capabilities (including capabilities that are incor-
porated into single programs and capabilities that span multiple 
programs), an assessment of the adequacy of those processes, 
and an identification of the actions of the Department and 
the intelligence community for addressing any inadequacies 
in those processes. 
(8) A description of the organizational and management 
structure of the Department of Defense and the intelligence 
community for addressing policy, planning, acquisition, and 
operations with respect to capabilities, a description of the
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roles and responsibilities of each organization, and an identi-
fication of the actions of the Department and the intelligence 
community for addressing any inadequacies in that structure. 
(d) PERIODS COVERED.—The strategy required by subsection 
(b) shall cover the following periods: 
(1) Fiscal years 2008 through 2013. 
(2) Fiscal years 2014 through 2019. 
(3) Fiscal years 2020 through 2025. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘capabilities’’ means space, airborne, and 
ground systems and capabilities for space situational awareness 
and for space systems protection; and 
(2) the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act 
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401a(4)). 
(f) REPORT; BIENNIAL UPDATE.— 
(1) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
conjunction with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
submit to Congress a report on the strategy required by sub-
section (b), including each of the matters required by subsection 
(c). 
(2) BIENNIAL UPDATE.—Not later than March 15 of each 
even-numbered year after 2008, the Secretary of Defense, in 
conjunction with the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
submit to Congress an update to the report required by para-
graph (1). 
(3) CLASSIFICATION.—The report required by paragraph (1), 
and each update required by paragraph (2), shall be in unclassi-
fied form, but may include a classified annex. 
(g) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 911 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 
Stat. 3405; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is repealed. 
SEC. 912. BIENNIAL REPORT ON MANAGEMENT OF SPACE CADRE 
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 23 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 490. Space cadre management: biennial report 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary of Defense and each Sec-
retary of a military department shall develop metrics and use 
these metrics to identify, track, and manage space cadre personnel 
within the Department of Defense to ensure the Department has 
sufficient numbers of personnel with the expertise, training, and 
experience to meet current and future national security space needs. 
‘‘(b) BIENNIAL REPORT REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, and every even-numbered 
year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the management 
of the space cadre. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS
INCLUDED.—The report required by para-
graph (1) shall include— 
‘‘(A) the number of active duty, reserve duty, and 
government civilian space-coded billets that—
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SEC. 913. ADDITIONAL REPORT ON OVERSIGHT OF ACQUISITION FOR 
DEFENSE SPACE PROGRAMS. 
Section 911(b)(1) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2621) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, and March 15, 2008,’’ after ‘‘March 
15, 2003,’’. 
Subtitle C—Chemical Demilitarization 
Program 
SEC. 921. CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMIS-
SIONS. 
(a) FUNCTIONS.—Section 172 of the National Defense Authoriza-
tion Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (50 U.S.C. 1521 note) is amended— 
(1) in each of subsections (b) and (f), by striking ‘‘Assistant 
Secretary of the Army (Research, Development and Acquisi-
tion)’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisi-
tion, Logistics, and Technology)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary of 
the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logis-
tics, and Technology)’’. 
(b) TERMINATION.—Such section is further amended in sub-
section (h) by striking ‘‘after the stockpile located in that commis-
sion’s State has been destroyed’’ and inserting ‘‘after the closure 
activities required pursuant to regulations promulgated by the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant 
to the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) have 
been completed for the chemical agent destruction facility in the 
commission’s State, or upon the request of the Governor of the 
commission’s State, whichever occurs first’’. 
SEC. 922. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COMPLETION OF DESTRUCTION 
OF UNITED STATES CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKPILE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, 
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and 
on Their Destruction, done at Paris on January 13, 1993 (com-
monly referred to as the ‘‘Chemical Weapons Convention’’), 
requires that destruction of the entire United States chemical 
weapons stockpile be completed by not later than April 29, 
2007. 
(2) In 2006, under the terms of the Chemical Weapons 
Convention, the United States requested and received a one- 
time, 5-year extension of its chemical weapons destruction dead-
line to April 29, 2012. 
(3) On April 10, 2006, the Secretary of Defense notified 
Congress that the United States would not meet even the 
extended deadline under the Chemical Weapons Convention 
for destruction of the United States chemical weapons stockpile, 
but would ‘‘continue working diligently to minimize the time 
to complete destruction without sacrificing safety and security’’ 
and would also ‘‘continue requesting resources needed to com-
plete destruction as close to April 2012 as practicable’’.
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(4) The United States chemical demilitarization program 
has met its one percent, 20 percent, and extended 45 percent 
destruction deadlines under the Chemical Weapons Convention. 
(5) Destroying the remaining stockpile of United States 
chemical weapons is imperative for public safety and homeland 
security, and doing so by April 2012, in accordance with the 
current destruction deadline provided under the Chemical 
Weapons Convention, is required by United States law. 
(6) The elimination of chemical weapons anywhere they 
exist in the world, and the prevention of their proliferation, 
is of utmost importance to the national security of the United 
States. 
(7) Section 921(b)(3) of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 
120 Stat. 2359) contained a sense of Congress urging the Sec-
retary of Defense to ensure the elimination of the United States 
chemical weapons stockpile in the shortest time possible, con-
sistent with the requirement to protect public health, safety, 
and the environment. 
(8) Section 921(b)(4) of that Act contained a sense of Con-
gress urging the Secretary of Defense to propose a credible 
treatment and disposal process with the support of affected 
communities. In this regard, any such process should provide 
for sufficient communication and consultation between rep-
resentatives of the Department of Defense and representatives 
of affected States and communities. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the United States is, and must remain, committed to 
making every effort to safely dispose of its entire chemical 
weapons stockpile by April 2012, the current destruction dead-
line provided under the Chemical Weapons Convention, or as 
soon thereafter as possible, and must carry out all of its other 
obligations under the Convention; and 
(2) the Secretary of Defense should make every effort to 
plan for, and to request in the annual budget of the President 
submitted to Congress adequate funding to complete, the elimi-
nation of the United States chemical weapons stockpile in 
accordance with United States obligations under the Chemical 
Weapons Convention and in a manner that will protect public 
health, safety, and the environment, as required by law. 
(c) REPORTS REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 15, 2008, and every 
180 days thereafter until the year in which the United States 
completes the destruction of its entire stockpile of chemical 
weapons under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the members and 
committees of Congress referred to in paragraph (3) a report 
on the implementation by the United States of its chemical 
weapons destruction obligations under the Chemical Weapons 
Convention. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—Each report under paragraph (1) shall 
include the following: 
(A) The anticipated schedule at the time of such report 
for the completion of destruction of chemical agents, muni-
tions, and materiel at each chemical weapons demilitariza-
tion facility in the United States.
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(B) A description of the options and alternatives for 
accelerating the completion of chemical weapons destruc-
tion at each such facility, particularly in time to meet 
the destruction deadline of April 29, 2012, currently pro-
vided by the Chemical Weapons Convention, and by 
December 31, 2017. 
(C) A description of the funding required to achieve 
each of the options for destruction described under subpara-
graph (B), and a detailed life-cycle cost estimate for each 
of the affected facilities included in each such funding 
profile. 
(D) A description of all actions being taken by the 
United States to accelerate the destruction of its entire 
stockpile of chemical weapons, agents, and materiel in 
order to meet the current destruction deadline under the 
Chemical Weapons Convention of April 29, 2012, or as 
soon thereafter as possible. 
(3) MEMBERS AND COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—The mem-
bers and committees of Congress referred to in this paragraph 
are— 
(A) the majority leader of the Senate, the minority 
leader of the Senate, and the Committees on Armed Serv-
ices and Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(B) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
majority leader of the House of Representatives, the 
minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 923. REPEAL OF CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT FOR 
DIRECTOR OF CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION MANAGE-
MENT ORGANIZATION. 
Section 1412(e)(3) of the Department of Defense Authorization 
Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521(e)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
(B). 
SEC. 924. MODIFICATION OF TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE TO STATE 
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE 
DESTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS STOCKPILE. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 1412(c)(5) of the Department of 
Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (50 U.S.C. 1521(c)(5)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) Assistance may be provided under this paragraph for 
capabilities to respond to emergencies involving an installation 
or facility as described in subparagraph (A) until the earlier of 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The date of the completion of all grants and cooperative 
agreements with respect to the installation or facility for pur-
poses of this paragraph between the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency and the State and local governments con-
cerned. 
‘‘(ii) The date that is 180 days after the date of the comple-
tion of the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions 
at the installation or facility.’’.
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Subtitle D—Intelligence-Related Matters 
SEC. 931. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 10, UNITED STATES 
CODE, ARISING FROM ENACTMENT OF THE INTEL-
LIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT 
OF 2004. 
(a) REFERENCES TO HEAD OF INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—Title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Director of Central 
Intelligence’’ each place it appears in the following provisions and 
inserting ‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’: 
(1) Section 192(c)(2). 
(2) Section 193(d)(2). 
(3) Section 193(e). 
(4) Section 201(a). 
(5) Section 201(c)(1). 
(6) Section 425(a). 
(7) Section 426(a)(3). 
(8) Section 426(b)(2). 
(9) Section 441(c). 
(10) Section 441(d). 
(11) Section 443(d). 
(12) Section 2273(b)(1). 
(13) Section 2723(a). 
(b) REFERENCES TO HEAD OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.— 
Such title is further amended by striking ‘‘Director of Central 
Intelligence’’ each place it appears in the following provisions and 
inserting ‘‘Director of the Central Intelligence Agency’’: 
(1) Section 431(b)(1). 
(2) Section 444. 
(3) Section 1089(g). 
(c) OTHER AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SUBSECTION HEADINGS.— 
(A) SECTION 441(c).—The heading of subsection (c) of 
section 441 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘DIRECTOR 
OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR OF 
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE’’. 
(B) SECTION 443(d).—The heading of subsection (d) 
of section 443 of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘DIRECTOR
OF
CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE’’ and inserting 
‘‘DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE’’. 
(2) SECTION 201.—Section 201 of such title is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1), to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) In the event of a vacancy in a position referred to 
in paragraph (2), before appointing an individual to fill the 
vacancy or recommending to the President an individual to 
be nominated to fill the vacancy, the Secretary of Defense 
shall obtain the concurrence of the Director of National Intel-
ligence as provided in section 106(b) of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 403–6(b)).’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘National Foreign 
Intelligence Program’’ and inserting ‘‘National Intelligence 
Program’’.
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Subtitle E—Roles and Missions Analysis 
SEC. 941. REQUIREMENT FOR QUADRENNIAL ROLES AND MISSIONS 
REVIEW. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 118a the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 118b. Quadrennial roles and missions review 
‘‘(a) REVIEW REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall every 
four years conduct a comprehensive assessment (to be known as 
the ‘quadrennial roles and missions review’) of the roles and mis-
sions of the armed forces and the core competencies and capabilities 
of the Department of Defense to perform and support such roles 
and missions. 
‘‘(b) INDEPENDENT MILITARY ASSESSMENT OF ROLES AND MIS-
SIONS.—(1) In each year in which the Secretary of Defense is 
required to conduct a comprehensive assessment pursuant to sub-
section (a), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall prepare 
and submit to the Secretary the Chairman’s assessment of the 
roles and missions of the armed forces and the assignment of 
functions to the armed forces, together with any recommendations 
for changes in assignment that the Chairman considers necessary 
to achieve maximum efficiency and effectiveness of the armed forces. 
‘‘(2) The Chairman’s assessment shall be conducted so as to— 
‘‘(A) organize the significant missions of the armed forces 
into core mission areas that cover broad areas of military 
activity; 
‘‘(B) ensure that core mission areas are defined and func-
tions are assigned so as to avoid unnecessary duplication of 
effort among the armed forces; and 
‘‘(C) provide the Chairman’s recommendations with regard 
to issues to be addressed by the Secretary of Defense under 
subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) IDENTIFICATION OF CORE MISSION AREAS AND CORE COM-
PETENCIES
AND CAPABILITIES.—Upon receipt of the Chairman’s 
assessment, and after giving appropriate consideration to the Chair-
man’s recommendations, the Secretary of Defense shall identify— 
‘‘(1) the core mission areas of the armed forces; 
‘‘(2) the core competencies and capabilities that are associ-
ated with the performance or support of a core mission area 
identified pursuant to paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) the elements of the Department of Defense (including 
any other office, agency, activity, or command described in 
section 111(b) of this title) that are responsible for providing 
the core competencies and capabilities required to effectively 
perform the core missions identified pursuant to paragraph 
(1); 
‘‘(4) any gaps in the ability of the elements (or other office, 
agency activity, or command) of the Department of Defense 
to provide core competencies and capabilities required to effec-
tively perform the core missions identified pursuant to para-
graph (1); 
‘‘(5) any unnecessary duplication of core competencies and 
capabilities between defense components; and
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‘‘(6) a plan for addressing any gaps or unnecessary duplica-
tion identified pursuant to paragraph (4) or paragraph (5). 
‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report on the 
quadrennial roles and missions review to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The report 
shall be submitted in the year following the year in which the 
review is conducted, but not later than the date on which the 
President submits the budget for the next fiscal year to Congress 
under section 1105(a) of title 31.’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED PROVISION.—Section 118(e) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
(c) TIMING OF QUADRENNIAL ROLES AND MISSIONS REVIEW.— 
(1) FIRST REVIEW.—The first quadrennial roles and missions 
review under section 118b of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall be conducted during 2008. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT REVIEWS.—Subsequent reviews shall be 
conducted every four years, beginning in 2011. 
SEC. 942. JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL ADDITIONAL 
DUTIES RELATING TO CORE MISSION AREAS. 
(a) REVISIONS IN MISSION.—Subsection (b) of section 181 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) MISSION.—In addition to other matters assigned to it by 
the President or Secretary of Defense, the Joint Requirements Over-
sight Council shall— 
‘‘(1) assist the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff— 
‘‘(A) in identifying, assessing, and approving joint mili-
tary requirements (including existing systems and equip-
ment) to meet the national military strategy; and 
‘‘(B) in identifying the core mission area associated 
with each such requirement; 
‘‘(2) assist the Chairman in establishing and assigning 
priority levels for joint military requirements; 
‘‘(3) assist the Chairman in reviewing the estimated level 
of resources required in the fulfillment of each joint military 
requirement and in ensuring that such resource level is con-
sistent with the level of priority assigned to such requirement; 
and 
‘‘(4) assist acquisition officials in identifying alternatives 
to any acquisition program that meet joint military require-
ments for the purposes of section 2366a(a)(4), section 2366b(b), 
and section 2433(e)(2) of this title.’’. 
(b) ADVISORS.—Section 181 of such title is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new sub-
section (d): 
‘‘(d) ADVISORS.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comp-
troller), and the Director of the Office of Program Analysis and 
Evaluation shall serve as advisors to the Council on matters within 
their authority and expertise.’’. 
(c) ORGANIZATION.—Section 181 of such title is further amended 
by inserting after subsection (d) (as inserted by subsection (b)) 
the following new subsection (e):
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‘‘(e) ORGANIZATION.—The Joint Requirements Oversight Council 
shall conduct periodic reviews of joint military requirements within 
a core mission area of the Department of Defense. In any such 
review of a core mission area, the officer or official assigned to 
lead the review shall have a deputy from a different military 
department.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 181 of such title is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘joint military requirement’ means a capa-
bility necessary to fulfill a gap in a core mission area of the 
Department of Defense. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘core mission area’ means a core mission 
area of the Department of Defense identified under the most 
recent quadrennial roles and missions review pursuant to sec-
tion 118b of this title.’’. 
(e) CONSULTATION.—Section 2433(e)(2) of such title is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, after consultation with the Joint Requirements Over-
sight Council regarding program requirements,’’ after ‘‘Secretary 
of Defense’’ in the matter preceding subparagraph (A). 
(f) DEADLINES.—Effective June 1, 2009, all joint military 
requirements documents of the Joint Requirements Oversight 
Council produced to carry out its mission under section 181(b)(1) 
of title 10, United States Code, shall reference the core mission 
areas organized and defined under section 118b of such title. Not 
later than October 1, 2009, all such documents produced before 
June 1, 2009, shall reference such structure. 
SEC. 943. REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATION OF MAJOR SYSTEMS 
PRIOR TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 139 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2366a the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2366b. Major defense acquisition programs: certification 
required before Milestone A or Key Decision 
Point A approval 
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.—A major defense acquisition program may 
not receive Milestone A approval, or Key Decision Point A approval 
in the case of a space program, until the Milestone Decision 
Authority certifies, after consultation with the Joint Requirements 
Oversight Council on matters related to program requirements and 
military needs— 
‘‘(1) that the system fulfills an approved initial capabilities 
document; 
‘‘(2) that the system is being executed by an entity with 
a relevant core competency as identified by the Secretary of 
Defense under section 118b of this title; 
‘‘(3) if the system duplicates a capability already provided 
by an existing system, the duplication provided by such system 
is necessary and appropriate; and 
‘‘(4) that a cost estimate for the system has been submitted 
and that the level of resources required to develop and procure 
the system is consistent with the priority level assigned by 
the Joint Requirements Oversight Council.
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‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION.—With respect to a major system certified 
by the Milestone Decision Authority under subsection (a), if the 
projected cost of the system, at any time prior to Milestone B 
approval, exceeds the cost estimate for the system submitted at 
the time of the certification by at least 25 percent, the program 
manager for the system concerned shall notify the Milestone Deci-
sion Authority. The Milestone Decision Authority, in consultation 
with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council on matters related 
to program requirements and military needs, shall determine 
whether the level of resources required to develop and procure 
the system remains consistent with the priority level assigned by 
the Joint Requirements Oversight Council. The Milestone Decision 
Authority may withdraw the certification concerned or rescind Mile-
stone A approval (or Key Decision Point A approval in the case 
of a space program) if the Milestone Decision Authority determines 
that such action is in the interest of national defense. 
‘‘ (c)DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘major system’ has the meaning provided 
in section 2302(5) of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘initial capabilities document’ means any 
capabilities requirement document approved by the Joint 
Requirements Oversight Council that establishes the need for 
a materiel approach to resolve a capability gap. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘technology development program’ means a 
coordinated effort to assess technologies and refine user 
performance parameters to fulfill a capability gap identified 
in an initial capabilities document. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘entity’ means an entity listed in section 
125a(a) of this title. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘Milestone B approval’ has the meaning pro-
vided that term in section 2366(e)(7) of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘2366b. Major defense acquisition programs: certification required before Milestone 
A or Key Decision Point A approval.’’. 
(b) REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION DIREC-
TIVES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall review Department 
of Defense Directive 5000.1 and associated guidance, and the 
manner in which such directive and guidance have been imple-
mented, and take appropriate steps to ensure that the Department 
does not commence a technology development program for a major 
weapon system without Milestone A approval (or Key Decision 
Point A approval in the case of a space program). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 2366b of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply to major systems 
on and after March 1, 2008. 
SEC. 944. PRESENTATION OF FUTURE-YEARS MISSION BUDGET BY 
CORE MISSION AREA. 
(a) TIME OF SUBMISSION OF FUTURE-YEARS MISSION BUDGET.— 
The second sentence of section 222(a) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘That budget shall be sub-
mitted for any fiscal year with the future-years defense program 
submitted under section 221 of this title.’’.
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(b) ORGANIZATION OF FUTURE-YEARS MISSION BUDGET.—The 
second sentence of section 222(b) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘on the basis’’ and all that follows through the end of the sentence 
and inserting the following: ‘‘on the basis of both major force pro-
grams and the core mission areas identified under the most recent 
quadrennial roles and missions review pursuant to section 118b 
of this title.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to the future-years mission budget for 
fiscal year 2010 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 951. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONSIDERATION OF EFFECT OF 
CLIMATE 
CHANGE 
ON 
DEPARTMENT 
FACILITIES, 
CAPABILITIES, AND MISSIONS. 
(a) CONSIDERATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECT.—Section 118 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) CONSIDERATION
OF
EFFECT
OF
CLIMATE
CHANGE
ON 
DEPARTMENT FACILITIES, CAPABILITIES, AND MISSIONS.—(1) The 
first national security strategy and national defense strategy pre-
pared after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 shall include guidance for 
military planners— 
‘‘(A) to assess the risks of projected climate change to 
current and future missions of the armed forces; 
‘‘(B) to update defense plans based on these assessments, 
including working with allies and partners to incorporate cli-
mate mitigation strategies, capacity building, and relevant 
research and development; and 
‘‘(C) to develop the capabilities needed to reduce future 
impacts. 
‘‘(2) The first quadrennial defense review prepared after the 
date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 shall also examine the capabilities of the 
armed forces to respond to the consequences of climate change, 
in particular, preparedness for natural disasters from extreme 
weather events and other missions the armed forces may be asked 
to support inside the United States and overseas. 
‘‘(3) For planning purposes to comply with the requirements 
of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall use— 
‘‘(A) the mid-range projections of the fourth assessment 
report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; 
‘‘(B) subsequent mid-range consensus climate projections 
if more recent information is available when the next national 
security strategy, national defense strategy, or quadrennial 
defense review, as the case may be, is conducted; and 
‘‘(C) findings of appropriate and available estimations or 
studies of the anticipated strategic, social, political, and eco-
nomic effects of global climate change and the implications 
of such effects on the national security of the United States. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘national security strategy’ 
means the annual national security strategy report of the President 
under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
404a).’’.
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(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that subsection (g) of section 118 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), is implemented in a manner that does 
not have a negative impact on the national security of the United 
States. 
SEC. 952. INTERAGENCY POLICY COORDINATION. 
(a) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop 
and submit to Congress a plan to improve and reform the Depart-
ment of Defense’s participation in and contribution to the inter-
agency coordination process on national security issues. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The elements of the plan shall include the 
following: 
(1) Assigning either the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Policy or another official to be the lead policy official for 
improving and reforming the interagency coordination process 
on national security issues for the Department of Defense, 
with an explanation of any decision to name an official other 
than the Under Secretary and the relative advantages and 
disadvantages of such decision. 
(2) Giving the official assigned under paragraph (1) the 
following responsibilities: 
(A) To be the lead person at the Department of Defense 
for the development of policy affecting the national security 
interagency process. 
(B) To serve, or designate a person to serve, as the 
representative of the Department of Defense in Federal 
Government forums established to address interagency 
policy, planning, or reforms. 
(C) To advocate, on behalf of the Secretary, for greater 
interagency coordination and contributions in the execution 
of the National Security Strategy and particularly specific 
operational 
objectives 
undertaken 
pursuant 
to 
that 
strategy. 
(D) To make recommendations to the Secretary of 
Defense on changes to existing Department of Defense 
regulations or laws to improve the interagency process. 
(E) To serve as the coordinator for all planning and 
training assistance that is— 
(i) designed to improve the interagency process 
or the capabilities of other agencies to work with the 
Department of Defense; and 
(ii) provided by the Department of Defense at the 
request of other agencies. 
(F) To serve as the lead official in Department of 
Defense for the development of deployable joint interagency 
task forces. 
(c) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In drafting the plan, the 
Secretary of Defense shall also consider the following factors: 
(1) How the official assigned under subsection (b)(1) shall 
provide input to the Secretary of Defense on an ongoing basis 
on how to incorporate the need to coordinate with other agencies 
into the establishment and reform of combatant commands. 
(2) How such official shall develop and make recommenda-
tions to the Secretary of Defense on a regular or an ongoing
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basis on changes to military and civilian personnel to improve 
interagency coordination. 
(3) How such official shall work with the combatant com-
mand that has the mission for joint warfighting experimen-
tation and other interested agencies to develop exercises to 
test and validate interagency planning and capabilities. 
(4) How such official shall lead, coordinate, or participate 
in after-action reviews of operations, tests, and exercises to 
capture lessons learned regarding the functioning of the inter-
agency process and how those lessons learned will be dissemi-
nated. 
(5) The role of such official in ensuring that future defense 
planning guidance takes into account the capabilities and needs 
of other agencies. 
(d) RECOMMENDATION
ON CHANGES
IN LAW.—The Secretary 
of Defense may submit with the plan or with any future budget 
submissions recommendations for any changes to law that are 
required to enhance the ability of the official assigned under sub-
section (b)(1) in the Department of Defense to coordinate defense 
interagency efforts or to improve the ability of the Department 
of Defense to work with other agencies. 
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—If an official is named by the Secretary 
of Defense under subsection (b)(1), the official shall annually submit 
to Congress a report, beginning in the fiscal year following the 
naming of the official, on those actions taken by the Department 
of Defense to enhance national security interagency coordination, 
the views of the Department of Defense on efforts and challenges 
in improving the ability of agencies to work together, and sugges-
tions on changes needed to laws or regulations that would enhance 
the coordination of efforts of agencies. 
(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘interagency coordina-
tion’’, within the context of Department of Defense involvement, 
means the coordination that occurs between elements of the Depart-
ment of Defense and engaged Federal Government agencies for 
the purpose of achieving an objective. 
(g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this provision shall be con-
strued as preventing the Secretary of Defense from naming an 
official with the responsibilities listed in subsection (b) before the 
submission of the report required under this section. 
SEC. 953. EXPANSION OF EMPLOYMENT CREDITABLE UNDER SERVICE 
AGREEMENTS UNDER NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION 
PROGRAM. 
Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 802 of the David 
L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 1902), 
as most recently amended by section 945 of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public 
Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2367), is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) for not less than one academic year in a 
position in the field of education in a discipline related 
to the study supported by the program if the recipient 
demonstrates to the Secretary of Defense that no posi-
tion is available in the departments, agencies, and 
offices covered by clauses (i) and (ii); or’’; and
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(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end and 
inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) for not less than one academic year in a 
position in the field of education in a discipline related 
to the study supported by the program if the recipient 
demonstrates to the Secretary of Defense that no posi-
tion is available in the departments, agencies, and 
offices covered by clauses (i) and (ii); and’’. 
SEC. 954. BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE UNIFORMED SERVICES 
UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES. 
(a) REORGANIZATION AND AMENDMENT OF BOARD OF REGENTS 
PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 104 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2113 the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 2113a. Board of Regents 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To assist the Secretary of Defense in an 
advisory capacity, there is a Board of Regents of the University. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall consist of— 
‘‘(1) nine persons outstanding in the fields of health and 
health education who shall be appointed from civilian life by 
the Secretary of Defense; 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of Defense, or his designee, who shall 
be an ex officio member; 
‘‘(3) the surgeons general of the uniformed services, who 
shall be ex officio members; and 
‘‘(4) the President of the University, who shall be a non-
voting ex officio member. 
‘‘(c) TERM OF OFFICE.—The term of office of each member of 
the Board (other than ex officio members) shall be six years except 
that— 
‘‘(1) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before 
the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was 
appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; 
and 
‘‘(2) any member whose term of office has expired shall 
continue to serve until his successor is appointed. 
‘‘(d) CHAIRMAN.—One of the members of the Board (other than 
an ex officio member) shall be designated by the Secretary as 
Chairman. He shall be the presiding officer of the Board. 
‘‘(e) COMPENSATION.—Members of the Board (other than ex 
officio members) while attending conferences or meetings or while 
otherwise performing their duties as members shall be entitled 
to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary 
and shall also be entitled to receive an allowance for necessary 
travel expenses while so serving away from their place of residence. 
‘‘(f) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at least once a quarter.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘2113a. Board of Regents.’’.
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(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Section 2113 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘To assist’’ and 
all that follows through the end of paragraph (4); 
(ii) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (e); 
(iii) by redesignating subsections (d), (f), (g), (h), 
(i), and (j) as subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), 
respectively; and 
(iv) in subsection (b), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘who shall also serve as a nonvoting ex officio 
member of the Board’’. 
(B) Section 2114(h) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘2113(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘2113(e)’’. 
(b) STATUTORY REDESIGNATION OF DEAN AS PRESIDENT.— 
(1) Subsection 2113 of such title is further amended by 
striking ‘‘Dean’’ each place it appears in subsections (b) and 
(c)(1), as redesignated by subsection (a)(3), and inserting ‘‘Presi-
dent’’. 
(2) Section 2114(e) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘Dean’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (3) and (5). 
SEC. 955. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOL 
OF NURSING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than February 
1, 2008, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a plan to establish a School of Nursing within 
the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The 
Secretary shall develop the plan in consultation with the Board 
of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences and submit the plan to the Board of Regents for review 
and to solicit the Board’s recommendations. 
(b) PROGRAMS OF INSTRUCTION.—In consultation with the Secre-
taries of the military departments, the Secretary of Defense shall 
include in the plan required by subsection (a) programs of instruc-
tion for the School of Nursing that would lead to the award of 
a bachelor of science in nursing and such other baccalaureate or 
graduate degrees in nursing as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
The plan shall also address the enrollment as students of enlisted 
members and officers of the Armed Forces and civilians for the 
purpose of commissioning them as military nursing officers upon 
graduation. The graduates of such a program of instruction shall 
be fully eligible to meet credentialing and licensing requirements 
of the military departments and at least one State in their program 
of study. 
(c) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS.—In developing the 
plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the inclusion 
of the following types of programs: 
(1) A program to enroll students who already possess an 
associate degree in nursing so that they can earn a bachelor 
of science in nursing. 
(2) A program to enroll students who already possess other 
associate degrees so that they can earn a bachelor of science 
in nursing. 
(3) A program to enroll students who already possess an 
associate degree in nursing so that they can earn a master 
of science in nursing.
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(4) A program to enroll students who already possess a 
bachelor of science in nursing so that they can earn a master 
of science in nursing. 
(d) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—The plan required by subsection 
(a) shall also include the following: 
(1) The results of a study of the nursing shortage in the 
Department of Defense and the reasons for such shortages. 
(2) Details of the curriculum and degree requirements for 
each category of students at the School of Nursing, if estab-
lished. 
(3) An analysis of the contributions to overall medical readi-
ness that will be made by the School of Nursing. 
(4) Proposals for the development of the School of Nursing 
to be phased in over a period of time. 
(5) Faculty requirements based on degree requirements 
and numbers of projected students, to include the source and 
number of faculty required. 
(6) Projected number of graduates per year for each of 
the first 15 years of operation. 
(7) Predicted accession sources, military career paths, and 
service commitments and retention rates of School of Nursing 
graduates, to include the retention of enlisted personnel 
accessed into the school. 
(8) Administrative and instructional facilities required, and 
the likely initial and final location of clinical training institu-
tions. 
(9) Plan for accreditation by a nationally recognized nursing 
school accrediting body. 
(10) Projected faculty, administration, instruction, and 
facilities costs for the School of Nursing beginning in fiscal 
year 2009 and continuing through fiscal year 2024, including 
the cost analysis of developing the School of Nursing and the 
cost of additional administrative support for the Uniformed 
Services University of the Health Sciences on account of the 
establishment of the school. 
(e) EFFECT
ON
CURRENT
PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding the 
development of the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
ensure that graduate degree programs in nursing, including 
advanced practice nursing, continue. 
(f) EFFECT ON OTHER RECRUITMENT EFFORTS.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed as limiting or terminating any current 
or future program related to the recruitment, accession, training, 
or retention of military nurses. 
(g) ESTABLISHMENT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 104 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 2117. School of Nursing 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Defense 
may establish a School of Nursing within the University. The School 
of Nursing may include a program that awards a bachelor of science 
in nursing. 
‘‘(b) PHASED DEVELOPMENT.—The School of Nursing may be 
developed in phases as determined appropriate by the Secretary.’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘2117. School of Nursing.’’. 
SEC. 956. INCLUSION OF COMMANDERS OF WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
COMBATANT COMMANDS IN BOARD OF VISITORS OF 
WESTERN 
HEMISPHERE 
INSTITUTE 
FOR 
SECURITY 
COOPERATION. 
Subparagraph (F) of section 2166(e)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(F) The commanders of the combatant commands having 
geographic responsibility for the Western Hemisphere, or the 
designees of those officers.’’. 
SEC. 957. COMPTROLLER GENERAL ASSESSMENT OF REORGANIZATION 
OF THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 
FOR POLICY. 
(a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than June 1, 2008, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report containing an assessment 
of the most recent reorganization of the office of the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Policy, including an assessment with respect to 
the matters set forth in subsection (b). 
(b) MATTERS TO BE ASSESSED.—The matters to be included 
in the assessment required by subsection (a) are as follows: 
(1) The manner in which the reorganization of the office 
furthers, or will further, its stated purposes in the short-term 
and long-term, including the manner in which the reorganiza-
tion enhances, or will enhance, the ability of the Department 
of Defense— 
(A) to address current security priorities, including 
on-going military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and else-
where; 
(B) to manage geopolitical defense relationships; and 
(C) to anticipate future strategic shifts in those rela-
tionships. 
(2) The manner in which and the extent to which the 
reorganization adheres to generally accepted principles of effec-
tive organization, such as establishing clear goals, identifying 
clear lines of authority and accountability, and developing an 
effective human capital strategy. 
(3) The extent to which the Department has developed 
detailed implementation plans for the reorganization, and the 
current status of the implementation of all aspects of the reorga-
nization. 
(4) The extent to which the Department has worked to 
mitigate congressional concerns and address other challenges 
that have arisen since the reorganization was announced. 
(5) The manner in which the Department plans to evaluate 
progress in achieving the stated goals of the reorganization 
and what measurements, if any, the Department has estab-
lished to assess the results of the reorganization. 
(6) The impact of the large increase in responsibilities 
for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations 
and Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities
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under the reorganization on the ability of the Assistant Sec-
retary to carry out the principal duties of the Assistant Sec-
retary under law. 
(7) The possible decrease in attention given to special oper-
ations issues resulting from the increase in responsibilities 
for the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations 
and Low Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities, 
including responsibility under the reorganization for each of 
the following: 
(A) Strategic capabilities. 
(B) Forces transformation. 
(C) Major budget programs. 
(8) The possible diffusion of attention from counter-
narcotics, 
counterproliferation, 
and 
global 
threat 
issues 
resulting from the merging of those responsibilities under a 
single Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counter-
narcotics, Counterproliferation, and Global Threats. 
(9) The impact of the reorganization on counternarcotics 
program execution. 
(10) The unique placement under the reorganization of 
both functional and regional issue responsibilities under the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and 
Americas’ Security Affairs. 
(11) The differentiation between the responsibilities of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Partnership Strategy 
and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Coalition 
Affairs and the relationship between such officials. 
SEC. 958. REPORT ON FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the date 
referred to in subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense, in conjunction 
with the Secretary of each military department, shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the foreign lan-
guage proficiency of the personnel of the Department of Defense. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under subsection (a) 
shall include— 
(1) the number of positions, identified by each foreign lan-
guage and dialect, for each military department and Defense 
Agency concerned that— 
(A) require proficiency in that foreign language or dia-
lect for the year in which the submission of the report 
is required; 
(B) are anticipated to require proficiency in that foreign 
language or dialect for each of the five years following 
the date of the submission of the report; and 
(C) are authorized in the future-years defense plan 
to be maintained for proficiency in a foreign language or 
dialect; 
(2) the number of personnel for each military department 
and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and 
dialect, that are serving in a position that requires proficiency 
in the foreign language or dialect— 
(A) to perform the primary duty of the position; and 
(B) that meet the required level of proficiency of the 
Interagency Language Roundtable;
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(3) the number of personnel for each military department 
and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and 
dialect, that are recruited or hired as accessions to serve in 
a position that requires proficiency in the foreign language 
or dialect; 
(4) the number of personnel for each military department 
and Defense Agency, identified by each foreign language and 
dialect, that served in a position that requires proficiency in 
the foreign language or dialect and discontinued service during 
the preceding calendar year; 
(5) the number of positions that require proficiency in 
a foreign language or dialect that are fulfilled by contractors; 
(6) the percentage of work requiring linguistic skills that 
is fulfilled by personnel of the intelligence community (as 
defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 401a(4))); and 
(7) an assessment of the foreign language capacity and 
capabilities of each military department and Defense Agency 
and of the Department of Defense as a whole. 
(c) NON-MILITARY PERSONNEL.—Except as provided in para-
graphs (6) and (7) of subsection (b), a report submitted under 
subsection (a) shall cover only members of the Armed Forces on 
active duty and reserve duty assigned to the military departments 
concerned or to the Department of Defense. 
(d) TERMINATION
OF REQUIREMENT.—The duty to submit a 
report under subsection (a) shall terminate on December 31, 2013. 
TITLE X—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
Sec. 1001. General transfer authority. 
Sec. 1002. United States contribution to NATO common-funded budgets in fiscal 
year 2008. 
Sec. 1003. Authorization of additional emergency supplemental appropriations for 
fiscal year 2007. 
Sec. 1004. Modification of fiscal year 2007 general transfer authority. 
Sec. 1005. Financial management transformation initiative for the Defense Agen-
cies. 
Sec. 1006. Repeal of requirement for two-year budget cycle for the Department of 
Defense. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to Vessels and Shipyards 
Sec. 1011. Limitation on leasing of vessels. 
Sec. 1012. Policy relating to major combatant vessels of the strike forces of the 
United States Navy. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug Activities 
Sec. 1021. Extension of authority for joint task forces to provide support to law en-
forcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism activities. 
Sec. 1022. Expansion of authority to provide additional support for counter-drug ac-
tivities in certain foreign countries. 
Sec. 1023. Report on counternarcotics assistance for the Government of Haiti. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations 
Sec. 1031. Provision of Air Force support and services to foreign military and state 
aircraft. 
Sec. 1032. Department of Defense participation in Strategic Airlift Capability Part-
nership. 
Sec. 1033. Improved authority to provide rewards for assistance in combating ter-
rorism. 
Sec. 1034. Support for non-Federal development and testing of material for chem-
ical agent defense.
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Sec. 1035. Prohibition on sale of F–14 fighter aircraft and related parts. 
Subtitle E—Reports 
Sec. 1041. Extension and modification of report relating to hardened and deeply 
buried targets. 
Sec. 1042. Report on joint modeling and simulation activities. 
Sec. 1043. Renewal of submittal of plans for prompt global strike capability. 
Sec. 1044. Report on workforce required to support the nuclear missions of the 
Navy and the Department of Energy. 
Sec. 1045. Comptroller General report on Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
response to Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice. 
Sec. 1046. Study on size and mix of airlift force. 
Sec. 1047. Report on feasibility of establishing a domestic military aviation national 
training center. 
Sec. 1048. Limited field user evaluations for combat helmet pad suspension sys-
tems. 
Sec. 1049. Study on national security interagency system. 
Sec. 1050. Report on solid rocket motor industrial base. 
Sec. 1051. Reports on establishment of a memorial for members of the Armed 
Forces who died in the air crash in Bakers Creek, Australia, and estab-
lishment of other memorials in Arlington National Cemetery. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 1061. Reimbursement for National Guard support provided to Federal agen-
cies. 
Sec. 1062. Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United 
States. 
Sec. 1063. Technical and clerical amendments. 
Sec. 1064. Repeal of certification requirement. 
Sec. 1065. Maintenance of capability for space-based nuclear detection. 
Sec. 1066. Sense of Congress regarding detainees at Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1067. A report on transferring individuals detained at Naval Station, Guanta-
namo Bay, Cuba. 
Sec. 1068. Repeal of provisions in section 1076 of Public Law 109–364 relating to 
use of Armed Forces in major public emergencies. 
Sec. 1069. Standards required for entry to military installations in United States. 
Sec. 1070. Revised nuclear posture review. 
Sec. 1071. Termination of Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic 
Posture of the United States. 
Sec. 1072. Security clearances; limitations. 
Sec. 1073. Improvements in the process for the issuance of security clearances. 
Sec. 1074. Protection of certain individuals. 
Sec. 1075. Modification of authorities on Commission to Assess the Threat to the 
United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack. 
Sec. 1076. Sense of Congress on Small Business Innovation Research Program. 
Sec. 1077. Revision of proficiency flying definition. 
Sec. 1078. Qualifications for public aircraft status of aircraft under contract with 
the Armed Forces. 
Sec. 1079. Communications with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
Sec. 1080. Retention of reimbursement for provision of reciprocal fire protection 
services. 
Sec. 1081. Pilot program on commercial fee-for-service air refueling support for the 
Air Force. 
Sec. 1082. Advisory panel on Department of Defense capabilities for support of civil 
authorities after certain incidents. 
Sec. 1083. Terrorism exception to immunity. 
Subtitle A—Financial Matters 
SEC. 1001. GENERAL TRANSFER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon determination by the Secretary of 
Defense that such action is necessary in the national interest, 
the Secretary may transfer amounts of authorizations made 
available to the Department of Defense in this division for 
fiscal year 2008 between any such authorizations for that fiscal
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year (or any subdivisions thereof). Amounts of authorizations 
so transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes as the authorization to which transferred. 
(2) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in paragraph (3), the 
total amount of authorizations that the Secretary may transfer 
under 
the 
authority 
of 
this 
section 
may 
not 
exceed 
$5,000,000,000. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
TRANSFERS
BETWEEN
MILITARY
PER-
SONNEL AUTHORIZATIONS.—A transfer of funds between military 
personnel authorizations under title IV shall not be counted 
toward the dollar limitation in paragraph (2). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—The authority provided by this section to 
transfer authorizations— 
(1) may only be used to provide authority for items that 
have a higher priority than the items from which authority 
is transferred; and 
(2) may not be used to provide authority for an item that 
has been denied authorization by Congress. 
(c) EFFECT
ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A transfer made 
from one account to another under the authority of this section 
shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for the account 
to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal to the 
amount transferred. 
(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall promptly notify 
Congress of each transfer made under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1002. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO NATO COMMON-FUNDED 
BUDGETS IN FISCAL YEAR 2008. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2008 LIMITATION.—The total amount contrib-
uted by the Secretary of Defense in fiscal year 2008 for the common- 
funded budgets of NATO may be any amount up to, but not in 
excess of, the amount specified in subsection (b) (rather than the 
maximum amount that would otherwise be applicable to those 
contributions under the fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation). 
(b) TOTAL AMOUNT.—The amount of the limitation applicable 
under subsection (a) is the sum of the following: 
(1) The amounts of unexpended balances, as of the end 
of fiscal year 2007, of funds appropriated for fiscal years before 
fiscal year 2008 for payments for those budgets. 
(2) The amount specified in subsection (c)(1). 
(3) The amount specified in subsection (c)(2). 
(4) The total amount of the contributions authorized to 
be made under section 2501. 
(c) AUTHORIZED AMOUNTS.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by titles II and III of this Act are available for contributions 
for the common-funded budgets of NATO as follows: 
(1) Of the amount provided in section 201(1), $1,031,000 
for the Civil Budget. 
(2) Of the amount provided in section 301(1), $362,159,000 
for the Military Budget. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) 
COMMON-FUNDED
BUDGETS
OF
NATO.—The 
term 
‘‘common-funded budgets of NATO’’ means the Military Budget, 
the Security Investment Program, and the Civil Budget of 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (and any successor 
or additional account or program of NATO).
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(2) FISCAL
YEAR
1998
BASELINE
LIMITATION.—The term 
‘‘fiscal year 1998 baseline limitation’’ means the maximum 
annual amount of Department of Defense contributions for 
common-funded budgets of NATO that is set forth as the annual 
limitation in section 3(2)(C)(ii) of the resolution of the Senate 
giving the advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification 
of the Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the 
Accession of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic (as 
defined in section 4(7) of that resolution), approved by the 
Senate on April 30, 1998. 
SEC. 1003. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY SUPPLE-
MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. 
Amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Defense for fiscal year 2007 in the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364) are 
hereby adjusted, with respect to any such authorized amount, by 
the amount by which appropriations pursuant to such authorization 
are increased by a supplemental appropriation or by a transfer 
of funds, or decreased by a rescission, or any thereof, pursuant 
to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, 
and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110– 
28). 
SEC. 1004. MODIFICATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2007 GENERAL TRANSFER 
AUTHORITY. 
Section 1001(a) of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 
Stat. 2371) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
TRANSFERS.—The following 
transfers of funds shall be not be counted toward the limitation 
in paragraph (2) on the amount that may be transferred under 
this section: 
‘‘(A) The transfer of funds to the Iraq Security Forces 
Fund under reprogramming FY07–07–R PA. 
‘‘(B) The transfer of funds to the Joint Improvised 
Explosive Device Defeat Fund under reprogramming FY07– 
11 PA. 
‘‘(C) The transfer of funds back from the accounts 
referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) to restore the 
sources used in the reprogrammings referred to in such 
subparagraphs.’’. 
SEC. 1005. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE 
FOR THE DEFENSE AGENCIES. 
(a) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director of the Business Trans-
formation Agency of the Department of Defense shall carry 
out an initiative for financial management transformation in 
the Defense Agencies. The initiative shall be known as the 
‘‘Defense Agencies Initiative’’ (in this section referred to as 
the ‘‘Initiative’’). 
(2) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the Initiative, 
the Director of the Business Transformation Agency may 
require the heads of the Defense Agencies to carry out actions 
that are within the purpose and scope of the Initiative. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of Initiative shall be as follows:
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(1) To eliminate or replace financial management systems 
of the Defense Agencies that are duplicative, redundant, or 
fail to comply with the standards set forth in subsection (d). 
(2) To transform the budget, finance, and accounting oper-
ations of the Defense Agencies to enable the Defense Agencies 
to achieve accurate and reliable financial information needed 
to support financial accountability and effective and efficient 
management decisions. 
(c) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The Initiative shall include, to the 
maximum extent practicable— 
(1) the utilization of commercial, off-the-shelf technologies 
and web-based solutions; 
(2) a standardized technical environment and an open and 
accessible architecture; and 
(3) the implementation of common business processes, 
shared services, and common data structures. 
(d) STANDARDS.—In carrying out the Initiative, the Director 
of the Business Transformation Agency shall ensure that the Initia-
tive is consistent with— 
(1) the requirements of the Business Enterprise Architec-
ture and Transition Plan developed pursuant to section 2222 
of title 10, United States Code; 
(2) the Standard Financial Information Structure of the 
Department of Defense; 
(3) the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act 
of 1996 (and the amendments made by that Act); and 
(4) other applicable requirements of law and regulation. 
(e) SCOPE.—The Initiative shall be designed to provide, at a 
minimum, capabilities in the major process areas for both general 
fund and working capital fund operations of the Defense Agencies 
as follows: 
(1) Budget formulation. 
(2) Budget to report, including general ledger and trial 
balance. 
(3) Procure to pay, including commitments, obligations, 
and accounts payable. 
(4) Order to fulfill, including billing and accounts receiv-
able. 
(5) Cost accounting. 
(6) Acquire to retire (account management). 
(7) Time and attendance and employee entitlement. 
(8) Grants financial management. 
(f) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsections (d) and (e), 
the Director of the Business Transformation Agency shall consult 
with the Comptroller of the Department of Defense to ensure that 
any financial management systems developed for the Defense Agen-
cies, and any changes to the budget, finance, and accounting oper-
ations of the Defense Agencies, are consistent with the financial 
standards and requirements of the Department of Defense. 
(g) PROGRAM CONTROL.—In carrying out the Initiative, the 
Director of the Business Transformation Agency shall establish— 
(1) a board (to be known as the ‘‘Configuration Control 
Board’’) to manage scope and cost changes to the Initiative; 
and 
(2) a program management office (to be known as the 
‘‘Program Management Office’’) to control and enforce assump-
tions made in the acquisition plan, the cost estimate, and
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the system integration contract for the Initiative, as directed 
by the Configuration Control Board. 
(h) PLAN ON DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF INITIA-
TIVE.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Business Transformation Agency 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for 
the development and implementation of the Initiative. The plan 
shall provide for the implementation of an initial capability under 
the Initiative as follows: 
(1) In at least one Defense Agency by not later than eight 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) In not less than five Defense Agencies by not later 
than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1006. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR TWO-YEAR BUDGET CYCLE 
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. 
Section 1405 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 
1986 (Public Law 99–145; 99 Stat. 744; 31 U.S.C. 1105 note) is 
repealed. 
Subtitle B—Policy Relating to Vessels and 
Shipyards 
SEC. 1011. LIMITATION ON LEASING OF VESSELS. 
Section 2401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) The Secretary of a military department may make a con-
tract for the lease of a vessel or for the provision of a service 
through use by a contractor of a vessel, the term of which is 
for a period of greater than two years, but less than five years, 
only if— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary has notified the Committee on Armed 
Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives of the pro-
posed contract and included in such notification— 
‘‘(A) a detailed description of the terms of the proposed 
contract and a justification for entering into the proposed 
contract rather than obtaining the capability provided for 
by the lease, charter, or services involved through purchase 
of the vessel; 
‘‘(B) a determination that entering into the proposed 
contract as a means of obtaining the vessel is the most 
cost-effective means of obtaining such vessel; and 
‘‘(C) a plan for meeting the requirement provided by 
the proposed contract upon completion of the term of the 
lease contract; and 
‘‘(2) a period of 30 days of continuous session of Congress 
has expired following the date on which notice was received 
by such committees.’’. 
SEC. 1012. POLICY RELATING TO MAJOR COMBATANT VESSELS OF 
THE STRIKE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 
(a) INTEGRATED NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEMS.—It is the policy 
of the United States to construct the major combatant vessels
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of the strike forces of the United States Navy, including all new 
classes of such vessels, with integrated nuclear power systems. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO REQUEST NUCLEAR VESSELS.—If a request 
is submitted to Congress in the budget for a fiscal year for construc-
tion of a new class of major combatant vessel for the strike forces 
of the United States, the request shall be for such a vessel with 
an integrated nuclear power system, unless the Secretary of Defense 
submits with the request a notification to Congress that the inclu-
sion of an integrated nuclear power system in such vessel is not 
in the national interest. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MAJOR COMBATANT VESSELS OF THE STRIKE FORCES OF 
THE UNITED STATES NAVY.—The term ‘‘major combatant vessels 
of the strike forces of the United States Navy’’ means the 
following: 
(A) Submarines. 
(B) Aircraft carriers. 
(C) Cruisers, battleships, or other large surface combat-
ants whose primary mission includes protection of carrier 
strike groups, expeditionary strike groups, and vessels com-
prising a sea base. 
(2) INTEGRATED
NUCLEAR
POWER
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘integrated nuclear power system’’ means a ship engineering 
system that uses a naval nuclear reactor as its energy source 
and generates sufficient electric energy to provide power to 
the ship’s electrical loads, including its combat systems and 
propulsion motors. 
(3) BUDGET.—The term ‘‘budget’’ means the budget that 
is submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105(a) 
of title 31, United States Code. 
Subtitle C—Counter-Drug Activities 
SEC. 1021. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT TASK FORCES TO 
PROVIDE SUPPORT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 
CONDUCTING COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTIVITIES. 
Section 1022(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 10 U.S.C. 371 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and 2007’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2008’’. 
SEC. 1022. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUP-
PORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES IN CERTAIN FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES. 
Subsection (b) of section 1033 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105–85; 111 
Stat. 1881), as amended by section 1021(b) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136, 117 
Stat. 1593) and section 1022(b) of the John Warner National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109– 
364; 120 Stat. 2382), is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(17) The Government of Mexico. 
‘‘(18) The Government of the Dominican Republic.’’.
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SEC. 1023. REPORT ON COUNTERNARCOTICS ASSISTANCE FOR THE 
GOVERNMENT OF HAITI. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress 
a report on counternarcotics assistance for the Government of Haiti. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A description and assessment of the counternarcotics 
assistance provided to the Government of Haiti by the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Department of State, the Department 
of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice. 
(2) A description and assessment of any impediments to 
increasing counternarcotics assistance to the Government of 
Haiti. 
(3) An assessment of the potential for the provision of 
counternarcotics assistance for the Government of Haiti 
through the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be sub-
mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Authorities and 
Limitations 
SEC. 1031. PROVISION OF AIR FORCE SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO 
FOREIGN MILITARY AND STATE AIRCRAFT. 
(a) PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9626 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 9626. Aircraft supplies and services: foreign military or 
other state aircraft 
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ON REIMBURSABLE 
BASIS.—(1) The Secretary of the Air Force may, under such regula-
tions as the Secretary may prescribe and when in the best interests 
of the United States, provide any of the supplies or services 
described in paragraph (2) to military and other state aircraft 
of a foreign country, on a reimbursable basis without an advance 
of funds, if similar supplies and services are furnished on a like 
basis to military aircraft and other state aircraft of the United 
States by the foreign country concerned. 
‘‘(2) The supplies and services described in this paragraph 
are supplies and services as follows: 
‘‘(A) Routine airport services, including landing and takeoff 
assistance, servicing aircraft with fuel, use of runways, parking 
and servicing, and loading and unloading of baggage and cargo. 
‘‘(B) Miscellaneous supplies, including Air Force-owned fuel, 
provisions, spare parts, and general stores, but not including 
ammunition. 
‘‘(b) PROVISION
OF
ROUTINE
AIRPORT
SERVICES
ON
NON- 
REIMBURSABLE BASIS.—(1) Routine airport services may be provided 
under this section at no cost to a foreign country— 
‘‘(A) if such services are provided by Air Force personnel 
and equipment without direct cost to the Air Force; or
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‘‘(B) if such services are provided under an agreement 
with the foreign country that provides for the reciprocal fur-
nishing by the foreign country of routine airport services, as 
defined in that agreement, to military and other state aircraft 
of the United States without reimbursement. 
‘‘(2) If routine airport services are provided under this section 
by a working-capital fund activity of the Air Force under section 
2208 of this title and such activity is not reimbursed directly for 
the costs incurred by the activity in providing such services by 
reason of paragraph (1)(B), the working-capital fund activity shall 
be reimbursed for such costs out of funds currently available to 
the Air Force for operation and maintenance.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 939 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 9626 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘9626. Aircraft supplies and services: foreign military or other state aircraft.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9629(3) of such title 
is amended by striking ‘‘for aircraft of a foreign military or air 
attache´’’. 
SEC. 1032. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN STRATEGIC 
AIRLIFT CAPABILITY PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE IN PARTNERSHIP.— 
(1) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Secretary of 
Defense may enter into a multilateral memorandum of under-
standing authorizing the Strategic Airlift Capability Partner-
ship to conduct activities necessary to accomplish its purpose, 
including— 
(A) the acquisition, equipping, ownership, and oper-
ation of strategic airlift aircraft; and 
(B) the acquisition or transfer of airlift and airlift- 
related services and supplies among members of the Stra-
tegic Airlift Capability Partnership, or between the Part-
nership and non-member countries or international 
organizations, on a reimbursable basis or by replacement- 
in-kind or exchange of airlift or airlift-related services of 
an equal value. 
(2) PAYMENTS.—From funds available to the Department 
of Defense for such purpose, the Secretary of Defense may 
pay the United States equitable share of the recurring and 
non-recurring costs of the activities and operations of the Stra-
tegic Airlift Capability Partnership, including costs associated 
with procurement of aircraft components and spare parts, 
maintenance, facilities, and training, and the costs of claims. 
(b) AUTHORITIES UNDER PARTNERSHIP.—In carrying out the 
memorandum of understanding entered into under subsection (a), 
the Secretary of Defense may do the following: 
(1) Waive reimbursement of the United States for the cost 
of the following functions performed by Department of Defense 
personnel with respect to the Strategic Airlift Capability Part-
nership: 
(A) Auditing. 
(B) Quality assurance. 
(C) Inspection. 
(D) Contract administration.
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(E) Acceptance testing. 
(F) Certification services. 
(G) Planning, programming, and management services. 
(2) Waive the imposition of any surcharge for administra-
tive services provided by the United States that would other-
wise be chargeable against the Strategic Airlift Capability Part-
nership. 
(3) Pay the salaries, travel, lodging, and subsistence 
expenses of Department of Defense personnel assigned for duty 
to the Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership without seeking 
reimbursement or cost-sharing for such expenses. 
(c) CREDITING
OF RECEIPTS.—Any amount received by the 
United States in carrying out the memorandum of understanding 
entered into under subsection (a) shall be credited, as elected by 
the Secretary of Defense, to the following: 
(1) The appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring 
the obligation for which such amount is received. 
(2) An appropriation, fund, or account currently providing 
funds for the purposes for which such obligation was made. 
(d) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AIRCRAFT.— 
(1) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may 
transfer one strategic airlift aircraft to the Strategic Airlift 
Capability Partnership in accordance with the terms and condi-
tions of the memorandum of understanding entered into under 
subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days before the date on 
which the Secretary transfers a strategic airlift aircraft under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the strategic airlift aircraft 
to be transferred, including the type of strategic airlift aircraft 
to be transferred and the tail registration or serial number 
of such aircraft. 
(e) STRATEGIC AIRLIFT CAPABILITY PARTNERSHIP DEFINED.—In 
this section the term ‘‘Strategic Airlift Capability Partnership’’ 
means the strategic airlift capability consortium established by 
the United States and other participating countries. 
SEC. 1033. IMPROVED AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE REWARDS FOR ASSIST-
ANCE IN COMBATING TERRORISM. 
(a) INCREASED AMOUNTS.—Section 127b of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$200,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$5,000,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$1,000,000’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,000,000’’. 
(b) INVOLVEMENT OF ALLIED FORCES.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
after ‘‘United States Government personnel’’ the following: 
‘‘, or government personnel of allied forces participating 
in a combined operation with the armed forces,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘armed forces’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or of allied forces participating in a com-
bined operation with the armed forces,’’; and
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(C) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘armed forces’’ 
the following: ‘‘, or of allied forces participating in a com-
bined operation with the armed forces’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), an official who 
has authority delegated under paragraph (1) or (2) may use that 
authority, acting through government personnel of allied forces, 
to offer and make rewards. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe policies and proce-
dures for making rewards in the manner described in subparagraph 
(A), which shall include guidance for the accountability of funds 
used for making rewards in that manner. The policies and proce-
dures shall not take effect until 30 days after the date on which 
the Secretary submits the policies and procedures to the congres-
sional defense committees. Rewards may not be made in the manner 
described in subparagraph (A) except under policies and procedures 
that have taken effect. 
‘‘(C) Rewards may not be made in the manner described in 
subparagraph (A) after September 30, 2009. 
‘‘(D) Not later than April 1, 2008, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the implementation of this paragraph. The report shall identify 
each reward made in the manner described in subparagraph (A) 
and, for each such reward— 
‘‘(i) identify the type, amount, and recipient of the reward; 
‘‘(ii) explain the reason for making the reward; and 
‘‘(iii) assess the success of the reward in advancing the 
effort to combat terrorism.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT
TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION
ON 
ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—Section 127b of title 10, United States 
Code, is further amended in subsection (f)(2) by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) Information on the implementation of paragraph (3) 
of subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 1034. SUPPORT FOR NON-FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING 
OF MATERIAL FOR CHEMICAL AGENT DEFENSE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE TOXIC CHEMICALS OR PRECURSORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the heads of other elements of the Federal Government, 
may make available, to a State, a unit of local government, 
or a private entity incorporated in the United States, small 
quantities of a toxic chemical or precursor for the development 
or testing, in the United States, of material that is designed 
to be used for protective purposes. 
(2) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—Any use of the authority 
under paragraph (1) shall be subject to such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(b) PAYMENT OF COSTS AND DISPOSITION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure, through the 
advance payment required by paragraph (2) and through any 
other payments that may be required, that a recipient of toxic 
chemicals or precursors under subsection (a) pays for all actual 
costs, including direct and indirect costs, associated with pro-
viding the toxic chemicals or precursors. 
(2) ADVANCE PAYMENT.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall require each recipient to make an advance
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payment in an amount that the Secretary determines will equal 
all such actual costs. 
(3) CREDITS.—A payment received under this subsection 
shall be credited to the account that was used to cover the 
costs for which the payment was provided. Amounts so credited 
shall be merged with amounts in that account, and shall be 
available for the same purposes, and subject to the same condi-
tions and limitations, as other amounts in that account. 
(c) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that toxic chemicals and precursors are made available 
under this section for uses and in quantities that comply with 
the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, 
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, 
signed at Paris on January 13, 1993, and entered into force with 
respect to the United States on April 29, 1997. 
(d) REPORT.— 
(1) Not later than March 15, 2008, and each year thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the use 
of the authority under subsection (a) during the previous cal-
endar year. The report shall include a description of each 
use of the authority and specify what material was made avail-
able and to whom it was made available. 
(2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘precursor’’, ‘‘protec-
tive purposes’’, and ‘‘toxic chemical’’ have the meanings given those 
terms in the convention referred to in subsection (c), in paragraph 
2, paragraph 9(b), and paragraph 1, respectively, of article II of 
that convention. 
SEC. 1035. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF F–14 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND 
RELATED PARTS. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON SALE BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
Department of Defense may not sell (whether directly or 
indirectly) any F–14 fighter aircraft, any parts unique to the 
F–14 fighter aircraft, or any tooling or dies used in the manufac-
ture of such aircraft or parts, whether such sales occur through 
the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service or through 
another agency or element of the Department. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect 
to the sale of F–14 fighter aircraft or parts for F–14 fighter 
aircraft to a museum or similar organization located in the 
United States that is involved in the preservation of F–14 
fighter aircraft for historical purposes. 
(b) PROHIBITION ON EXPORT LICENSE.—No license for the export 
of any F-14 fighter aircraft, any parts unique to the F–14 fighter 
aircraft, or any tooling or dies used in the manufacture of such 
aircraft or parts may be issued by the United States Government 
to a non-United States person or entity.
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Subtitle E—Reports 
SEC. 1041. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF REPORT RELATING TO 
HARDENED AND DEEPLY BURIED TARGETS. 
Section 1032 of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–314; 116 Stat. 2643; 
10 U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL
REPORT
ON 
WEAPONS’’ and inserting ‘‘REPORT ON WEAPONS AND CAPABILI-
TIES’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ANNUAL’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘April 1 of each year’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 1, 2009, and every two years thereafter,’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Director of Central Intelligence’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Director of National Intelligence’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘the preceding fiscal year’’ and inserting 
‘‘the preceding two fiscal years and planned for the current 
fiscal year and the next fiscal year’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘to develop weapons’’ and inserting 
‘‘to develop weapons and capabilities’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘The report for a fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘A report sub-
mitted’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘were undertaken 
during that fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will be 
undertaken during the four-fiscal-year period covered by 
the report’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘were undertaken during such fiscal 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘were or will be undertaken during 
the four-fiscal-year period covered by the report’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘April 1, 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘March 1, 2013’’. 
SEC. 1042. REPORT ON JOINT MODELING AND SIMULATION ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than December 31, 2008, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report that describes current and planned joint mod-
eling and simulation activities within the Department of Defense. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report under subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) An identification and description of how joint modeling 
and simulation activities support the development of capabili-
ties to meet joint and service-unique military requirements 
and needs, in areas including but not limited to joint training, 
experimentation, systems acquisition, test and evaluation, 
assessment, and planning. 
(2) A description of how joint modeling and simulation 
activities are supportive of Department-level strategies and 
goals. 
(3) For each appropriate element of the Department of 
Defense and each appropriate combatant command—
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(A) An identification of modeling and simulation 
capabilities; and 
(B) A description of plans and programs to continuously 
introduce new modeling and simulation technologies so 
as to enhance defense capabilities. 
(4) A description of incentives and plans to reduce or divest 
duplicative or outdated capabilities as necessary. 
(5) Plans or activities to allow non-defense users to access 
defense joint modeling and simulation activities, as appropriate. 
(6) Budget and resource estimates, including government 
and contractor personnel requirements, for planned joint mod-
eling and simulation activities. 
(7) A description of the relationship and coordination 
between and among joint modeling and simulation activities 
and the modeling and simulation activities of elements of the 
Department of Defense, Federal agencies, State and local 
governments, academia, private industry, United States and 
international standards organizations, and international part-
ners. 
(8) Any other matters the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The report under (a) shall be developed 
in consultation with appropriate military departments, Defense 
Agencies, combatant commands, and other defense activities. 
SEC. 1043. RENEWAL OF SUBMITTAL OF PLANS FOR PROMPT GLOBAL 
STRIKE CAPABILITY. 
Section 1032(b)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108–136; 117 Stat. 1605; 10 
U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘and each of 2007, 2008, 
and 2009,’’ after ‘‘2004, 2005, and 2006,’’. 
SEC. 1044. REPORT ON WORKFORCE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE 
NUCLEAR MISSIONS OF THE NAVY AND THE DEPART-
MENT OF ENERGY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retary of Energy shall each submit to Congress a report on the 
requirements for a workforce to support the nuclear missions of 
the Navy and the Department of Energy during the 10-year period 
beginning on the date of the report. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each report shall include— 
(1) a description of the projected nuclear missions of the 
Navy and the Department of Energy during the 10-year period 
beginning on the date of the report; 
(2) an assessment of existing knowledge retention programs 
within the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, 
the national laboratories, and federally funded research facili-
ties that support the nuclear missions of the Navy and the 
Department of Energy, and any planned changes in those pro-
grams; and 
(3) a plan to address anticipated workforce attrition, retire-
ment, and recruiting trends during that period and ensure 
an adequate workforce in support of the nuclear missions of 
the Navy and the Department of Energy.
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SEC. 1045. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON DEFENSE FINANCE 
AND 
ACCOUNTING 
SERVICE 
RESPONSE 
TO 
BUTTERBAUGH V. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
setting forth an assessment by the Comptroller General of the 
response of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service to the 
decision in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice (336 F.3d 1332 
(2003)). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An estimate of the number of members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces, both past and present, who 
are entitled to compensation under the decision in Butterbaugh 
v. Department of Justice. 
(2) An assessment of the current policies, procedures, and 
timeliness of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in 
implementing and resolving claims under the decision in 
Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice. 
(3) An assessment whether or not the decisions made by 
the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in implementing 
the decision in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice follow 
a consistent pattern of resolution. 
(4) An assessment of whether or not the decisions made 
by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in imple-
menting the decision in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice 
are resolving claims by providing more compensation than an 
individual has been able to prove, under the rule of construction 
that laws providing benefits to veterans are liberally construed 
in favor of the veteran. 
(5) An estimate of the total amount of compensation pay-
able to members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, 
both past and present, as a result of the recent decision in 
Hernandez v. Department of the Air Force (No. 2006–3375, 
slip op.) that leave can be reimbursed for Reserve service before 
1994, when Congress enacted chapter 43 of title 38, United 
States Code (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Uniformed Services 
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act’’). 
(6) A comparative assessment of the handling of claims 
by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service under the deci-
sion in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice with the handling 
of claims by other Federal agencies (selected by the Comptroller 
General for purposes of the comparative assessment) under 
that decision. 
(7) A statement of the number of claims by members of 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces under the decision 
in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice that have been adju-
dicated by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. 
(8) A statement of the number of claims by members of 
the reserve components of the Armed Forces under the decision 
in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice that have been denied 
by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service. 
(9) A comparative assessment of the average amount of 
time required for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service 
to resolve a claim under the decision in Butterbaugh v. Depart-
ment of Justice with the average amount of time required
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by other Federal agencies (as so selected) to resolve a claim 
under that decision. 
(10) A comparative statement of the backlog of claims 
with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service under the 
decision in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice with the 
backlog of claims of other Federal agencies (as so selected) 
under that decision. 
(11) An estimate of the amount of time required for the 
Defense Finance and Accounting Service to resolve all out-
standing claims under the decision in Butterbaugh v. Depart-
ment of Justice. 
(12) An assessment of the reasonableness of the require-
ment of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service for the 
submittal by members of the reserve components of the Armed 
Forces of supporting documentation for claims under the deci-
sion in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice. 
(13) A comparative assessment of the requirement of the 
Defense Finance and Accounting Service for the submittal by 
members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of 
supporting documentation for claims under the decision in 
Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice with the requirement 
of other Federal agencies (as so selected) for the submittal 
by such members of supporting documentation for such claims. 
(14) Such recommendations for legislative action as the 
Comptroller General considers appropriate in light of the deci-
sion in Butterbaugh v. Department of Justice and the decision 
in Hernandez v. Department of the Air Force. 
SEC. 1046. STUDY ON SIZE AND MIX OF AIRLIFT FORCE. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
a requirements-based study on alternatives for the proper size 
and mix of fixed-wing intratheater and intertheater airlift assets 
to meet the National Military Strategy for each of the following 
timeframes: fiscal year 2012, 2018, and 2024. The study shall— 
(1) focus on organic and commercially programmed airlift 
capabilities; 
(2) analyze the full-spectrum lifecycle costs of the various 
alternatives for organic models of each of the following aircraft: 
C–5A/B/C/M, C–17A, KC–X, KC–10, KC–135R, C–130E/H/J, 
Joint Cargo Aircraft; and 
(3) incorporate the augmentation capability, viability, and 
feasibility of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet during activation stages 
I, II, and III. 
(b) USE OF FFRDC.—The Secretary shall select, to carry out 
the study required by subsection (a), a federally funded research 
and development center that has experience and expertise in con-
ducting similar studies. 
(c) STUDY PLAN.—The study required by subsection (a) shall 
be carried out under a study plan. The study plan shall be developed 
as follows: 
(1) The center selected under subsection (b) shall develop 
the study plan and shall, not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, submit the study plan to the 
congressional defense committees, the Secretary, and the Comp-
troller General of the United States. 
(2) The Comptroller General shall review the study plan 
to determine whether it is complete and objective, and whether
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it has any flaws or weaknesses in scope or methodology, and 
shall, not later than 30 days after receiving the study plan, 
submit to the Secretary and the center a report that contains 
the results of that review and provides any recommendations 
that the Comptroller General considers appropriate for improve-
ments to the study plan. 
(3) The center shall modify the study plan to incorporate 
the recommendations under paragraph (2) and shall, not later 
than 45 days after receiving that report, submit to the Secretary 
and the congressional defense committees a report on those 
modifications. The report shall describe each modification and, 
if the modifications do not incorporate one or more of the 
recommendations, shall explain the reasons for not doing so. 
(d) ELEMENTS OF STUDY PLAN.—The study plan required by 
subsection (c) shall address, at minimum, the following: 
(1) A description of lift requirements and operating profiles 
for airlift aircraft required to meet the National Military 
Strategy, including assumptions regarding the following: 
(A) Current and future military combat and support 
missions. 
(B) The planned force structure growth of the military 
services. 
(C) Potential changes in lift requirements, including 
the deployment of the Future Combat Systems by the 
Army. 
(D) New capability in airlift to be provided by the 
KC(X) aircraft and the expected utilization of such capa-
bility, including its use in intratheater lift. 
(E) The utilization of intertheater lift aircraft in 
intratheater combat mission support roles. 
(F) The availability and application of Civil Reserve 
Air Fleet assets in future military scenarios. 
(G) Air mobility requirements associated with the 
Global Rebasing Initiative of the Department of Defense. 
(H) Air mobility requirements in support of worldwide 
peacekeeping and humanitarian missions. 
(I) Air mobility requirements in support of homeland 
defense and national emergencies. 
(J) The viability and capability of the Civil Reserve 
Air Fleet to augment organic forces in both friendly and 
hostile environments. 
(K) An assessment of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to 
adequately augment the organic fleet as it relates to 
commercial 
inventory 
management 
restructuring 
in 
response to future commercial markets, streamlining of 
operations, efficiency measures, or downsizing of the 
participant. 
(2) An evaluation of the state of the current airlift fleet 
of the Air Force, including assessments of the following: 
(A) The extent to which the increased use of airlift 
aircraft in on-going operations is affecting the programmed 
service life of the aircraft of that fleet. 
(B) The adequacy of the current airlift force, including 
whether or not a minimum of 299 strategic airlift aircraft 
for the Air Force is sufficient to support future expedi-
tionary combat and non-combat missions, as well as 
domestic and training mission demands consistent with
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the requirements of meeting the National Military 
Strategy. 
(C) The optimal mix of C–5 and C–17 aircraft for 
the strategic airlift fleet of the Air Force, to include the 
following: 
(i) The cost-effectiveness of modernizing various 
iterations of the C–5A and C–5B/C aircraft fleet versus 
procuring additional C–17 aircraft. 
(ii) The military capability, operational avail-
ability, usefulness, and service life of the C–5A/B/C/ 
M aircraft and the C–17 aircraft. Such an assessment 
shall examine appropriate metrics, such as aircraft 
availability rates, departure rates, and mission capable 
rates, in each of the following cases: 
(I) Completion of the Avionics Modernization 
Program and the Reliability Enhancement and Re- 
engining Program. 
(II) Partial completion of the Avionics Mod-
ernization Program and the Reliability Enhance-
ment and Re-engining Program, with partial 
completion of either such program being considered 
the point at which the continued execution of each 
program is no longer supported by the cost- 
effectiveness analysis. 
(iii) At what specific fleet inventory for each 
organic aircraft, to include air refueling aircraft used 
in the airlift role, would it impede the ability of Civil 
Reserve Air Fleet participants to remain a viable aug-
mentation option. 
(D) An analysis and assessment of the lessons that 
may be learned from the experience of the Air Force in 
restarting the production line for the C–5 aircraft after 
having closed the line for several years, and recommenda-
tions for the actions that the Department of Defense should 
take to ensure that the production line for the C–17 aircraft 
could be restarted if necessary, including— 
(i) an analysis of the methods that were used 
and costs that were incurred in closing and re-opening 
the production line for the C–5 aircraft; 
(ii) an assessment of the methods and actions that 
should be employed and the expected costs and risks 
of closing and re-opening the production line for the 
C–17 aircraft in view of that experience. 
Such analysis and assessment should deal with issues such 
as production work force, production facilities, tooling, 
industrial base suppliers, contractor logistics support 
versus organic maintenance, and diminished manufac-
turing sources. 
(E) Assessing the military capability, operational avail-
ability, usefulness, service life and optimal mix of intra- 
theater airlift aircraft, to include— 
(i) the cost-effectiveness of procuring the Joint 
Cargo Aircraft versus procuring additional C–130J or 
refurbishing C–130E/H platforms to meet intra-theater 
airlift requirements of the combatant commander and 
component commands; and
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(ii) the cost-effectiveness of procuring additional 
C–17 aircraft versus procuring additional C–130J plat-
forms or refurbishing C–130E/H platforms to meet 
intra-theater airlift requirements of the combatant 
commander and component commands. 
(3) Each analysis required by paragraph (2) shall include— 
(A) a description of the assumptions and sensitivity 
analysis utilized in the study regarding aircraft perform-
ances and cargo loading factors; and 
(B) a comprehensive statement of the data and assump-
tions utilized in making the program life cycle cost esti-
mates and a comparison of cost and risk associated with 
the optimally mixed fleet of airlift aircraft versus the pro-
gram of record airlift aircraft fleet. 
(e) UTILIZATION OF OTHER STUDIES.—The study required by 
subsection (a) shall build upon the results of the 2005 Mobility 
Capabilities Studies, the on-going Intra-theater Airlift Fleet Mix 
Analysis, the Intra-theater Lift Capabilities Study, the Joint Future 
Theater Airlift Capabilities Analysis, and other appropriate studies 
and analyses, such as Fleet Viability Board Reports or special 
aircraft assessments. The study shall also include any testing data 
collected on modernization, recapitalization, and upgrade efforts 
of current organic aircraft. 
(f) COLLABORATION WITH UNITED STATES TRANSPORTATION 
COMMAND.—In conducting the study required by subsection (a) 
and preparing the report required by subsection (c)(3), the center 
shall collaborate with the commander of the United States 
Transportation Command. 
(g) COLLABORATION
WITH
COST
ANALYSIS
IMPROVEMENT 
GROUP.—In conducting the study required by subsection (a) and 
constructing the analysis required by subsection (a)(2), the center 
shall collaborate with the Cost Analysis Improvement Group of 
the Department of Defense. 
(h) REPORT.—Not later than January 10, 2009, the center 
selected under subsection (b) shall submit to the Secretary and 
the congressional defense committees a report on the study required 
by subsection (a). The report shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but shall include a classified annex. 
SEC. 1047. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A DOMESTIC 
MILITARY AVIATION NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2008, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report to determine the feasibility of establishing a Border State 
Aviation Training Center (BSATC) to support the current and future 
requirements of the existing RC–26 training site for counterdrug 
activities, located at the Fixed Wing Army National Guard Aviation 
Training Site (FWAATS), including the domestic reconnaissance 
and surveillance missions of the National Guard in support of 
local, State, and Federal law enforcement agencies, provided that 
the activities to be conducted at the BSATC shall not duplicate 
or displace any activity or program at the RC–26 training site 
or the FWAATS. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) examine the current and past requirements of RC– 
26 aircraft in support of local, State, and Federal law enforce-
ment and determine the number of additional aircraft required
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to provide such support for each State that borders Canada, 
Mexico, or the Gulf of Mexico; 
(2) determine the number of military and civilian personnel 
required to run a RC–26 domestic training center meeting 
the requirements identified under paragraph (1); 
(3) determine the requirements and cost of locating such 
a training center at a military installation for the purpose 
of preempting and responding to security threats and 
responding to crises; and 
(4) include a comprehensive review of the number and 
type of intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance platforms 
needed for the National Guard to effectively provide domestic 
operations and civil support (including homeland defense and 
counterdrug) to local, State, and Federal law enforcement and 
first responder entities and how those platforms would provide 
additional capabilities not currently available from the assets 
of other local, State, and Federal agencies. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report required under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall consult with the 
Adjutant General of each State that borders Canada, Mexico, or 
the Gulf of Mexico, the Adjutant General of the State of West 
Virginia, and the National Guard Bureau. 
SEC. 1048. LIMITED FIELD USER EVALUATIONS FOR COMBAT HELMET 
PAD SUSPENSION SYSTEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out 
a limited field user evaluation and operational assessment of quali-
fied combat helmet pad suspension systems. The evaluation and 
assessment shall be carried out using verified product representa-
tive samples from combat helmet pad suspension systems that 
are qualified as of the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2008, the Secretary 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
the results of the limited field user evaluation and operational 
assessment. 
(c) FUNDING.—The limited field user evaluation and operational 
assessment required by subsection (a) shall be conducted using 
funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2008 for operation and 
maintenance, Army, for soldier protection and safety. 
SEC. 1049. STUDY ON NATIONAL SECURITY INTERAGENCY SYSTEM. 
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter 
into an agreement with an independent, non-profit, non-partisan 
organization to conduct a study on the national security interagency 
system. 
(b) REPORT.—The agreement entered into under subsection (a) 
shall require the organization to submit to Congress and the Presi-
dent a report containing the results of the study conducted pursuant 
to such agreement and any recommendations for changes to the 
national security interagency system (including legislative or regu-
latory changes) identified by the organization as a result of the 
study. 
(c) SUBMITTAL DATE.—The agreement entered into under sub-
section (a) shall require the organization to submit the report 
required under subsection (a) not later than September 1, 2008.
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(d) NATIONAL SECURITY INTERAGENCY SYSTEM DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘national security interagency system’’ means 
the structures, mechanisms, and processes by which the depart-
ments, agencies, and elements of the Federal Government that 
have national security missions coordinate and integrate their poli-
cies, capabilities, expertise, and activities to accomplish such mis-
sions. 
(e) FUNDING.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
by section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide 
activities, not more than $3,000,000 may be available to carry 
out this section. 
SEC. 1050. REPORT ON SOLID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL BASE. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 190 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the status, capa-
bility, viability, and capacity of the solid rocket motor industrial 
base in the United States. 
(b) CONTENT.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) An assessment of the ability to maintain the Minuteman 
III intercontinental ballistic missile through its planned oper-
ational life. 
(2) An assessment of the ability to maintain the Trident 
II D–5 submarine launched ballistic missile through its planned 
operational life. 
(3) An assessment of the ability to maintain all other 
space launch, missile defense, and other vehicles with solid 
rocket motors, through their planned operational lifetimes. 
(4) An assessment of the ability to support projected future 
requirements for vehicles with solid rocket motors to support 
space launch, missile defense, or any range of ballistic missiles 
determined to be necessary to meet defense needs or other 
requirements of the United States Government. 
(5) An assessment of the required materials, the supplier 
base, the production facilities, and the production workforce 
needed to ensure that current and future requirements could 
be met. 
(6) An assessment of the adequacy of the current and 
projected industrial base support programs to support the full 
range of projected future requirements identified in paragraph 
(4). 
SEC. 1051. REPORTS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A MEMORIAL FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO DIED IN THE AIR 
CRASH IN BAKERS CREEK, AUSTRALIA, AND ESTABLISH-
MENT OF OTHER MEMORIALS IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL 
CEMETERY. 
(a) BAKERS CREEK MEMORIAL.—Not later than April 1, 2008, 
the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the 
Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate a report containing 
a discussion of locations outside of Arlington National Cemetery 
that would serve as a suitable location for the establishment of 
a memorial to honor the memory of the 40 members of the Armed 
Forces of the United States who lost their lives in the air crash 
at Bakers Creek, Australia, on June 14, 1943.