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(33) Section 495 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—No allowance may be paid under 
this section for any day after the travel authorities transi-
tion expiration date.’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) CHAPTER HEADING.—The heading of chapter 
7 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘CHAPTER 
7—ALLOWANCES 
OTHER 
THAN TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION 
ALLOWANCES’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chapter 
preceding chapter 1 of such title is amended by strik-
ing the item relating to chapter 7 and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘7. Allowances Other Than Travel and Transportation Allowances ...........
401
‘‘8. Travel and Transportation Allowances ...................................................
451’’. 
(3) TABLES OF SECTIONS.— 
(A) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 7 of such title is amended by striking the 
items relating to sections 404 through 412, 428 
through 432, 434, and 435. 
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 9 of such title is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 554. 
(4) CROSS-REFERENCES.—
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(A) Any section of title 10 or 37, United 
States Code, that includes a reference to a section 
of title 37 that is transferred and redesignated 
by subsection (c) is amended so as to conform the 
reference to the section number of the section as 
so redesignated. 
(B) Any reference in a provision of law 
other than a section of title 10 or 37, United 
States Code, to a section of title 37 that is trans-
ferred and redesignated by subsection (c) is 
deemed to refer to the section as so redesignated. 
SEC. 622. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall develop a plan to implement subchapters I and 
II of chapter 8 of title 37, United States Code (as added 
by section 621(b) of this Act), and to transition all of the 
travel and transportation programs for members of the uni-
formed services under chapter 7 of title 37, United States 
Code, solely to provisions of those subchapters by the end 
of the transition period. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR MODIFICATIONS TO OLD-LAW AU-
THORITIES DURING TRANSITION PERIOD.—During the 
transition period, the Secretary of Defense and the Secre-
taries concerned, in using the authorities under subchapter 
III of chapter 8 of title 37, United States Code (as so
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added), may apply those authorities subject to the terms of 
such provisions and such modifications as the Secretary of 
Defense may include in the implementation plan required 
under subsection (a) or in any subsequent modification to 
that implementation plan. 
(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall 
prepare the implementation plan under subsection (a) and 
any modification to that plan under subsection (b) in co-
ordination with— 
(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with re-
spect to the Coast Guard; 
(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices, with respect to the commissioned corps of the 
Public Health Service; and 
(3) the Secretary of Commerce, with respect to 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion. 
(d) PROGRAM OF COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary of De-
fense and the other administering Secretaries shall com-
mence the operation of the programs of compliance required 
by section 463 of title 37, United States Code (as so added), 
by not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(e) TRANSITION PERIOD.—In this section, the term 
‘‘transition period’’ means the 10-year period beginning on
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the first day of the first month beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Disability, Retired Pay, 
and Survivor Benefits 
SEC. 631. REPEAL OF AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT IN FAMILY 
SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE 
FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES MAR-
RIED TO OTHER MEMBERS. 
Section 1967(a)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting after 
‘‘insurable dependent of the member’’ the following: 
‘‘(other than a dependent who is also a member of a 
uniformed service and, because of such membership, 
automatically insured under this paragraph)’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by inserting after 
‘‘insurable dependent of the member’’ the following: 
‘‘(other than a dependent who is also a member of a 
uniformed service and, because of such membership, 
automatically insured under this paragraph)’’.
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SEC. 632. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
FUNDS PENDING REPORT ON PROVISION OF 
SPECIAL COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE UNIFORMED SERVICES WITH INJURY OR 
ILLNESS REQUIRING ASSISTANCE IN EVERY-
DAY LIVING. 
(a) 
LIMITATION
ON
FUNDS
FOR
TRAVEL
OF 
USD(PR).—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Defense for oper-
ation and maintenance for defense-wide activities as speci-
fied in the funding table in section 4301 and available for 
purposes of travel of the Office of the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Personnel and Readiness, not more than 50 per-
cent of such amount may be obligated or expended for such 
purposes until the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness submits to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the implementation by the Department of 
Defense of the authorities in section 439 of title 37, United 
States Code, for payment of special compensation for mem-
bers of the uniformed services with catastrophic injuries or 
illnesses requiring assistance in everyday living. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report described in subsection (a) 
shall include a detailed description of the implementation 
by the Department of the authorities in section 439 of title 
37, United States Code, including the following:
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Subtitle D—Pay and Allowances 
SEC. 641. NO REDUCTION IN BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUS-
ING FOR NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS WHO 
TRANSITION BETWEEN ACTIVE DUTY AND 
FULL-TIME NATIONAL GUARD DUTY WITHOUT 
A BREAK IN ACTIVE SERVICE. 
Section 403(g) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The rate of basic allowance for housing to be paid 
a member of the Army National Guard of the United States 
or the Air National Guard of the United States shall not 
be reduced upon the transition of the member from active 
duty under title 10, United States Code, to full-time Na-
tional Guard duty under title 32, United States Code, or 
from full-time National Guard duty under title 32, United 
States Code, to active duty under title 10, United States 
Code, when the transition occurs without a break in active 
service of at least one calendar day’’. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE Program 
SEC. 701. ANNUAL COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT IN EN-
ROLLMENT FEES IN TRICARE PRIME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1097a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended—